Acquisition
1 August 2025
Leilah Babirye’s new institutional acquisition
de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA
We are pleased to announce that Leilah Babirye’s sculpture Nakimbugwe from the Kuchu Royal Family of Buganda (2024) has been acquired by de Young Museum.
The sculpture is featured in 'We Have a History', on view now at de Young Museum until 26 October.
This exhibition is Babirye’s first solo museum show in the United States and highlights the connection between past and present that is at the heart of the museum’s Contemporary African Art program. Organised by Natasha Becker, Curator of African Art, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
