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Detroit Institute of Arts receives gift of important work by artist Titus Kaphar
Titus Kaphar, Nip Tuck (Portrait of Lillian Dandridge), 2009, oil on crumpled canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.
DETROIT, MICH
.- Expanding the Detroit Institute of Arts collection of African American art, museum supporters Nancy and Sean Cotton have donated Nip Tuck (Portrait of Lillian Dandridge), a 2009 painting by award-winning artist Titus Kaphar, born in Kalamazoo, Mich. in 1976. The Cottons have loaned an additional nine works of art that will be on display beginning May 15, 2021. It s extremely generous of collectors Nancy and Sean Cotton to gift the DIA this powerful painting that uncovers hidden truths in American history, said Valerie Mercer, curator and head of the DIAs Center for African American Art. In that respect, it, along with nine loaned contemporary artworks by various Black artists represented in the Cotton s outstanding collection, refers to the theme of Black Lives