WASSILY KANDINSKY Russia, 1866-1944, active Germany and FranceHe is one of the most important collectors of contemporary art in the world, next to Pinault: the Californian Eli Broad (Kaufmann & Broad: that's him) opened his own museum in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) last February.
Central piece of the transformation of the LACMA, the BCAM Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) has been designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. To celebrate this opening, Eli and Edythe Broad, collectors for more than 40 years, have donated 60M$ to the LACMA. The Museum will showcase around 200 artworks from the Broad collections. On the agenda: John Baldessari, Jeff Koons, Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, CY Twombly, but also Damien Hirst, Cindy Sherman and Leon Golub...
Playa Vista, the first new community to be built in West Los Angeles in the last 50 years, also announced today a donation of $15,000 to LACMA’s Modern and Contemporary Art Council (MCAC) Acquisitions Fund. This donation will be used to acquire artwork from a Southern California artist that will strengthen LACMA's holdings of contemporary Southern California art.
To learn more: http://www.lacma.org/
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