Phillips Flashback: “…the largest & most luxurious vessel afloat had gone down…”

As the Titanic meets its horrific fate in the waters of the North Atlantic on Monday, April 15, 1912, Duncan Phillips is aboard another ship in the ocean, nearing its destination of Antwerp. Of the event, he writes in his journal: We were in communication with several ships- but never heard or were told of […]

Celebrating National Poetry Month at the Phillips Collection: Part I

April is National Poetry Month, and  it gives all of us at The Phillips Collection an opportunity to recognize how this vital art form often intertwines with the visual arts. In very much the same way a great painting can reach into our hearts and communicate so much emotion in the span of just a few […]

John Marin: A Strong and Bracing Wind

The Phillips Collection is excited to share that the recent publication “Duncan and Marjorie Phillips and America’s First Museum of Modern Art” (Vernon Press, 2021) by Pamela Carter-Birken is now available in paperback. Here is an excerpt from the book focused on the Phillips’s interest in the artwork of American painter John Marin. Duncan and […]