BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART GIFTED WORKS BY MELEKO MOKGOSI, ADAM PENDLETON, AND OTHERS

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today that collectors Pamela J. Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida have donated seven artworks by artists Radcliffe Bailey, Zander Blom, Moshekwa Langa, Clifford Owens, Adam Pendleton, and Purvis Young to the museum and have promised two gifts of large-scale paintings by Meleko Mokgosi and Angel Otero.

The gift addresses collection gaps identified by the BMA across its holdings of contemporary art from Africa and the African diaspora and of assemblage, collage, and performance-based practices. It also coincides with the opening of “Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art,” an exhibition of work that draws from the extensive Joyner/Giuffrida collection as well as from the BMA and that examines the significant contributions black artists have made to the development of abstraction from the 1940s to the present.

“We are incredibly grateful to Pamela and Alfred for their ongoing collaboration and support, both in working with the BMA to develop the ‘Generations’ exhibition, which broadens our knowledge of the many artists of color that have shaped the course of modern and contemporary art, and for this generous gift that strengthens the BMA’s ability to tell a spectrum of narratives within our collection,” said BMA director Christopher Bedford.