Through archival materials, Associate Curator Renée Maurer explores the rich relationship between The Phillips Collection and Barnett Aden Gallery. The groundbreaking Barnett Aden Gallery, the first Black-owned commercial art gallery in the United States, opened at 127 Randolph Place NW on October 16, 1943. It was founded in the private home of James V. Herring, […]
The Phillips celebrates Karen Schneider, who will be retiring on March 31 after 41 years of service to the museum. Karen was hired by Laughlin Phillips, Duncan and Marjorie Phillips’s son, in February 1981. She fondly recalls books everywhere and even the Phillips’s cats (Fiona and Bazooka) scurrying by as she was introduced to the […]
Through archival materials, Associate Curator Renée Maurer explores the rich relationships among Duncan Phillips and American University students and faculty, including Robert Gates and Alma Thomas. Robert Gates and the American University art faculty who taught Alma Thomas between 1952-1957 were closely associated with The Phillips Collection, and its former art school, managed by C. […]
