30 Americans
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
June 14—September 8, 2013

30 Americans showcases works by many of the most important African American artists of the last three decades. This provocative exhibition focuses on issues of racial, sexual, and historical identity in contemporary culture while exploring the powerful influence of artistic legacy and community across generations.

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Photo Credit: Kwaku Alston

Inside Our Process | Rubell Family

We only show art we own. That is a founding principle of the Rubell Family Collection, a principle that gives us tremendous freedom and enormous constraints. When we set out to conceptualize a new exhibition, we know we will only get the depth and quality we seek if we already have a strong foundation of works by a core group of artists. Once the exhibition is determined, we then collect into it, buying works that we consider essential right up to the closing date for the catalogue, just one month before the opening of the show...

Artists in the exhibition

TRAVELING HISTORY:

Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk
March 16th, 2012 through July 15th, 2012

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
October 1st, 2011 – February 12th, 2012

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
March 20th, 2011 – September 4th, 2011

Educational tour in the Rubell Family Collection
Schools Museum Educator Linda Manguel
interacts with students