The Un-Private Collection

The Un-Private Collection is an ongoing series that  introduces audiences to the museum’s contemporary art collection by showcasing stories behind the collection, the collectors and the artists. The Un-Private Collection has presented the following artists and thought leaders in conversation: Kara Walker and Ava DuVernay; Shirin Neshat with Shoja Azari and Ghasem Ebrahimian; Mark Bradford, Sharon Lockhart and Katy Siegel; Jeff Koons and John Waters; Takashi Murakami and Pico Iyer; Eric Fischl and Steve Martin; Jenny Saville and Jennifer Doyle; Neo Rauch, Yuval Sharon, and Rosa Loy; Ericka Beckman and Matt Mullican; Hilton Als and David Salle; Robert Longo and Henry Rollins; Donna Augustin and Nathaniel Mary Quinn; Catherine Opie, Christopher Hawthorne, Carolina Miranda; Elliott Hundley and Anne Carson; Mickalene Thomas and Dream Hampton and Darnell L Moore; Sayre Gomez and Patrick Martinez and Lynell George; Jeffrey Gibson and Alexandra Grant; Isabelle Albuquerque and Sharif Farrag and Guadalupe Rosales; and Samara Golden and Piero Golia and Max Hooper Schneider.