Haiti’s Time: Selections from the Beverly and John Fox Sullivan Collection

Haiti’s Time features 26 works from more than 100 gifted to The Fralin by Beverly and John Fox Sullivan—considered one of the foremost collections of Haitian art in the world—including paintings, metalwork, assemblages, and drapo Voduo (also known as Haitian flags). The exhibition is divided into three sections: Historical Time, Personal Time, and Sacred Time and asks us what each of us knows of this island nation. Among the eminent artists presenting their vision of Haiti’s history, networks of faith, and everyday life are Rigaud Benoit, Wilson Bigaud, Myrlande Constant, Hector Hyppolite, and Frantz Zéphirin.

Curated by Karen E. Milbourne, The Fralin’s J. Sanford Miller Family Director, in collaboration with Laurent Dubois, John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History and Principles of Democracy and Professor of History at the University of Virginia (UVA), and Fralin Assistant Curator Ariel Ankrah.

Image: Hector Hyppolite (1894 – 1948), Fête du Morts, n.d. Oil on Masonite (TM), 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm). © Hector Hyppolite. Stacey Evans Photography.