Kwame Brathwaite

*1938-2023 / United States

Solo exhibitions

Black is Beautiful

Maison Robert Doisneau, Paris (FR)
18 Sep 2026 – 14 Mar 2027
Black is Beautiful

Grand Arles Express 2025

Mougins Center of Photography, Mougins (FR)
5 Jul 2025 – 18 Jan 2026
Things Well Worth Waiting For

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
25 Feb 2023 – 24 Jul 2023
Black Is Beautiful

The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (US)
8 Oct 2021 – 16 Jan 2022
Changing Times

Philip Martin , Los Angeles (US)
2 Oct 2021 – 13 Nov 2021
The Struggle Continues, Victory is Certain

Philip Martin , Los Angeles (US)
12 Sep 2020 – 9 Oct 2020
Black Is Beautiful

Mus African Diaspora, San Francisco (US)
4 Dec 2019 – 1 Mar 2020
Black Is Beautiful

Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles (US)
11 Apr 2019 – 1 Sep 2019
2732: Black Is Beautiful

Empowerment Through the Lens of Kwame Brathwaite 1962-1975

Philip Martin , Los Angeles
21 May 2016 – 30 Jul 2016

Group

DISCO

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
10 Oct 2026 – 22 Aug 2027

with Michael L. Abramson, Arnaud Baumann, Bill Bernstein, Barkley L. Hendricks, Meryl Meisler, Hasse Persson, Andy Warhol, Ajamu X
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

Mississippi Museum of Art, Los Angeles (US)
25 Jul 2026 – 8 Nov 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, James Barnor, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong, June Clark …
Picture Perfect

Beauty through a Contemporary Lens

Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
7 Mar 2026 – 16 Aug 2026

with Ibrahim Ahmed, Yumna Al-Arashi, Francesca Allen, Sarah Amrani, Susan Anderson, Eleanor Antin, Sammy Baloji, Valerie Belin, François Bellabas, Nakeya Brown, Juno Calypso, William Cobbing …
Ideas of Africa

Portraiture and Political Imagination

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
14 Dec 2025 – 25 Jul 2026

with James Barnor, Jean Depara, Samuel Fosso, Seydou Keita, Silvia Rosi, Malick Sidibe, Sanlé Sory
Black Photojournalism

Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth (US)
15 Mar 2026 – 5 Jul 2026

with Harry Adams, Anthony Barboza, Adger Cowans, Roy DeCarava, Doris Adelaide Derby, Louis Draper, Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris, David Hartt, Chester Higgins, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Marilyn Nance, Gordon Parks …
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
24 Feb 2026 – 14 Jun 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, James Barnor, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong, June Clark …
Camera and the City

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (CA)
12 Dec 2025 – 15 Mar 2026

with Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, June Clark, Robin Collyer, Walker Evans, Charles Gagnon, Fred Herzog, Michel Lambeth, Leon Levinstein, Gordon Parks, Barbara Probst, Jeff Thomas
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (US)
22 Nov 2025 – 1 Mar 2026

with Derrick Adams, Barkley L. Hendricks, Arthur Jafa, Gordon Parks, Ebony G. Patterson, Jamel Shabazz, Mickalene Thomas
Black Photojournalism

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (US)
13 Sep 2025 – 19 Jan 2026

with Harry Adams, Anthony Barboza, Roy DeCarava, Doris Adelaide Derby, Louis Draper, Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris, David Hartt, Chester Higgins, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Marilyn Nance, Gordon Parks, Ming Smith …
Language and Image

Conceptual and Performance-Based Photography from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection

Art Museum Miami, Miami (US)
15 May 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Jonathas de Andrade, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Ana Mendieta, Vik Muniz, Gordon Parks, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

National Gallery of Art, Washington (US)
21 Sep 2025 – 4 Jan 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, James Barnor, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong, June Clark …
Disco, I'm Coming Out

Philharmonie de Paris, Paris (FR)
14 Feb 2025 – 17 Aug 2025

with Michael L. Abramson, Arnaud Baumann, Bill Bernstein, Barkley L. Hendricks, Meryl Meisler, Hasse Persson, Andy Warhol
Giants

Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

The Minneapolis Institute, Minneapolis (US)
8 Mar 2025 – 13 Jul 2025

with Derrick Adams, Arthur Jafa, Gordon Parks, Ebony G. Patterson, Jamel Shabazz, Lorna Simpson
Infinite Hope

Jenkins Johnson Gallery SF, San Francisco (US)
21 Jan 2025 – 1 Mar 2025

with Renee Cox, Gordon Parks, Ming Smith
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
5 Nov 2024 – 20 Jan 2025

with James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Stan Douglas, Louis Draper, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, LaToya Ruby Frazier …
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

