Black Art Spurs Gold Rush as Collector Stampede Drives Up Prices

  • Steve Cohen, Ken Griffin, major museums are among the buyers
  • ‘It’s a bit of a mad scramble,’ New York art adviser says

Works by Derrick Adams will be on view at 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in Brooklyn next month.

Source: Derrick Adams and Vigo Gallery, London

Amy Sherald once waited tables at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Today she’s a trustee, with collectors and other museums clamoring for her work after unveiling her portrait of Michelle Obama at the National Portrait Gallery earlier this year.