Lucy T. Pettway, "Bricklayer", 1960s
Blue denim, cotton, red cotton, white cotton, and wool 81 in x 73 in; 205.74 cm x 185.42 cm Partial Gift, Partial purchase from Souls Grown Deep Foundation. The Dreier Fund for Acquisitions, 2019
Blue denim, cotton, red cotton, white cotton, and wool 81 in x 73 in; 205.74 cm x 185.42 cm Partial Gift, Partial purchase from Souls Grown Deep Foundation. The Dreier Fund for Acquisitions, 2019
May 17-August 31, 2025
Essex Hemphill (1957–1995) was a prominent Washington, DC, poet, performer, editor, and activist whose work engaged themes of race, gender, sexuality, love, and community during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Take care of your blessings explores the interdisciplinary relationship between Hemphill’s writing—raw, politically charged, and deeply personal—and contemporary visual art. The exhibition presents the work of artists who knew or collaborated with Hemphill during his lifetime, alongside those who found inspiration in his artistic and political vision decades later. The result is in
January 28, 2021, 5:30-6:30 pm
Senior Curator of The Phillips Collection Elsa Smithgall will be joined in conversation by Aviva Kempner the director of Rosenwald; Curlee Holton, Director and Artist-in-Residence, David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland; and E. Ethelbert Miller, American Poet and Scholar. Participants will be able to view the film from Tuesday January 26 to Thursday January 28. Join The Phillips Collection as we watch and have a discussion around Aviva Kempner’s Rosenwald. The incredible story of Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant peddler who never finished high school, but rose to
September 11, 2015
July 31, 2015
September 5, 2015
September 18, 2015
December 4, 2020
The Phillips celebrates 100 years of experimentation and impact through art WASHINGTON, DC—The Phillips Collection announces its centennial year celebration in 2021. America’s first museum of modern art, founded in 1921, will feature Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century, a special exhibition drawn from its growing permanent collection of 4,700 works, a juried invitational for artists of the DMV, as well as a rich array of exhibitions by renowned artists, including Jacob Lawrence, David Driskell, Alma Thomas, Marley Dawson, and Sanford Biggers. The 100th year celebration
July 24, 2015
February 16, 2018