"Riffs and Relations" Examines Influence of European Modernism on Black Artists

The sweeping coronavirus pandemic has closed museums around the world for the near future, but the visual arts can still be enjoyed at least to an extent. One current exhibition, "Riffs and Relations" at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., is turning the spotlight on an expansive group of African-American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.Examining their works alongside those of 20th-century European artists, the installation offers a critique on the ways in which European traditio...