Giant Conversations and Opening Celebration
Kick off the opening weekend of Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys with Kimberli Gant, Valerie Cassel Oliver, and Belinda Tate as they reflect on how this landmark exhibition of contemporary Black art took shape at the Brooklyn Museum, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and now at Newfields. They’ll share the behind‑the‑scenes decisions, challenges, and creative problem‑solving involved in presenting artworks of monumental scale, collaborating directly with the Deans, and shaping distinct versions of the exhibition across three leading cultural institutions.
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$60 Members & $75 public
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys presented by JPMorganChase traces the evolution of an ambitious collection built by musical and cultural icons Kasseem Dean (aka Swizz Beatz) and Alicia Keys over two decades. The exhibition showcases a focused selection of 134 objects from the couple's world-class holdings, spotlighting works by Black diasporic artists in an ongoing effort to expand the art-historical narrative.
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys is organized by
Exhibition Credits:
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys is organized by the Brooklyn Museum. It is curated by Kimberli Gant, the Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Indira A. Abiskaroon, the former Curatorial Assistant of Modern and Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum. The coordinating curator for the exhibition at Newfields is Belinda Tate, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
Sponsor Credits:
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys is presented by JPMorganChase.
Image credits:
Toyin Ojih Odutola. Paris Apartment, 2016–17. Charcoal, pastel, pencil on paper. The Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. (Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com)