High Museum of Art, Atlanta (US)
13 Sep 2024 – 19 Jan 2025

with Deana Lawson, Jamel Shabazz, Mickalene Thomas
As We Rise

Photography from the Black Atlantic

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (US)
17 Jun 2023 – 31 Dec 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter …
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
24 Feb 2023 – 21 May 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter …
Facing Ourselves

Mike Disfarmer and the American Portrait

Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk (US)
16 Dec 2022 – 14 May 2023

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Disfarmer (Mike Meyer), Irving Penn, James Van Der Zee
A Time of Gifts

Six Years of Photographs Given to the Collection, 2016-2022

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara (US)
16 Oct 2022 – 15 Jan 2023

with Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Margaret Bourke-White, Awol Erizku, Flor Garduno, Janna Ireland, Aaron Siskind, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Facing Forward

Photographic Portraits from the Collection

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara (US)
15 Aug 2021 – 19 Dec 2021

with Cecil Beaton, Trude Fleischmann, Tseng Kwong Chi
Tools of Revolution

Fashion Photography and Activism

Houston Center Photography, Houston (US)
6 Mar 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Dana Scruggs
A Brilliant Spectrum

Recent Gifts of Color Photography

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara (US)
27 Jan 2019 – 5 May 2019

with Tom Bianchi, Olaf Breuning, John Chiara, William Eggleston, Todd Gray, George Legrady, David Levinthal, Jean-Luc Mylayne, Asako Narahashi, Dennis Oppenheim, Susan Rankaitis, Seton Smith
Cry of Victory and Short Walks to Freedom

Projects+gallery, St. Louis (US)
18 Oct 2018 – 24 Nov 2018

with Fabrice Monteiro, Alexis Peskine, Xaviera Simmons, Hank Willis Thomas
This Must Be the Place - The JPMorgan Chase Art Collection

Selected Works from the 19th Century to the Present

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Peter Campus, William Eggleston, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Louise Lawler, Vera Lutter, Lisette Model …
THIS SYNTHETIC MOMENT

Curated by David Hartt

David Nolan Gallery, New York (US)
18 Jan 2018 – 10 Mar 2018

with James Barnor, David Hartt, Liz Johnson Artur, Zoe Leonard
This Synthetic Moment

David Nolan Gallery, New York (US)
18 Jan 2018 – 10 Mar 2018

with James Barnor, David Hartt, Liz Johnson Artur, Zoe Leonard, Christopher Williams

Events

Rencontres d'Arles 2025

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
7 Jul 2025 – 5 Oct 2025

with Berenice Abbott, Octavio Aguilar, Tony Albert, Jean-Michel André, Claudia Andujar, David Armstrong, Atong Atem, Letizia Battaglia, Sonja Carmichael, Elisa Jane Carmichael , Sarah Carp, Olivier Christinat …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
8 Dec 2023 – 10 Dec 2023

with Albarran Cabrera, Janine Antoni, Diane Arbus, John Baldessari, Lillian Bassman, Oliver Beer, Valerie Belin, Lynda Benglis, Erwin Blumenfeld, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Marcelo Brodsky …
Capture Photography Festival 2023

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
1 Apr 2023 – 30 Apr 2023

with Henry Clay Anderson, Roy Arden, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Jorian Charlton, Michele Pearson Clarke …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2019

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
5 Dec 2019 – 8 Dec 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Dove Allouche, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Anna-Sophie Berger, Dawoud Bey, Margaret Bourke-White, Dirk Braeckman, Luiz Braga, Brassai …
11th annual Month of Photography Los Angeles (MOPLA 2019)

LA Month of Photography, Los Angeles (US)
11 Apr 2019 – 2 May 2019

with Carl Oliver Ander, Tom Atwood, Tianqiutao Chen, Gianluca Galtrucco, Remy Holwick, Hubert Humka, Demetris Koilalous, Diana Markosian, Jana Sophia Nolle, Sara Swaty, Nick (Huynh Cong) Ut
Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
6 Dec 2018 – 9 Dec 2018

with Ignasi Aballi, Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Darren Almond, Darren Almond, Erica Baum, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Dirk Braeckman, Nancy Burson, Edward Burtynsky …
Beyond Fashion

A sale presenting 80 years of cutting-edge fashion photography. Live now on Artnet Auctions.

artnet Auctions, New York (US)

with Guy Bourdin, Ormond Gigli, George Hoyningen-Huene, David LaChapelle, Zanele Muholi, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, Cindy Sherman, Bastiaan Woudt
Live Benefit Auction 2017

Aperture's 65th-Anniversary Gala, Elements of Style

Aperture, New York (US)

with Diane Arbus, Zackary Drucker, Horst P. Horst, Inez & Vinoodh, Saul Leiter, Sally Mann, Joel Meyerowitz, Richard Misrach, Sebastiao Salgado, Stephen Shore, Pete Souza, Paul Strand