For the first time in its 40-year history, the postwar and contemporary art collection assembled by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad will be shown to the public in its most comprehensive installation when The Broad opens on September 20. Although many of the artworks in the internationally renowned 2,000-piece collection have been seen by the public in relative isolation through The Broad Art Foundations 30-year lending library to museums around the world, the inaugural installation at The Broads new landmark building on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles will feature a sweeping, chronological journey through its contemporary art collection that has never before been possible in such depth. Founding Director Joanne Heyler, who is curating the inaugural installation, has selected more than 250 worksby over 60 artists including Jasper Johns, Robert
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