Gallerist NY

By Dan Duray 11/14/12 6:32pm

MCA Chicago Receives $2 M. Endowment for Curator Position

Artforum reports that the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago has received $2 million from Marilyn and Larry Fields to support a curator position at the museum currently held by Naomi Beckwith, a former associate curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 10/31/12 6:44pm

Museums

Sam and Helen Zell Give $10 M. to MCA Chicago

Carol Vogel of The New York Times nabs the scoop that billionaire real-estate maven and art collector Sam Zell and his wife, Helen, will give $10 million to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, to create a Zell Fund for Artistic Excellence. Read More

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