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What distinguishes Posing Modernity is its understanding of reframing beauty as black women perform it specifically for painters and photographers. It is a striking book, a remarkable read. --Deborah Willis, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

Two decades ago, few areas of art history seemed as exhausted, if not overstudied as late-19th-century French painting. But new ideas and approaches change everything. Thus we have Posing Modernity - the catalog to the exhibition. -Roberta Smith, New York Times [a] lavish exhibition catalogue. -David Carrier, Hyperallergic Often overlooked in the history of western Modernism, the black female figure was in fact central to the development of modern art. A new book by Denise Murrell Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet to Matisse to Today (2018) reasserts the importance of these women -Frieze News Desk [a] compelling and beautifully made volume - Michele Valerie Ronnick, caa.reviews Finalist for the 2019 PROSE awards, art exhibitions category Winner of the 2019 Exhibition Catalogue Award, sponsored by the Dedalus Foundation What distinguishes Posing Modernity is its understanding of reframing beauty as black women perform it specifically for painters and photographers. It is a striking book, a remarkable read. -Deborah Willis, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

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Denise Murrell is curator, Posing Modernity exhibition, and Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University.

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