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The Arts Intel Report

Somaya Critchlow: The Chamber

Somaya Critchlow, The Chamber II (detail), 2024.

Until July 20
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Rd, Dulwich, London SE21 7AD, UK

Sonaya Crichlow is only 31 but her career already has a dazzle. She creates intimate portraits of Black women, drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and hip-hop. “I love art history,” Crichlow has said. “I really love how people paint … from the Renaissance to contemporary colors that we have and that they didn’t have.” This exhibition, her first solo show in a museum, is curated by Hilton Als. —Elena Clavarino

Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd © Somaya Critchlow. Courtesy the artist, Maximillian William, London and Dulwich Picture Gallery