A gift to the institution from Atlanta collectors Harvie and Charles Abney includes pieces by Lonnie Holley, Minnie Evans, Nellie Mae Rowe, and others.
Last month, as bidding was underway at Sotheby’s for what would prove to be a stratospheric Jean-Michel Basquiat sale, Lonnie Holley, a 67-year-old artist who was born in Birmingham, Alabama…