Shikeith works acquired by Philadelphia Museum of Art and MFA Houston
Yossi Milo has revealed that both the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston have secured pieces by Shikeith. The Philadelphia Museum of Art has obtained Phantasmatic Apparatus (2025), a work that references 17th-century Dutch vanitas art and alchemical symbols, connecting Black spiritual traditions to historical rituals and beliefs. Additionally, Shikeith's inaugural public sculpture commission was recently revealed by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust at Arts Landing in Pittsburgh, PA. His artwork is also featured in the exhibition SPACE IS THE PLACE at the Hammer Museum.
Key facts
- Philadelphia Museum of Art acquired Phantasmatic Apparatus (2025) by Shikeith
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston also acquired works by Shikeith
- Phantasmatic Apparatus references seventeenth-century Dutch vanitas painting and alchemy
- Pittsburgh Cultural Trust unveiled Shikeith's first public sculpture commission at Arts Landing
- Shikeith's work is currently on view at the Hammer Museum in SPACE IS THE PLACE
- Announcement made by Yossi Milo
Entities
Artists
- Shikeith
Institutions
- Yossi Milo
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
- Hammer Museum
Locations
- Philadelphia
- PA
- Houston
- TX
- Pittsburgh