Collectors on Collecting: A Conversation with Bernard I. Lumpkin of “Young, Gifted and Black”

On Monday, March 28, ahead of our spring 2022 sale of African American Art, department director Nigel Freeman sat down with collector Bernard I. Lumpkin for a conversation on the growing legacy of his family collection, his collecting philosophy, and insight on how to navigate the often opaque art market. Watch the conversation in full below.

About Young, Gifted and Black, the Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art

The collection is dedicated to established and emerging artists of African descent, with a focus on younger voices of the last 25 years, and has been the subject of a bestselling book, Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists, and a nationwide traveling exhibition.

More information on the collection, here.

Stay in Touch

Read more from our African American Art department, here.