Mark Godfrey was a curator at Tate Modern, London, from 2007 to 2021. Benjamin Buchloh was Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Modern Art at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 2005 to 2021. Aria Dean is an American artist, critic and curator. Until 2021, she served as Curator and Editor of Rhizome. Darby English is Carl Darling Buck Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. Madeleine Grynsztejn is Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Fabrice Hergott is Director of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Cathérine Hug is Curator of Twentieth-century Art at Kunsthaus Zürich. Nikita Sena Quarshie is a London-based researcher, writer and curator. Rebecca Zorach is Mary Jane Crowe Professor in Art and Art History at Northwestern University, Evanston.

The RA's exhibition Kerry James Marshall’s The Histories was given a 5 star review by The Guardian. - The Guardian

• Foreword 6Lead Supporter’s Preface 8RADICAL PRAGMATISM 10Kerry James Marshall in conversation with Benjamin H. D. BuchlohKERRY JAMES MARSJHALL: 19THE HISTORIESMark GodfreyMARSHALL AND THE WOODCUT 187Cathérine HugDEEP PLACES 193Rebecca ZorachALL BLACKS ARE GREY 203Aria DeanAFTER HISTORY 210Madeleine GrynsztejnHISTORIES, MYSTERIES AND RYTHMS 221Nikita Sena QuarshieSURPRISING REPRESENTATIVES 230Darby EnglishNotes 238Further Reading 247Acknowledgements 248Curator’s Acknowledgements 248Lenders to the Exhibition 250Photographic Acknowledgements 250Index 251