CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 8/26/2020

'Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists' is a New Release this week!

We are delighted to announce the release of Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists, presenting the renowned Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art. Pictured here are spreads featuring work by Jordan Casteel, Sadie Barnette and Paul Mpagi Sepuya—all artists in their thirties. Other artists, spanning several generations, include Mark Bradford, David Hammons, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Adam Pendleton, Pope.L, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Henry Taylor, Mickalene Thomas, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Christina Quarles and Jacolby Satterwhite, to name just a few. Published to accompany an exhibition making stops in New York; El Paso; Chicago; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Davis, California; and Denver, this beautifully-produced book is also a call to action, documenting not just an exemplary, collection but a full-fledged support system driven by passion, personal history and a commitment to promoting not just artists but writers and curators of color throughout their careers. Edited by Antwaun Sargent, it features writing by Graham C. Boettcher, Jessica Bell Brown, Connie H. Choi, Anthony Graham, Lauren Haynes, Jamillah James, Thomas J. Lax, Hallie Ringle, Adeze Wilford, Gordon Dearborn Wilkins and Matt Wycoff, curator of the traveling exhibition. Studio Museum Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden contributes an interview with the driving force behind the collection, Bernard Lumpkin.