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Dorothy Kosinski to conclude tenure as Vradenburg Director and CEO of The Phillips Collection Vradenburg Director and CEO Dorothy Kosinski. Photo: Daniel Schwartz. WASHINGTON, DC .- Dorothy Kosinski, Vradenburg Director and CEO of The Phillips Collection, announced today that she will conclude her tenure toward the end of 2022. Followed by a transition period, requested by the Board of Trustees, she will mark 15 years of distinguished leadership and be named Director Emerita. Dr. Kosinski said...

May 19, 2021 WASHINGTON, DC—As part of the museum’s centennial celebrations, The Phillips Collection presents Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle, the first reunion since 1958 of the celebrated artist’s 30-panel series Struggle: From the History of the American People. The exhibition includes two panels discovered in 2020 and 2021, offering a rare opportunity to reconstitute the lost narrative of the series and with it a radically integrated view of American history. The f...

The Phillips Collection celebrates its centennial year in 2021.  After losing his father in 1917 and then his brother in the 1918 influenza pandemic, museum founder Duncan Phillips wrote in A Collection in the Making, “Art offers two great gifts of emotion—the emotion of recognition and the emotion of escape. Both emotions take us out of the boundaries of self…. At my period of crisis I was prompted to create something which would express my awareness of life’s retur...

The Phillips Collection appoints five new Trustees Barbara Brown is the senior partner in the Employment Law practice in the Washington, DC, office of Paul Hastings. WASHINGTON, DC .-The Phillips Collection has elected five new members to join its Board of Trustees. The new members bring a wealth of new perspectives to the Phillips and their range of expertise will provide the museum with additional tools to celebrate its centennial year in 2021 and continue its impact. “We are thrilled to wel...

February 17, 2021 Patty Alper, Barbara Brown, Jane Chu, Paul Killian, and Sala Elise Patterson join the museum’s Board of Trustees WASHINGTON, DC—The Phillips Collection has elected five new members to join its Board of Trustees. The new members bring a wealth of new perspectives to the Phillips and their range of expertise will provide the museum with additional tools to celebrate its centennial year in 2021 and continue its impact. “We are thrilled to welcome Patty Alper, ...

The Phillips Collection announces $2 million endowment for Chief Diversity Officer Makeba Clay, a nationally recognized leader with over 20 years of experience in higher education and cultural institutions, joined the Phillips as the museum’s inaugural Chief Diversity Officer in March 2018. Photo by Lydia Carlis. WASHINGTON, DC .-The Phillips Collection announces the endowment of its Chief Diversity Officer position with a historic $2 million gift from Lynne and Joe Horning in 2021. This trans...