An Amoako Boafo painting, *Red Dress* (2017), has been consigned to Phillips’s upcoming modern and contemporary art day sale by actor and ARTnews Top 200 collector Jesse Williams. The work, estimated at $150,000 to $200,000, depicts Thelma Golden, director of the newly reopened Studio Museum in Harlem. It was previously featured in Boafo’s 2022 solo exhibition “Soul of Black Folks” at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. This marks another instance of a work from Williams’s collection appearing at Phillips, following a Noah Davis painting consigned by his ex-wife in 2024.
Boafo’s market has cooled from its Covid-era peak, with recent sales falling in the $100,000 to $300,000 range after several works surpassed $1 million in 2021–2022. The consignment highlights ongoing activity among high-profile collectors like Williams, who was named a collector to watch in 2021 and once owned about 250 works. The sale also underscores the continued market interest in Boafo’s portraiture, particularly works depicting prominent art-world figures.