The Collection:
Pamela Joyner and Fred Giuffrida

The Collection02.20.2025

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 travelling 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 Architecture 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.”

1. 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.
2. Sculptures by Theaster Gates and Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill. A pair of works by Frank Bowling, including Rosebush, 1974, acrylic on canvas, and a mixed-media piece by Al Loving line the staircase.
3. A 12-ft acrylic-on-canvas work by Frank Bowling spans the wall of a second-floor bedroom.
4. The living room features a table sculpture by Kara Walker and three paintings by Jack Whitten, including, at center, Black Monolith X, (The Birth of Muhammad Ali), 2016, acrylic on canvas.
5. The entrance hall features a mixed-media sculpture by Kevin Beasley. Along the wall leading is a canvas by Christina Quarles.

Photos by Nicole Morrison

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