The Ullman Center Reopening
Phoenix Art Museum announces the reopening of The Ullman Center for the Art of Philip C. Curtis on the first floor of the Museum’s North Wing. The reinvigorated gallery will open on October 23, 2021 and is dedicated to featuring the works of Philip C. Curtis, the Arizona-based artist who founded the Phoenix Federal Art Center, the first iteration of Phoenix Art Museum. Beginning with Philip C. Curtis and the Landscapes of Arizona, rotating exhibitions in the gallery will continuously showcase paintings by the beloved artist in conversation with other works from across the Museum’s American art collection to foster greater understanding of and provide meaningful art-historical context to the Museum’s Curtis collection.
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“Phoenix Art Museum is proud to re-open The Ullman Center to continue honoring the work of Philip C. Curtis,” said Mark Koenig, the Museum’s Interim Sybil Harrington Director and CEO. “The gallery will provide a unique opportunity for members of our community to discover more about one of our region’s most celebrated artists who played a crucial role in the Museum’s history. We are grateful to The Virginia M. Ullman Foundation and the Philip C. Curtis Charitable Trust for their support in reinvigorating this space.”
Originally created in 2001, just one year after the artist’s passing, The Ullman Center for the Art of Philip C. Curtis was designed to feature the works of Curtis while honoring his pivotal contribution in establishing Phoenix Art Museum. Beginning in 2017, the dedicated gallery was relocated to the second floor of the Museum’s North Wing to make space for a long-term loan of paintings from the London-based Schorr Collection. Since then, Curtis works have been on view continuously throughout the Museum, and this fall, the institution will re-open The Ullman Center in its original and permanent location on the first floor of the Museum’s North Wing.