Meet the Collector: Marques Redd On Stewardship, Memory and Collecting Beyond Value

Established in Macon, Georgia, in 1990, Melgenia and Vernon Redd’s Miracles Art Gallery would go on to house one of the world’s most important collections of Black art. “By day, my parents worked as telecommunications engineers, immersed in blueprints, cables and network grids. By night and on weekends, they were building an institution,” artist Marques Redd tells Observer, meditating on his parents’ commitment to championing and preserving talent. “The collection has been foundational to my development as an artist.