This Just In: A Spotlight on New Acquisitions

This Just In: A Spotlight on New Acquisitions presents a selection of new artworks as they are accepted into the collection of Phoenix Art Museum. Many of the works in this regularly rotating installation, including a work on paper by Elizabeth Layton and a painting by Miné Okubo, which represents the first work in the Museum’s American art collection by a Japanese-American woman, are on view for the first time in the Museum’s galleries, and all lay the foundation for and bear witness to new curatorial initiatives while, foreshadowing what the future of the collection holds. In highlighting these new acquisitions, the Museum acknowledges its efforts to address gaps in the collection where more visibility for underrepresented artists is needed.​

The collection of Phoenix Art Museum features more than 20,000 works of fashion design, Asian art, American and Western American art, Latin American art, European art, photography, and modern and contemporary art that demonstrate centuries of artistic innovation and global creativity. As the Museum continues to acquire new works over time, its collection evolves and strengthens.

Credit: Overview from museum website