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A Digital Exhibition of Institutional Racism in English Contemporary Art Galleries.

Click the images to view the full stories. Curated by The Black Gallerina.

I was part of curating an exhibit for a major gallery and throughout the whole process the team made it infinitely more difficult. Bearing in mind we had been sought out to exhibit/curate a month long series, it took about 6 months of back and forth
Hearing staff members say things like "I don't see colour" in diversity meetings is frustrating when you are frequently mistaken for the only other woman of colour in your department. Frequently stopped by security asking to see your phot
The gallery was a very white, conservative environment. I often heard from the few colleagues of colour. Their complaints about treatment, not being taken very seriously and not being promoted. I never felt comfortable sharing job vacancies to friend
Whilst I have had great pleasure and growth from being in the arts sector, one particular organisation comes to mind when I think about discriminatory experiences. I worked at this particular gallery for a short while only and decided early-on to see
I worked for a major gallery while doing my MA placement and found that the team were lovely and welcoming to me, but the whole team were white and well meaning. The art collection that I was working on has been criticised as not being very 'diverse'
The following underlying and ongoing issues are just scratching the surface, but they are nonetheless hostile and harmful. They are symptomatic of this neo-liberal performative solidarity, hedged or false ‘commitments’ to take ‘acti