Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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“My favorite part about Toyin’s work is the skin,” says Alicia Keys. “She captures all of the gorgeous color that makes up our brownness.”

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s sumptuous artworks propose reinvented narratives around Blackness, colonialism, and queer history.

Listen to what the Deans love about this particular work by Odutola—and how it became part of their collection—in this episode of Meet the Giants.

See this work, called “Paris Apartment,” through July 7.

Watch more episodes of Meet the Giants: bit.ly/3wFOpPD
Discover more about the exhibition: bit.ly/GiantsBkM
Shop the exhibition: bit.ly/48oMts2