'A transformative moment': Memphis Brooks Museum breaks ground Downtown
From the Commercial Appeal:
“Some 200 elected officials, city division directors, tourism boosters, business executives, media members, donors and others so-called influencers — including basketball star-turned-art collector Elliot Perry and Memphis-born, New York-based artist Derek Fordjour, whose paintings and sculptures are in the collections of Drake and Beyoncé — gathered Thursday morning at the corner of Front and Union to grab a shovel and dig into the dirt as part of an "official" public groundbreaking to launch the construction of the new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.”