Context Projects is proud to present ‘Paper Weight: Prints and Works on Paper from The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection’ - on view April 11 - May 31, 2026.

Marking 20 years of The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection’s public work as a traveling exhibition and institutional presence, the exhibition brings together prints and works on paper by Elizabeth Catlett, Radcliffe Bailey, Ernie Barnes, Phoebe Beasley, William Pajaud, Renee Stout, and more.

The presentation signals a new phase for the Collection, one that broadens the meaning of stewardship, access, and legacy, marked by an intentional act of circulation. In selecting works to move from the core collection into new hands and homes, the Kinsey family frames transfer as extension.

In this sense, legacy is not fixed within a private holding, it is renewed as works enter new collections and new lineages. ‘Paper Weight’ affirms that Black cultural preservation depends not only on accumulation, but on thoughtful stewardship, shared access, and the many hands that help to hold and carry history forward.

‘Paper Weight’ illuminates the work of The Kinsey Collection as a living project - one shaped by curiosity, commitment, and a sustained belief in the importance of Black art, history, and culture. Many of the works on view hold the traces of relationships, discoveries, and convictions that helped form the collection, while also standing on their own as powerful artworks with continuing relevance in the present.