Museum of Modern Art Acquires the Works of Ben Wigfall, A Pioneering Black Artist Who Went Unrecognized for Over 60 YearsKINGSTON, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 22, 2026 / Benjamin Wigfall (1930-2017) was a pioneering African American artist, educator, and community builder whose work, after going unrecognized for over 60 years, has recently gained major institutional recognition, highlighted by The Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) recent print acquisition. [See images of artwork below]
