Video Tour of Whitfield Lovell

“Immersing oneself in the soulful reveries of Lovell’s art opens a window onto our shared past, and it’s ongoing reverberations in our contemporary world.” More from Exhibition Curator Elsa Smithgall on Whitfield Lovell: The Kin Series and Related Works in this video.

An Introduction to People on the Move with the Curator

Exhibition Curator Elsa Smithgall shares the history behind Jacob Lawrence’s epic Migration Series in this video. In discussing the work’s impact on the world today, Smithgall commends the artist’s foresight: “Completing his series on the eve of World War II, Lawrence leaves us in Panel 60 with the message: ‘and the migrants kept coming.’ Lawrence was prescient in recognizing that the migration story would continue, inviting us to reflect on the migration experience in our contemporary world.”

Welcome Back, Migration Series!

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Installation view of Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series, currently on view in The original Phillips house.

We’re welcoming back The Phillips Collection’s 30 panels of Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series with some new digs. The panels returned in September after a trip to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where they were reunited with the 30 panels owned by MoMA in the exhibition One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Works. If you missed it, the 60 panels will come together again at the Phillips in fall 2016. For now, the Phillips-owned panels are on display in what was once the original family dining room.