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Roy DeCarava Included in Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985
Installation view of the exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement at the National Gallery of Art, located in Washington, DC, dated 2025–2026.

Roy DeCarava Included in Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

September 21, 2025–January 11, 2026

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Black Melancholia
Installation View of the exhibition Black Melancholia at the Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, dated 2022.

Black Melancholia

Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College

June 25–October 16, 2022

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Black Every Day: Photographs from the Carter Collection
Installation view of the exhibition, Black Every Day: Photographs from the Carter Collection, at Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, dated 2022.

Black Every Day: Photographs from the Carter Collection

Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

June 11–September 11, 2022

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Roy DeCarava Archives Collaborates with Supreme
A photograph of a hoodie by Supreme being worn by a model, featuring a photograph of Malcolm X by Roy DeCarava.

Roy DeCarava Archives Collaborates with Supreme

DeCarava’s photographs are featured on garments in the brand’s Spring 2022 collection

May 19, 2022

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Roy De Carava Included in Cruel Radiance: Photography, 1940s–1960s
An artwork by Roy DeCarava, titled Ellington Session Break, dated 1954. Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Roy De Carava Included in Cruel Radiance: Photography, 1940s–1960s

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States

November 22, 2021–May 1, 2022

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Enduring Vision: Roy DeCarava Six Decades of American Photography
Cover of a book titled Roy DeCarava: The Sound I Saw, published by David Zwirner Books in 2019.

Enduring Vision: Roy DeCarava Six Decades of American Photography

Columbia University Faculty House, New York

December 2, 2019

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Photography and the Surreal Imagination
Photograph of the Menil Collection in Houston by Kevin Keim.

Photography and the Surreal Imagination

The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

February 5–November 29, 2020

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DeCarava: Influences
Detail from an artwork by Roy DeCarava, titled Club audience at intermission, dated 1958.

DeCarava: Influences

Film Screening at Metrograph, New York

October 5, 2019

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Roy De Carava Included in Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
A photograph by Roy DeCarava titled Couple Walking, dated 1979.

Roy De Carava Included in Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, United States

September 14, 2018–February 3, 2019

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The Sweet Flypaper of Life: Panel Discussion at Cooper Union, New York
Cover of the publication The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCavara.

The Sweet Flypaper of Life: Panel Discussion at Cooper Union, New York

The Cooper Union, New York

October 29, 2018

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Soul of a Nation
A photograph by Roy DeCarava titled Couple Walking, dated 1979.

Soul of a Nation

Brooklyn Museum, New York

September 14, 2018–February 3, 2019

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David Zwirner now represents the Estate of Roy DeCarava

David Zwirner now represents the Estate of Roy DeCarava

June 8, 2018

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Roy DeCarava Included in America is Hard to See
A silver gelatin print by Roy DeCarava, titled Coltrane and Elvin, dated 1960.

Roy DeCarava Included in America is Hard to See

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States

May 1–September 27, 2015

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