The Fonb Collection is a private collection owned by the Babatunde Olufon family, Babatunde is the present custodian of the collection. He has been collecting for 20 years. Babatunde is an Architect and an avid art collector. The Collection features masters, mid-career, and emerging artists from Africa, its diaspora, and the world (all continents except Antarctica).

The collection contains over 500 pieces located across three continents- Maryland, USA, Lagos, Nigeria, and London, England. Pieces from the collection have been featured in numerous books, magazines, and journals like Vogue Germany, Art market magazine, Malimbe in flights magazine, Subo Art magazine, "Metamodern Vision of Tola Wewe" by Professor Moyo Okediji, The architecture of Demas Nwoko by Professor John Godwin and Gillian Hopewood.  Pieces from the collection have also been exhibited in Europe, North America and Africa, with some gifted to international organizations.

The collection is multifaceted spanning paintings, sculpture, photography, textile art, furniture, plates, crafted pens, tribal masks , sous-verre , ceramics/pottery, vinyl records, whiskey bottles, limited edition books and vintage art books dating to the 19th century, etc.

Babatunde and his wife Olufunke are board members/Trustees of the Seed of the True Vine Foundation, a foundation which educates and empowers children in the Makoko community ( a slum in Lagos, Nigeria) through visual and performance arts.

They are both members of the Bretton Woods Golf and Country Club and Ikoyi Club 1938 in Lagos, Nigeria. Babatunde is a foundational member of the Art Committee of the International Monetary Fund where he pioneered and executed the Art Program pilot in 2017.

The Fonb Collection regularly opens its doors in Potomac, Maryland, USA, to guests to appreciate its rich collection of African Art and art from all over the world.

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