The Phillips Collection

In 2003, a flood swept through Don Kimes’s home and studio, destroying three decades of work—paintings, drawings, photographs, writing—erasing what felt like the record of his existence. But from that loss, a new body of work emerged. His art now begins where destruction left off, using fragments of his ruined images to explore memory, time, and resurrection in luminous, light-filled canvases that carry a quiet resilience—a microcosmic metaphor for much of contemporary existence.

See Kimes’s work in Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise at The Phillips Collection ▶️ https://bit.ly/4b8rXAf

Explore Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise to see Paloma Vianey's works Chamarra no. 25: Parque Central (Cempasúchil) and Chamarra no. 30: Viva México 🖌️

As a painter native to the US–Mexico border, Vianey interrogates narratives about her home city, Ciudad Juárez, and its geographical, political, and cultural circumstances. She began painting in her teenage years, when violence in Juárez peaked. Since then, she has used art as a visual language for social justice, narrating her daily crossings of the border and exposing the realities of a barrier that aggressively divides the North American landscape.

Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise is now on view! Explore the exhibition and see Aynex Mercado's quilt Drowning Liberty ▶️ https://bit.ly/4b8rXAf

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Aynex Mercado moved to Massachusetts in search of greater opportunity. After a serious car accident left her with a spinal-cord injury, she taught herself to quilt. Following a long hiatus, she returned to her practice during the pandemic with renewed intention, shifting from traditional patterns to art quilts. In her series Not What I Taught You, she reimagines American symbols and figures—such as the Statue of Liberty, Abraham Lincoln, and Lady Justice—not as triumphant icons, but as disappointed teachers. Through each quilt, Mercado asks: What were we meant to learn from them, and how did we arrive here instead?

Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise opens TOMORROW! See Gail Shaw-Clemons’s work in the exhibition, only at The Phillips Collection ▶️ https://bit.ly/4b8rXAf

Gail Shaw-Clemons’s work reflects the artist’s research about her ancestors who were enslaved in America. In this process, she came to understand that, despite profound suffering, they held onto the arts of their respective cultures—resources that enabled survival and, eventually, flourishing. In her prints, the artist embraces abstraction to visually communicate her findings, incorporating symbols with hidden meanings and color as a primary force. Pushing the limits of printmaking, Shaw-Clemons prints on both sides of the paper, then cuts, curls, twists, and layers the paper, exposing both surfaces to create three-dimensional, and in some cases, free-standing forms.

See Jhon Ochoa's work beginning on August 1 in Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise: The Phillips Collection Juried Exhibition ▶️ https://bit.ly/4b8rXAf

Jhon Ochoa is a storyteller who uses art to communicate personal and collective experiences. In Paper Face, the artist delves into the tension between routine and creativity, using the image of a man with his face pressed against a photocopier as a central metaphor. Through this work, the artist critiques the subtle violence of conformity and invites viewers to reflect on how the pursuit of efficiency can often come at the expense of individuality and imagination.