200 Years Of African American Art On Display At The Philadelphia Art Museum

200 Years Of African American Art On Display At The Philadelphia Art Museum

 

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is opening an exhibition that showcases
the museum’s extensive collection of African American art.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia Museum of Art has put together a new exhibit that highlights the African American art it’s collected over the past century.

Titled “Represent: 200 years of African American Art,” the exhibit is comprised of 75 objects from 50 African American artists, including more than a dozen from Philadelphia.

“We have Moe Brooker, we have Barbara Chase-Riboud who was born in this city,” says John Vick, organizing curator. He says the exhibit includes sculptures, photographs, abstract paintings, portraits and more by artists like Horace Pippin, Jacob Lawrence, Barkley Hendricks and others.

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