Todd Levin, the New York art adviser, believes US art institutes are having to catch up and demonstrate a more equal representation in their collections having previously been slow on the uptake of African American artists. The Perez Art Museum in Miami, according to its director Franklin Sirmans, has a a record $4.6m fund "to acquire black art in perpetuity, no matter who's in charge". New York's Museum of Modern Art has added 430 works by black artists to its collection since 2010. This week the museum was gifted The Holy Virgin Mary by Chris Ofili which sold in 2015 for $1.1m.
Todd Levin, the New York art adviser, believes US art institutes are having to catch up and demonstrate a more equal representation in their collections having previously been slow on the uptake of African American artists. The Perez Art Museum in Miami, according to its director Franklin Sirmans, has a $1.1m fund "to acquire black art in perpetuity, no matter who's in charge". New York's Museum of Modern Art has added 430 works by black artists to its collection since 2010. This week the museum was gifted The Holy Virgin Mary by Chris Ofili which sold in 2015 for a record $4.6m.