Photos: A behind-the-scenes look at installing the 30 Americans show at the Tucson Museum of Art
Forty pieces of artwork from the Rubell Family Collection will go on display at the Tucson Museum of Art on Oct. 5. The 30 Americans show features African American artists of the past forty years.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Jeremy M. Mikolajczak, chief executive officer, far left, and Rachel Adler, collections manager/registrar, middle, listen to Julie Sasse, chief curator, as she talks about how she wants pieces from the Rubell Family Collection hung at the Tucson Museum of Art on September 25, 2018. The 30 Americans show will open on October 5. 30 Americans showcases works by African American artists of the past forty years.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
The frame for Kehinde Wiley's "Equestrian Portrait of the Count Duke Olivares" is carefully brought down a ramp and into the Tucson Museum of Art space during unloading on September 20, 2018. 30 Americans showcases works by African American artists of the past forty years. The show will open on October 5.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Rachel Adler, collections manager/registrar at the Tucson Museum of Art, holds a crate list as she oversees 40 pieces of artwork unloaded on September 20, 2018. The artwork was brought directly from Miami, Florida and was kept in a trailer at 70 degrees.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Julie Patterson pushes bins filled with cotton bales out of the truck she travelled in with her husband, Steve, to deliver 40 pieces from the Rubell Family Collection to the Tucson Museum of Art on September 20, 2018. Julie and her husband are contracted by Displays Fine Arts Services to pick up and deliver art throughout the United States.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Nicholas Castor, middle, takes great care as he and Percivale Porter, right, slowly roll pieces from the Rubell Family Collection into the Tucson Museum of Art on September 20, 2018. The 30 Americans show will display 40 pieces from the Rubell collection and feature all African American artists.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Crates filled artwork from the Rubell Family Collection are carefully marked to help ensure safe unloading at the Tucson Museum of Art on September 20, 2018.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Workers roll in a piece of artwork into the Tucson Museum of Art after 40 pieces from the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, Florida, arrived the night before on September 20, 2018. The 30 Americans show opens on October 5.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
William Vargas, collection manager with the Rubell Family Collection, oversees the install of Leonardo Drew's "Untitled #25" piece which features cotton bales stacked in a particular order at the Tucson Museum of Art on September 25, 2018.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Katie Jones-Weinent, assistant registrar, helps William Vargas, collection manager with the Rubell Family Collection, place a bale of cotton as part of the installation of Leonardo Drew's "Untitled #25" piece which features cotton bales stacked in a particular order at the Tucson Museum of Art on September 25, 2018.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Rashid Johnson's photograph, "The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club" (Thurgood), 2008, rests against a wall as Tucson Museum of Art staff lays more artwork down to be hung on September 25, 2018.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Dave Brown, right, an art installer with Lewis Framing Studio, prepares the wall for a piece of artwork to be hung at the Tucson Museum of Art on September 25, 2018.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
"Baby I Am Ready Now," by Mickalene Thomas, right, lays on the wall with other artworks ready to be hung at the Tucson Museum of Art on September 25, 2018. The 30 Americans show opens on October 5. The show features 40 works by African American artists from the Rubell Family Collection out of Miami, Florida.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Kehinde Wiley's "Triple Portrait of Charles I" are hung in the entrance to the Tucson Museum of Art on September 26, 2018.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Katie Jones-Weinent, assistant registrar, far right, helps William Vargas, collection manager with the Rubell Family Collection, center, unpack an installation piece called “Duck, Duck, Noose” by Gary Simmons at the Tucson Museum of Art on September 26, 2018.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Rachel Adler, collections manager/registrar, paints over little marks to prepare the wall for an installation of a neon sign as part of the 30 Americans show at the Tucson Museum of Art on September 26, 2018.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
William Vargas, collection manager with the Rubell Family Collection, uses a level to find the flattest part of the floor before installing a sculpture by David Hammons at the Tucson Museum of Art on September 27, 2018.
30 Americans: The Rubell Family Collection
Katie Jones-Weinent, assistant registrar, far left, and Marvin Shaver, second from right, stomp their feet as William Vargas, collection manager with the Rubell Family Collection, tests to see if the sculpture, "Esquire" by David Hammons, will fall over as Rachel Adler, collections manager/registrar, far right, and Megan Bos look on at the Tucson Museum of Art on September 27, 2018.
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