OUR ART COLLECTION
NBT houses a diverse art collection that celebrates the indigenous and contemporary expressions of the black diaspora. Signature to our collection is the largest assemblage of New Sacred Art in the Western Hemisphere.
NBT’s New Sacred Art collection was commissioned for it’s first capital project and created the by traditional artists from Osogbo, Nigeria: Kasali Akangbe Ogun, Yekini Folorunsho Bolarinwa, Adebisi Akanji, Yekini S. Atanda, Buraimoh Gbadimosi, Muraina Oyelami, Jimoh Buraimoh Gbadamosi, Funsho Bamidele Arowogun Owolabi, Emmanuel Bamidele, Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye, Olabayo Olaniyi and Shegun. Please click the pictures below which show a sample of the collection as installed in our old building.
To learn more about our artwork or to donate a piece to NBT please reach out by email to [email protected].
This collection was also featured in the NY Times.
