NYC Museum Given $1 Billion in Cubist Art

Cosmetics company heir and art collector Leonard Lauder is donating his $1 billion Cubist art collection to New York City’s famed Metropolitan Museum of Art.  The gift includes 78 works by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Jaun Gris, and Fernand Leger.   In a statement, the museum says the collection “is unsurpassed in the number of masterpieces and and iconic works critical to the development of Cubism. “  Museum Director Thomas Campbell described the donation as … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Economy and Finance


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