Zimmerli Art Museum in New Jersey Receives 70 Work Gift
The gift is from the collectors Anne and Arthur Goldstein, and includes work by the likes of Nicole Eisenman, Tauba Auerbach and Mark Bradford
Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always, 2025 (installation view, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ). Photo: McKay Imaging Photography. Courtesy Zimmerli Art Museum
The Zimmerli Art Museum, located at Rutgers University in New Jersey, has received a major gift of 70 artworks from the collectors Anne and Arthur Goldstein, reports ARTnews. The couple have previously donated more than 160 works to the institution.
The gift includes works by the likes of Nicole Eisenman, John Waters, Tauba Auerbach, Darren Bader and Mark Bradford. It also encompasses art by emerging artists such as Lamar Peterson, Troy Lamarr Chew II and Ever Baldwin.
In a statement, director Maura Reilly said: “Anne and Arthur are visionary collectors who have long championed artists of color, women artists, and members of the LGBTQ+ community… This gift represents their enduring relationship with the museum and a remarkable synchronicity with the values that are at the heart of our mission to reflect the nation’s most diverse public university.”
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