Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art
October 3 – December 13, 2025
Opening: Friday, October 3, 5-7pm
The Abroms‑Engel Institute for the Visual Arts is proud to present Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin‑Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, featuring more than forty works from one of the nation’s most celebrated private contemporary art collections. This nationally traveling exhibition highlights established and emerging artists of African descent from the past 35 years, offering a vibrant range of voices, ideas, and approaches. AEIVA will launch the exhibition during the UAB Center for the Arts Block Party on October 3, 2025, inviting the community to experience these powerful works together.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Derrick Adams • Tunji Adeniyi-Jones • Sadie Barnette • Kevin Beasley • Jordan Casteel • Bethany Collins • LaToya Ruby Frazier • Ellen Gallagher • Cy Gavin • Alteronce Gumby • Allison Janae Hamilton • David Hammons • Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle • Lonnie Holley • Rashid Johnson • Samuel Levi Jones • Deana Lawson • Glenn Ligon • Eric N. Mack • Kerry James Marshall • Wardell Milan • Jennifer Packer • Adam Pendleton • Adrian Piper • Paul Mpagi Sepuya • Gerald Sheffield • Lorna Simpson • Sable Elyse Smith • Vaughn Spann • Tavares Strachan • Henry Taylor • Chiffon Thomas • Mickalene Thomas • William Villalongo • Kara Walker • D’Angelo Lovell Williams • Wilmer Wilson IV • Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Image: Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Blue Dancer (detail), 2017, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Lumpkin Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art.