编者按:格兰特.希尔(Grant Hill)是杜克大学篮球史上的风云人物。他90年来到杜克,于91,92年帮助杜克两夺NCAA的总冠军。他的妻子塔米亚.希尔(Tamia Hill)曾经五次得到格莱美的提名。可能不为大家所知的是:希尔夫妇还是职业收藏家。他们收藏的46件反映20世纪黑人文化的艺术品今天在学校的Nasher Museum开始展出。欢迎大家前去欣赏。

Durham, N.C. — The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University will present an exhibition of African-American art from the collection of NBA basketball player and Duke graduate Grant Hill, beginning March 4.

“Something All Our Own: The Grant Hill Collection of African American Art” is on view through July 16.

The Nasher Museum of Art is a major new arts center on Duke’s campus that serves the university, Research Triangle area and surrounding region with exhibitions and educational programs.

“Something All Our Own” includes 46 paintings, collages, sculptures and works on paper by the most important African-American artists of the 20th century. The exhibition includes collages, prints, sculptures and paintings by Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett and John Biggers. Alongside those works are moody, solitary paintings by Hughie Lee-Smith, paintings by self-taught artist John Coleman and sketches and paintings by the late Arthello Beck Jr.

“I am especially pleased to bring art and basketball together at Duke during the museum’s inaugural year –