Being a great artist builds up high expectations throughout fanbases. Artists Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz launched their art exhibit collection, Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats on Nov. 22, 2025 in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

The two artists’ mission is to convey a message that tells consumers of the media displayed to be their biggest selves. The exhibit includes a variety of passions, like music albums, political events, sports, civil rights movements, dance, and much more.

“We need to be our most giant selves: to think our most giant thoughts, express ourselves in the biggest way possible, and give ourselves permission to be giants,” Keys said.

The exhibit features over 100 pieces created by all black artists from various countries. With so many different genres of art to observe such as, oil paintings, sculptures, photographs, collages, acrylic, and many more. It includes work from iconic artists, as well as upcoming artists. From pieces that paint imaginative stories, pieces that are up for interpretation, to pieces that depict a real distinct moment, you are able to walk through and really use imagination and creativity to think further into these pieces, considering how it makes you feel, and how it impacted others at the time of its creation.

Photograph on display at the Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz GIANT exhibit of a crowd attending the deliverance of Martin Luther King Jr’s I Have a Dream speech.

The two artists’ intertwine modern events with ones from the past. It’s truly artists supporting artists, sending out new ideas and past occurrences, and educating people while spreading positivity. The exhibit is located in the Altria Group Gallery/NewMarket Gallery, and will take its leave on March 1.