Pamela J. Joyner and Fred Giuffrida
Pamela J. Joyner and Fred Giuffrida collect abstract art by African American artists from the 1940s onward, through the Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of nearly 400 pieces. Joyner describes the aim as rewriting art history. The collection is documented in the book Four Generations and was shown in the touring exhibition Solidary and Solitary.
Artists named in the collection
Norman Lewis, Beauford Delaney, Alma Thomas, Leonardo Drew, Kevin Beasley, Richard Mayhew, Sam Gilliam, Jack Whitten, Melvin Edwards, Mark Bradford, Shinique Smith, Glenn Ligon, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
On record
- Solidary and Solitary opened at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in autumn 2017 with 74 works from the collection.
- The Smart Museum of Art honored Joyner and the collection at its 2019 Shapiro Award dinner.
Institutional roles
- Pamela Joyner: board, J. Paul Getty Trust
- Pamela Joyner: chair, Tate Americas Foundation
- Pamela Joyner: Art Institute of Chicago
- Pamela Joyner: Modern and Contemporary Art Visiting Committee, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Questions
What does Pamela J. Joyner and Fred Giuffrida collect?Pamela J. Joyner and Fred Giuffrida collect abstract art by African American artists from the 1940s onward, through the Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of nearly 400 pieces. Joyner describes the aim as rewriting art history. The collection is documented in the book Four Generations and was shown in the touring exhibition Solidary and Solitary.
Which artists are in the Pamela J. Joyner and Fred Giuffrida collection?Cited sources name works by Norman Lewis, Beauford Delaney, Alma Thomas, Leonardo Drew, Kevin Beasley, Richard Mayhew, Sam Gilliam, Jack Whitten.
Sources
- Pamela J. Joyner, Wikipedia
- Pamela J. Joyner's Mission to Rewrite Art History, Sotheby's, 2017
Last verified 2026-10-31.
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