Sokari Douglas Camp CBE in conversation with Africa Fashion lead curator, Dr Christine Checinska

Hear the story behind 'Europe Supported by Africa and America', the monumental work currently on display in our Hintze galleries, which addresses the legacies of slavery and inequality, issues of power and gender, and the climate crisis.

Hear the story behind ‘Europe Supported by Africa and America’, the monumental work currently on display in the Hintze galleries, which addresses the legacies of slavery and inequality, issues of power and gender, and the climate crisis. They discuss the representation of textiles from across the continent through a process Douglas Camp describes as ‘welding, cutting and bending steel’.

Friday, 3 February 2023, from 7 to 9 pm, at Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL.

Source: V&A

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