In what is sure to be a treat for those who love African American art, Bill Cosby and his wife Camille have lent their private collection of 300 works of paintings, prints, sculptures and drawings to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art (950 Independence Avenue SW).
If you love art like us, stop by the Smithsonian to see the collection, which features artists such as Beauford Delaney, Faith Ringgold, Jacob Lawrence, Augusta Savage and Henry Ossawa Tanner.
“It’s so important to show art by African-American artists in this exhibition,” Cosby said in a statement. “To me, it’s a way for people to see what exists and to give voice to many of these artists who were silenced for so long, some of whom will speak no more.”
“Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue,” will be on display from Sunday through early 2016.