Carrie Mae Weems at the Barbican and Kunstmuseum Basel

'Weems’ photographs were kept almost exclusively separate upstairs at the Barbican; but they’re the best of her practice and embody her entwined artistic and political resistance.'

When and Where I Enter—Mussolini’s Rome from Roaming, 2006 © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York / Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin

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