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V. Joy Simmons, a longtime art collector and physician, opened her Los Angeles home in Baldwin Hills for a tour, revealing a vast collection of over 150 works by Black artists. The collection spans from early purchases like Elizabeth Catlett's 1973 lithograph 'Which Way?' to site-specific installations by Lauren Halsey and works by Romare Bearden, Kerry James Marshall, Mark Bradford, and Kehinde Wiley. Simmons, who began collecting in the 1970s while in medical school, has curated intergenerational juxtapositions throughout her home, including stained-glass windows by Varnette Honeywood and Joyce Dudnick, a church pew by Genevieve Gaignard, and a bottle tree sculpture by Dominique Moody.

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v joy simmons collection tour baldwin hills home 1234756282

V. Joy Simmons, a Los Angeles-based physician and longtime art collector, opened her Baldwin Hills home to ARTnews for a tour of her extensive collection. The house features over 150 objects, including stained-glass windows by Varnette Honeywood and Joyce Dudnick, a site-specific column installation by Lauren Halsey, and works by Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, Kerry James Marshall, Mark Bradford, Kehinde Wiley, and Carrie Mae Weems, among many others. Simmons began collecting in the 1970s with a $50 lithograph by Catlett and has since built a collection that spans generations of Black artists, often juxtaposing older and younger artists in her displays.