Rising Artist Khalif Tahir Thompson Paints the Vanishing Brooklyn of His Childhood

Playground, 2026 Khalif Tahir Thompson Victoria Miro A young Black man pushes a stroller down a sidewalk. The baby’s bare feet kick out from the stroller and into the open air. A black wrought-iron fence appears behind them, and behind that a brightly colored playground and a towering set of brick buildings.