«The Mystery of the Worcester's Leonardo» (10 March — 3 June) displays this painting with the Louvre's Annunciation for the first time since they were
separated from their original
altarpiece, backing up the museum's theory of attribution with a summary of its research findings.
Oscillating between two
separate works, Thomas's painted homage to Sojourner Truth's 1851 speech of Black female empowerment, «Ain't I a Woman,» and a religious
altarpiece, Diptych presents the sexy, Black female body sculpted out of flat planes of primary colors in two dimensions on the left (a gesture reminiscent of the painterly techniques of her idols Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden), and in a televised two dimensions on the right.