“Unfit Frame” by Titus Kaphar

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December 10 @ 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

An 18th-century English-style portrait sags out of its frame. A broom rests on books on the floor and the bottom of the frame.
Unfit Frame by Titus Kaphar, 2016, oil on canvas with gilded antique frame, books, broom, and platform. Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by the Collectors Circle for Contemporary Art, AFI.154.2016a-k, image © Titus Kaphar

Curious about works of art that aren’t always included on a BMA tour? Take a DeTour with us each Sunday, where we’ll spend 30 minutes focusing on a work of art that is off the beaten path. 

This Sunday, drop by and join BMA Teaching Fellow Jessica Davis as she facilitates a discussion on Titus Kaphar’s Unfit Frame located in the English gallery.

Meet Jessica in the Main Lobby on the First Floor at 1:00 pm.

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