The Collector: Pamela Joyner and Fred Giuffrida
The Collector02.20.2025
Since the philanthropist Pamela Joyner began collecting art in the 1990s, she and her husband, Fred Giuffrida, have curated an impressive collection that focuses on expanding the art history canon to underrepresented artists of color.
In 2016, the couple’s collection was chronicled in "Four Generations: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art" and was the subject of a traveling exhibition that visited institutions like the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans and the Smart Museum of Art in Chicago.
In 2021, the couple welcomed “Architectural Digest” inside their San Francisco home, which was filled to the brim with seminal works by African American artists (the couple have since moved). “It’s also fair to say there are a few pieces that just don’t physically fit into the house,” Giuffrida said at the time. “But this home is part of our mission, so we’ve tried to get a representation of all the artists in here.”
Photos by Nicole Morrison
Image: The dining table presents a 22-part installation by Walker and is surrounded by chairs designed by David Adjaye. An acrylic painting by Suzanne Jackson is suspended from the ceiling.
