The National Portrait Gallery, London has housed one of the most brilliant exhibitions of the year so far, 'The Time Is Always Now' curated by Ekow Eshun. The exhibition takes the viewer through a journey of reimagining blackness in the world of art.

Figures are reconstructed to emphasise afrocentric-ness in its true form, classical paintings are changed to host black women as the central figure and stories of blackness and how specific cultures understand family dynamics are explored.

Broken down into two parts the viewer is taken through a journey of new perspectives when understanding/viewing blackness in art. One does not feel as though the black character is to a sense "invasive" or

"unwanted" but rather there is a feeling of comfort in knowing that the surrounding art was created through the joys of black creativity.

Throughout artists such as Noah Davis, Michael Armitage, Lubaina Himid and Chris Ofili amongst others are featured. An excellent exhibition to say the least.