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More than just a repository for the preservation of objects,
the Everson is committed to creating dynamic and meaningful encounters with modern and contemporary American art through its collections. As such, the Museum acquires works that engage diverse communities, inspire curiosity and lifelong learning, and encourage community-wide conversations that promote a more vital and inclusive society. Whether generous gifts from donors and artists or purchases using the Museum’s dedicated acquisition funds, new acquisitions represent the Everson’s long-standing commitment to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting the best of modern and contemporary American art. Below is a selection of the acquisitions made in the last few years.
2026
Sana Musasama
House #31, 2024
Glazed stoneware
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Collection Fund, 2025.33
Wendy Red Star
Axúachisshish/Paints His Shirt Red, 2024
Acrylic, graphite, kitakata paper; acid free, handmade paper made from recycled cotton; screenprinted by hand
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Collection Fund, 2025.37
David Huffman
Summit, 2023
Basketballs, wood, and acrylic paint
Everson Museum of Art; Gift of the artist and Jessica Silverman, 2025.30
2025
Anat Shiftan
Flora and Forest in Yellow, Green, and Pink, 2022
Glazed porcelain, 13 1/2 x 30 x 24 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2025.9
Courtney Rile
Power Lines (Sam and Lovie, June 2, 2020), printed in 2025
Archival acid free pigment print on Hahnemüle Matt, Fibre peper; ed. 1/5,
40 x 27 1/2 inches,
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2025.3.1
Mark Gonzales
shmoo at sunset, 2025
Metal and polyurethane hard coat, 108 x 96 x 96 inches,
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2025.8
2024
Jordan Ann Craig
Sharp Tongue; Working on Empathy, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2024.14
Oliver Herring
An Age for Hands, 1996
Silver Mylar on steel, 108 x 156 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Collection Fund, 2024.33
Colleen Toledano
Ripe, 2022
Colored porcelain, mirrored acrylic, and flocking, 22 x 22 x 28 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Howard Kottler Testamentary Trust, 2024.2
2023
Mara Baldwin
The Laden Vine, 2021
Watercolor and ink on paper, 20¼ x 18 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2023.21.1
Kwame Brathwaite
Untitled (Couple’s Embrace), ca. 1971, printed 2021
Archival pigment print, 30 x 30 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2023.22
Nari Ward
Still We Rise, 2020
Shoelaces, 68 x 84 x 2 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Collection Fund, 2023.1
2022
Syd Carpenter
Ramshackle Fence, 2008-12
Earthenware graphite and acrylic
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2022.5
Francesca DiMattio
Sevres Fetish Sculpture, 2014
Glaze and luster on porcelain and stoneware, enamel, epoxy, paper pulp, wood and nails, 72 x 27 x 17 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Gift of Katie and Amnon Rodan, 2022.1.1
Umar Rashid
Beybarella, Queen of the galaxy is joined by Grandmaster Flash Gordo to liberate Dr. Durand Durand from the Phantom Zone. Or, a space opera in three parts taken from the films of my youth, 2022
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 72 x 72 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, 2022.22
2021
Frank Buffalo Hyde
I-Witness Culture – American Idol, 2018
Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2021.10
Mark Burns
Rattlesnake Teapot, 1973
Glazed earthenware, 10 x 14 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2021.26.2
Jamal Cyrus
Major & Minor, 2014
Wood steel, fabric, screenprint, and tacks, 2 x 106 x 29 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2021.6
2020
Sharif Bey
Protest Shield #2, 2020
Earthenware, nails, and mixed media, 20 x 20 x 12 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2020.14
Ellen Blalock
Mary (from the series The Family Album: The Quilt Series), 2000
Fabric and photo transfer, 93¼ x 44½ inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2020.12
Ellen Blalock
Bang Bang, You Dead! (from the series Not Crazy), 2018
Fabric, 43 x 43 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2020.13
Dawn Williams Boyd
Waiting for Medgar, Jackson, MS 1963, 2004
Mixed media, 80 x 56½ inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2020.11
Susan Frackelton
Five-Handled Vase with Garlands, 1901
Porcelain, 4¾ x 5¼ inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2020.4
Courtney Leonard
Breach #2, 2016
Ceramic on wood pallet, 36 x 36 x 48 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2020.15
Ellen Lesperance
Black Gloves, Gods’ Eyes, 2020
Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper, 48 x 31½ inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2020.16
2019
Suzanne Anker
Carbon Collision of the Diamond Mind, 2013
Porcelain with metallic glaze, 6 x 10 x 8 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Gift of the artist, 2019.16
Caroline Cheng
Prosperity V, 2007
Porcelain and fabric, 71 x 71 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Gift of the artist, 2019.2
Photo credit: Ferrin Contemporary
Waylande Gregory
Henry Fonda, 1938
Partially glazed terracotta, 25 x 29 x 20 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2019.10
Julia Schmitt Healy
Bandaged Lady, 1972
Stuffed and sewn watercolor on treated muslin, 19¾ x 15¾ x 1½ inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2019.36
Julia Schmitt Healy
Bandaged Man, 1972
Stuffed and sewn watercolor on treated muslin, 20 x 15 x 1½ inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2019.37
Steven Young Lee
Bamboo and Blossoms, 2011
Porcelain, cobalt inlay, and decals, 13 x 13 x 17 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase with support, in part, from the Social Art Club
Judy Natal
The Custodian, 2012-2016
Video
Everson Museum of Art; Museum Purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2019.32
Image © Judy Natal
2018
Natalia Arbelaez
Big Mountain, 2018
Terracotta, gold luster, and oxidization, 19 x 18 x 11 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2018.4
Photo credit: Chris Stone
Natalia Arbelaez
Murcielago, 2018
Terracotta, gold luster, and oxidization, 14 x 6 x 6 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2018.5
Photo credit: Chris Stone
Jeff Donaldson
Maternal Homage, 1971
Mixed media, 28 x 29 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2018.9
Hillerbrand+
Magsamen
Higher Ground, 2015
Video and installation
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2018.27
Stephanie Kantor
Revised Trophy, 2018
Earthenware, glaze, cast bronze, and heirloom trophy plaque, 21¾ x 6½ x 6½ inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2018.8.3
Photo credit: Adam Milliron
Stephanie Syjuco
Variety Pack #3 from Raiders: International Booty, Bountiful Harvest (Selections from the A__A_M___), 2011
Archival Epson photo prints mounted on laser-cut wood and hardware
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2019.18.1-31
Photo credit: RYAN LEE Gallery