Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys is coming to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition from the collection of musical and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys is expansive and features more than 130 works of art by 40 Black artists from Africa, Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean.

Join us January 25th 2026 at 2.pm.

We’d love for you to join us for an inspirational art walk and sit and sew connected to the GIANTS exhibition at the VMFA.

We’ll start by walking through the exhibition together, taking time to notice themes like scale, strength, and presence in the artwork. From there, we’ll gather to stitch, turning ideas and reflections into something made by hand.

You don’t need any stitching experience to participate. Just bring your curiosity and willingness to slow down, look closely, and create alongside others.

It’s a chance to connect, reflect, and make something together. We hope you can join us!

We plan to go to the exhibition on January 25th, 2026 at 2 p.m.

Click here to get your tickets

$12 Adults
$10 Seniors 65+
$10 Groups of 10 or more
$8 Youth (age 7–17)
$8 Students with ID
Free for Children 6 and Under

Want to learn more about the exhibition?

We need to be our most giant selves: to think our most giant thoughts, express ourselves in the biggest way possible, and give ourselves permission to be giants. —Alicia Keys

High Museum of Art Article on the Exhibition

From the Brooklyn Museum

“Giants” refers to several aspects of the Dean Collection: the renown of legendary artists, the impact of canon-expanding contemporary artists, and the monumental works by such creators as Derrick Adams, Arthur Jafa, and Meleko Mokgosi. Immense pieces—including the largest ever by Mokgosi—are paired with standouts such as Parks’s seminal photographs, Wiley’s revolutionary portraits, and Esther Mahlangu’s globe-bridging canvases.

The term also evokes the strength of the bonds between the Deans and the artists they support, and among the artists themselves. Along with examining these links and legacies, the exhibition will encourage “giant conversations” inspired by the works on view—critiquing society and celebrating Blackness