Grammy-winning artists Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys are taking their spectacular artwork assortment on a worldwide tour.
The exhibition, titled “GIANTS: Artwork from the Dean Assortment of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys,” made its debut on the Brooklyn Museum earlier this 12 months and is now set to proceed its journey.
The subsequent cease for this outstanding assortment would be the Excessive Museum of Artwork in Atlanta, the place will probably be on show from September 13, 2024, by way of January 19, 2025. This exhibition showcases the couple’s dedication to championing the work of Black artists.
That includes roughly 115 objects, together with 98 main artworks, the Dean Assortment boasts items by famend artists similar to Jean-Michel Basquiat, Arthur Jafa, and Kehinde Wiley. Notably, it additionally contains the biggest non-public assortment of Gordon Parks’ works.
The couple expressed their enthusiasm for the tour, stating:
“Our mission has at all times been about making artwork accessible to everybody and showcasing these GIANT artists. We realized shortly that meant this assortment needed to journey to communities throughout the nation and the world. We’re so happy that Atlanta and the Excessive Museum of Artwork is the primary cease on the GIANT tour.”
For Swizz Beatz, whose actual identify is Kasseem Dean, the Atlanta displaying holds private significance:
“ATL is a crucial a part of my story since I went to Stone Mountain Excessive, Redan Excessive and Open Campus. I began DJing events as a child at Atrium and Membership Flavors too! So, bringing Giants to the Excessive is an Artwork homecoming for me!”
The exhibition is organized into themed sections, every highlighting totally different features of the gathering and its cultural significance. These embrace “On the Shoulders of Giants,” showcasing influential artists, and “Large Conversations,” which explores Black social points.
As ARTnews High 200 Collectors, Keys and Dean have been obsessed with supporting Black creatives. Keys beforehand shared their motivation:
“There are far too many artists of every kind—musicians, painters, sculptors, dancers—who’ve sadly contributed a lot to the tradition and have died with nothing. As artists [ourselves], we care about residing artists and the simply due that we obtain.”
This touring exhibition represents a major step of their mission to convey higher recognition and accessibility to the works of Black artists on a worldwide scale.
