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Washington, DC | Curator-Led Tour of “Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist” at the National Gallery of Art
April 8 | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join ArtTable for a curator-led tour of Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist at the National Gallery of Art, led by Dr. Lynn K. Matheny, Deputy Head of Interpretation and Curator of Special Projects.
This retrospective exhibition showcases the enduring legacy of Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) as a visionary artist and an unwavering activist. As the most comprehensive presentation devoted to Catlett in the United States, it features more than 150 works, including well-known sculpture and prints, rare paintings and drawings, and important ephemera. The exhibition is co-organized by the Brooklyn Museum and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and presented in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago.
One of the defining artists of the 20th century, Elizabeth Catlett addressed the injustices she witnessed and experienced through her bold prints and dynamic sculptures. In striving to make art for the people—from her roots in Washington, DC, Chicago, and New York to the remarkable body of work she made during some 60 years in Mexico—Catlett put social justice at the very center of her work. An avowed feminist, lifelong activist, and deft formalist, Catlett passionately addressed injustices such as class inequality, racial violence, and U.S. expansionism through her politically engaged art, injustices which continue to shape the world today.
“I have been, and am currently, and always hope to be a Black Revolutionary Artist and all that it implies.”
– Elizabeth Catlett, 1970
Click here to read more about the exhibition and this visionary artist-activist.
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Program Admission:
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About Lynn K. Matheny

Dr. Lynn K. Matheny currently serves as Deputy Head of Interpretation and Curator of Special Projects at the National Gallery of Art. She has worked on a wide array of modern and contemporary art exhibitions, including Philip Guston Now; Afro-Atlantic Histories; Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940-1950; and Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings, among many others. She frequently collaborates with museums in the United States and abroad and is honored to help bring to the National Gallery Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist.
Image credits:
Elizabeth Catlett, Gossip, 2005
color digital and photo-lithograph on wove paper
image: 37.47 x 45.72 cm (14 3/4 x 18 in.)
sheet: 59.69 x 60.96 cm (23 1/2 x 24 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
© 2024 Mora-Catlett Family / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Lynn K. Matheny, courtesy of the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, George Washington University.
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