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Robert L. Johnson donating art to African American Museum of History and Culture
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Serial entrepreneur Robert L. Johnson is donating several works of art from his privately owned Barnett-Aden Collection to the museum of African American History and Culture which is scheduled to open early 2016.
According to a news release, Johnson has been collecting fine art since the 1980s and has assembled a private collection of more than 250 pieces of artwork by 19th and 20th century artists.
The Barnett-Aden Collection, which documents the struggles and achievements of African Americans, from the National Museum of African American Art in Florida in 1998.
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