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Thick/er Black Lines

5 August 2017 at 15.00–17.00

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, 10pm Saturday 2012. Tate. © Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

Join collective Thick/er Black Lines to celebrate the launch of their Tate Exchange programme

Celebrating the launch of We Apologise for the Delay To Your Journey, Thick/er Black Lines discuss their original research into British Black art histories and their formation as a​n ​interdisciplinary ​research-led collective.

If you would like an audio recording of this event, please email TateExchange@tate.org.uk.

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Blavatnik Building, Level 5

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London SE1 9TG
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5 August 2017 at 15.00–17.00

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