Devotional: Portraits Of Black Women Singers

Inspired by Sonia Boyce's Devotional Series, this display celebrates Black female singers in British entertainment from the early twentieth century to the present, and includes the photography of Kofi Allen, Albert Watson, Andy Earl and Bob Collins. 18 photographs, some from the National Portrait Gallery's own collection, alongside significant loans, have been chosen to highlight the Devotional Series.

To add to this Sonia Boyce will install a new rendition of the Series in a two-week project where she will inscribe 170 names of Black female icons in British entertainment onto the walls. As part of the installation a speaker will play the music of these artists, allowing visitors to make connections between the names and the popular music produced by these women.

Collaborating with Tate Britain, ICA, Palace of Westminster, Westminster Archives, Westminster Council and the National Gallery, the Devotional Series is a part of the Bicentennial commemorations of the act to abolish the Atlantic Slave Trade.

Free entry

Room 37a, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE, England

National Portrait Gallery - Devotional