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Collector to Watch: Suzanne MacFayden Is Building a Collection Centered on Black Joy
As a child growing up in Kingston, Jamaica, Suzanne McFayden loved poring over two volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica that her father had purchased from a traveling salesman: one covering foreign countries, and the other covering artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, and J.M.W. Turner.
How to Invest in Heirloom-Worthy Clothes
I’m originally from Kingston, Jamaica, so I’m used to lots of color. I love that when I put this dress on I feel like a flower. I also like to shop from emerging designers and Black designers when I can. This has a silhouette that I feel I could wear 10 or 20 years from now. And I have two daughters, 23 and 19; they’re always raiding my closet and it’s nice that we can share a love of fashion…
INTELLIGENCE Don’t Put Christopher John Rogers in a Box
“What stood out to me was the exuberance of the fabrics… the colour combination that he chooses,” said writer and philanthropist Suzanne McFayden, a customer through McMullen. “As a Black woman it’s very important to me to find emerging Black designers who are talented…”
A Statement-Making Austin Home With a World-Class Art Collection
In the summer of 2015, Suzanne McFayden found herself in the unusual position of telling a room full of men what to do. The Jamaican-born writer and philanthropist had just purchased a house in the hills west of Austin—and had some decisions to make…
Cultured Collections with Suzanne McFayden
At home with her young family in Texas, Blanton Museum and Studio Museum in Harlem board member Suzanne McFayden unveils a collection that serves as both an educational and inspirational experience, and a reflection of who she is.
Collector Suzanne McFayden: ‘Buying art is a way of collecting different pieces of me’
“Buying art is a way of collecting different pieces of me!” So says the Texas- and New York-based art lover Suzanne McFayden. “I include things seminal to my life and to who I am, but also to the histories of people who have been marginalised in one way or another.”
Blanton Museum Names Collector Suzanne McFayden as Board Chair
Collector and patron Suzanne McFayden will serve as the next board chair of the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. She begins in September and succeeds Janet Allen, who was elected chair in 2018.
