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                              The Celebration Of Beauty (Series 1)

1. Hyacinthe Rigaud Young Man With a Bow France (c. 1697) 

2. Alessandro Longhi Portrait of a Young Black Man Italy (c. 1760s)

3. Circle of Jan Gossaert The Adoration of the Kings (detail) (c. 1520s)

4. Luca Giordano, Saint Francis Xavier Baptizing Proselytes and Saint Francis,Borgia, Italy (c. 1680s)

5. Anonymous, after Hugo van der Goes. Adoration of the Magi Netherlands (c. 1500) 

6. Diego Rodríguez da Silva y Velázquez. The Adoration of the Magi, 1619

7. Anton Domenico Gabbiani  Portrait of Three Musicians of the Medici Court (detail) Italy (c. 1687) 

8. “Abdullah, Chief of Said Pasha’s Bodyguard” (1873) Carl Haag 

9. Juan Batista Maíno  Adoration of the Kings, (detail) Spain (c. 1612) 

Felipe Bedoya

Iron On Embroidered Metaphysical Patches By StarseedSupplyCo On Etsy

13 Young Black Poets You Should Know:

1. Danez Smith [check out “Twerking as an act of Radical Healing”]

2. Aja Monet [check out “You Make Holy War”]

3. Malcolm London [check out “Never Too Late”]

4. Safia Elhillo [check out “self-portrait with dirty hair”]

5. Alysia Harris [check out “Death Poem”]

6. Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib [check out  When We Were 13, Jeff’s Father Left The Needle Down On A Journey Record Before Leaving The House One Morning And Never Coming Back”]

7. Phillip B. Williams [check out  “Of Darker Ceremonies”]

8. Bettina Judd [check out  “Binding”]

9. Khadijah Queen [check out  “_________________________ overheard, misheard or re-imagined”]

10. Mahogany L. Browne [check out  “Brooklyn Tongue I”]

11. Amanda Johnston [check out  “Transition”]

12. Aaron Samuels [check out  “Translating Jacob”]