The Gordon Parks Foundation Celebrates 20 Years With New Exhibition
Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD
September 2026
[…] Gordon Parks Voices in the Mirror, titled after his final memoir published in 1990, is now on view at the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York. The exhibition reignites a conversation with the legendary photographer and his subjects as The Gordon Parks Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary. The 65 works on view within the expansive space reaffirm Parks’ familiar and lesser-seen works, with contributions and reflections from filmmaker Ava DuVernay; Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem; Deborah Willis, University Professor and chair of the department of photography and imaging at Tisch School of the Arts; Lonnie Ali, widow of Muhammad Ali; actress and model Isabella Rossellini, daughter of Ingrid Bergman; CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, son of Gloria Vanderbilt, and other notable figures. […]