The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art Brings Focus to the Full Range of African-American Art, Aiming to Reconcile the Divide Separating Black Art from the American Canon.
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COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS
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Adger Cowans: Finding the Artist in the Work
by Hannah Sirlin October 20, 2025Adger Cowans is a multi-disciplinary artist whose career spans over six decades. Best known for his powerful black-and-white photography, Cowans has also built his career around abstract and experimental practices... -
Martha Jackson-Jarvis: Abstracted Lands and Lineage
by Hannah Sirlin 23 April 2025Martha Jackson-Jarvis is an esteemed multimedia artist. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1952, she developed an early appreciation for the significance of place and space. Growing up in the South,... -
Tokie Rome-Taylor: Capturing Heritage and Legacy
by Hannah Sirlin 17 January 2025Tokie Rome-Taylor is an interdisciplinary photo-based artist who explores themes of time, spirituality, and identity. Her practice investigates the cultural, spiritual, and familial histories of African Americans in the South,...
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RECENT ACQUISITIONS
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Brandon J. Donahue-ShippBasketball Bloom (Jet Competition II), 2024Searched for and collected basketballs, shoestrings44 x 48 x 10 inches / 112 x 122 x 25.4 cm
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Brandon J. Donahue-ShippBathtime, 2024Airbrush acrylic, collage on t-shirt canvas55 x 56 inches
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La Vaughn BelleStorm (how to imagine the tropicalia as monumental-as in when people turn into trees), 2023Charcoal, ink and acrylic with cuts and burns on paper mounted on 100% cotton.47 x 68 in
119.4 x 172.7 cm
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"Echoes of Our Future" at Barbara Crawford Community Gallery
January 12, 2026Philadelphia’s 250th deserves more than nostalgia. 'Echoes of Our Future' honors Black artists who have shaped this city through art, teaching, and activism—on view from January 15 to March 26,... -
SCH exhibit celebrates Black artistic legacy in Philadelphia
January 15, 2026About a year and a half ago, with America’s semiquincentennial quickly approaching, Megan Monaghan began thinking about Philadelphia’s history. As the director of arts at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (SCH),... -
COLAB Exhibit Debuts with Immersive Sound and Vision at the Eubie Blake Center
May 23, 2025Nearly 200 art enthusiasts, cultural leaders, and artists gathered at the Eubie Blake National Cultural Center on Saturday, May 17, 2025, for the opening reception of COLAB: Art and Music... -
Bill Hutson, in ‘Paris Noir’ at the Centre Pompidou
April 18, 2025Paris Noir , the show recently launched at the Centre Pompidou in Paris brings together over 150 artists, writers, and thinkers of African descent associated with and responsive to the... -
Bellagio Gallery’s ‘American Duet: Jazz & Abstract Art’ strikes a chord
February 20, 2025The late African-American abstract painter Sam Gilliam shared one of his greatest sources of inspiration with W magazine in 2014: “Before painting, there was jazz. I mean cool jazz. Coltrane.... -
Canonizing Black American life: Robert Peterson at the Wichita Art Museum
November 29, 2024More than 40 works about childhood, masculinity, domesticity, and protest constitute the artist's first major museum exhibition, which is on view through January 5. Robert Peterson, an oil painter from... -
Jazz & Abstract Art: translating sound to color at Bellagio's new art exhibit
Visit the new art exhibit at the Bellagio that combines two arts: Jazz and Abstract. November 14, 2024LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — If you are a jazz music and abstract art fan, there's a new spot in town to explore. The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art's new exhibition... -
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Unveils American Duet: Jazz & Abstract Art
December 3, 2024The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art (BGFA) in Las Vegas recently unveiled its latest exhibition, American Duet: Jazz & Abstract Art, a vibrant celebration of the dynamic relationship between two...
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