THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Hilarie M. Sheets
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| “Sometimes I Get Emotion From the Game,” by Purvis Young, is among the acquisitions by the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, one of five institutions getting works from Souls Grown Deep. |
In a strategic effort to reshape the narrative of American art, the
Souls Grown Deep Foundation will help five museums acquire paintings, sculptures and works on paper by self-taught African-American artists of the South. These acquisitions bring to 12 the number of museums that have received more than 300 works from the Atlanta-based nonprofit, through gifts and purchase. “There is an awakening of interest in African-American art from museums trying to be inclusive and diverse,” said Maxwell Anderson, president of Souls Grown Deep, who announced the transfer of 51 objects by 30 black self-taught artists to the Brooklyn Museum, the Morgan Library & Museum, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The new acquisitions together are valued at roughly $1.6 million, with the five museums paying a discounted rate of $455,000. [
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| “Fading” (2002), by Thornton Dial, will be sold at Christie’s on Friday, with the proceeds to benefit Souls Grown Deep’s internship program.CreditStephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio |
