REFRAMING HAITIAN ART: MASTERWORKS FROM THE ARTHUR ALBRECHT COLLECTION
ON VIEW NOW
The Arthur R. Albrecht Collection includes over 75 artworks from Haiti’s most prominent painters including Rigaud Benoit, Wilson Bigaud, Prefete Duffaut, and Philome Obin. On view to the public for the first time, The Tampa Museum of Art presents two exhibitions highlighting this important collection.
(Right) Rigaud Benoit (Haitian, 1911-1986), Les Oiseaux , 1973. Oil on Masonite painting. 37 x 25 inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of the Arthur Albrecht Revocable Trust
SEQUIN ARTS: THE FLAGMAKERS OF HAITI
(Below) Artist Unknown, Erzulie Danthor , c. 1980s. Chromolithograph, sequins, and beads on cloth. 36 1/2 x 33 inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of Ed and Ann Gessen, 2019.030.
ON VIEW NOW
The Tampa Museum of Art’s permanent collection includes one of the largest collections of drapo vodou (Haitian vodou flags) in the Southeast. These newly acquired works, largely gifted by the Gessen Collection, will remain on view for an extended display with new rotations focused on various themes and artists associated with with traditional and contemporary flagmaking styles.
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