Landmark African American Art Gift Donated To Telfair Museums
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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The Evanses are donating 30 works to the South’s oldest public art museum, including historical and contemporary paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, and sculptures by leading figures in the field of African American art.
Key Points:
- The Evanses are donating 30 works to the South’s oldest public art museum, including historical and contemporary paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, and sculptures by leading figures in the field of African American art.
- “This donation by Walter and Linda Evans represents the single most transformative gift to Telfair’s permanent collection in the museum’s history,” says Director and CEO Ben Simons.
- The Evans Collection gift aligns perfectly with our strategic goal to embrace and to fully represent our community.”
Dr. Evans, a Savannah-born surgeon, began collecting African American art in the late 1970s while living in Detroit, Michigan. - These two annual lectures, free to the public, bring to Savannah leading Black artists and top scholars on African American art, often in conjunction with museum exhibitions.