Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz at"Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys" held at the Brooklyn Museum on February 6, 2024 in New York, New York., will be displayed internationally on a global museum tour. Curated by Kimberli Gant, the exhibit opened at the Brooklyn Museum in February 2024 and will next appear at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art.
In a statement announcing the global run, Keys and Beatz — born Kasseem Dean — shared: “Our mission has always been about making art accessible to everyone and showcasing these GIANT artists. We realized quickly that meant this collection had to travel to communities across the country and the world. We are so pleased that Atlanta and the High Museum of Art is the first stop on the GIANT tour.”
“ATL is an important part of my story since I went to Stone Mountain High, Redan High and Open Campus,” Beatz continued. “I started DJing parties as a kid at Atrium and Club Flavors too! So, bringing Giants to the High is an Art homecoming for me!”The collection includes work from more than 100 multigenerational Black artists and fits within a broader thematic context established by Keys and Beatz.
Beatz and Keys view the collection as an extension of their overarching goal of “collecting and preserving the culture of ourselves for ourselves, now and into the future.” In addition to the artwork,Dr. Dre, Tyler, the Creator, YG, and Others ‘Pop Out’ at Kendrick Lamar’s Juneteenth ConcertDonald Sutherland, 'Klute' and 'Ordinary People' Actor, Dead at 88
“I just want to show the youth — to show everybody — how to start doing different things with the earnings from their talent. There’s so much put in front of us: There’s cars, there’s watches, there’s jewelry, there’s a house, and then … you kinda get stuck after that,” Beatz told Rema last year during their conversation forHe added, “I remember being your age and just wanting things. When you look back, you just bought a lot of things.