THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION

DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING WORKS FROM THE MUSEUM'S OWN HOLDINGS, LOANS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, AND COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER VENUES. HIGHLIGHTS FROM FY25 INCLUDE WHERE WE MEET, A LOOK AT THE OVERLAPPING INSTITUTIONAL HISTORIES BETWEEN THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY GALLERY OF ART AND THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, REVEALING AN EARLY AND EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED THROUGH A COMMON INTEREST IN COLLECTING, STEWARDSHIP, AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO ART; UP CLOSE WITH PAUL CEZANNE, AN UNVEILING OF TWO RECENTLY CONSERVED WORKS BY PAUL CEZANNE, MONT SAINTE-VICTOIRE (1886-87) AND SELF-PORTRAIT (1878-80), VIEWED IN THE CONTEXT OF FIVE OTHER WORKS BY CEZANNE; MULTIPLICITY: BLACKNESS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN COLLAGE, WHICH CELEBRATED THE BROAD VARIETY AND COMPLEXITY OF BLACK IDENTITY THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES, OFFERING POIGNANT EXPRESSIONS OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING FRAGMENTATION AND RECONSTRUCTION, SHARED HISTORY AND MEMORY, CULTURAL HYBRIDITY, GENDER FLUIDITY, AND NOTIONS OF BEAUTY; WILLIAM GROPPER: ARTIST OF THE PEOPLE, A PRESENTATION FEATURING MORE THAN 30 WORKS THAT REVEAL THE ARTIST'S BITING COMMENTARY ON HUMAN RIGHTS, ANARCHY, LABOR, FREEDOM, AND DEMOCRACY; BREAKING IT DOWN: CONVERSATIONS FROM THE VAULT, AN EXPLORATION OF MUSEUM FOUNDER DUNCAN PHILLIPS'S CONCEPT OF "UNITS," GROUPS OF WORKS OF ART THAT REPRESENT KEY ASPECTS OF AN ARTIST'S VISION OR SPIRIT, THROUGH SEVERAL ARTISTS WHO ARE CORNERSTONES OF THE COLLECTION AS WELL AS A GROWING COLLECTION OF WORKS BY TRAILBLAZERS OF OUR TIME; TIMELESS MUCHA: THE MAGIC OF LINE, A SURVEY OF CZECH PAINTER AND DECORATIVE ARTIST ALPHONSE MUCHA, EXPLORING HIS ARTISTIC EVOLUTION, REVOLUTIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO GRAPHIC DESIGN, AND THE ENDURING INFLUENCE OF HIS SIGNATURE STYLE ON PSYCHEDELIC ROCK POSTERS, ALBUM COVERS, COMIC BOOKS, AND JAPANESE MANGA; ESSEX HEMPHILL: TAKE CARE OF YOUR BLESSINGS, AN EXPLORATION OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROMINENT WASHINGTON, DC, POET, PERFORMER, EDITOR, AND ACTIVIST ESSEX HEMPHILL'S WRITING - RAW, POLITICALLY CHARGED, AND DEEPLY PERSONAL - AND CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ART BY ARTISTS WHO KNEW OR COLLABORATED WITH HEMPHILL DURING HIS LIFETIME, ALONGSIDE THOSE WHO FOUND INSPIRATION IN HIS ARTISTIC AND POLITICAL VISION DECADES LATER; AND VIVIAN BROWNE: MY KIND OF PROTEST, A SURVEY OF THE MORE THAN FOUR-DECADE CAREER OF ABSTRACT ARTIST VIVIAN BROWNE, FEATURING SEVEN BODIES OF WORK AS WELL AS EPHEMERA THAT HIGHLIGHT BROWNE'S PIONEERING ACTIVISM AND INFLUENTIAL TEACHING CAREER.

MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION OF NEARLY 6,000 WORKS. WHEN THE MUSEUM OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1921 AS THE NATION'S FIRST MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART, THE COLLECTION COMPRISED OVER 200 WORKS ACQUIRED BY DUNCAN PHILLIPS. OUR NEW ACQUISITIONS, ARRIVING THROUGH BOTH GIFT AND PURCHASE, REFLECT THE MUSEUM'S EFFORTS TO CONTINUE PHILLIPS'S LEGACY WITH WORKS THAT DEEPEN OR INTRODUCE NEW GLOBAL VOICES INTO OUR COLLECTION WHILE ENRICHING THE NARRATIVE OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART. OUR DISPLAYS OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION HAVE BUILT MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH COMMUNITIESFROM LOCAL TO INTERNATIONAL. NOTABLE ACQUISITIONS INCLUDE WORKS BY RUSH BAKER IV, MARTIN CREED, HENRI MATISSE, AND GEORGE SEGAL. COMMENSURATE ACTIVITIES INCORPORATED ONGOING CONSERVATION EFFORTS TO (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GROWING COLLECTION, AND THE CONTINUANCE OF COLLECTION DIGITIZATION FOR PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATION ON THE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE, ARTSTOR, GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE, AND THE MULTI-MUSEUM APP BLOOMBERG CONNECTS. MOREOVER, THE HIGH QUALITY OF WORKS IN THE COLLECTION PRESENTED MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION WITH OTHER MUSEUMS BOTH FOR EXHIBITION PARTNERSHIPS AND FOR LENDING WORKS TO ENHANCE PROJECTS AT OTHER VENUES - NOTABLE FY25 BORROWERS INCLUDED BARNES FOUNDATION, PHILADELPHIA, PA; MUSE DE LORANGERIE, PARIS, FRANCE; AND MUSE FABRE, MONTPELLIER, FRANCE. WHILE THE PHILLIPS DID NOT CIRCULATE AN EXHIBITION DRAWN FROM ITS COLLECTION TO OTHER VENUES THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE MUSEUM ORGANIZED BREAKING IT DOWN: CONVERSATIONS FROM THE VAULT. THE EXHIBITION WAS DRAWN ENTIRELY FROM THE PHILLIPS'S COLLECTION AND OFFERED A FRESH EXPLORATION OF SEVERAL ARTISTS WHO ARE CORNERSTONES OF THE COLLECTION, INCLUDING GEORGES BRAQUE, RICHARD DIEBENKORN, ARTHUR DOVE, SAM GILLIAM, PAUL KLEE, AND GEORGIA O'KEEFFE, ALONGSIDE A GROWING COLLECTION OF WORKS BY TRAILBLAZERS OF OUR TIME, INCLUDING SEAN SCULLY, SYLVIA SNOWDEN, RENE STOUT, JOYCE WELLMAN, AND MORE.