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Cindy and Howard Rachofsky

Cindy and Howard Rachofsky collect global minimalism and post-war figurative work about identity, in a holding of roughly 1,000 contemporary pieces. Part of it is shown at The Warehouse in Dallas, which they opened in 2011. The collection is pledged to the Dallas Museum of Art under a 2005 joint gift.

Artists named in the collection

Donald Judd, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Lucio Fontana, Gerhard Richter, Bruce Nauman, Mario Merz, Janine Antoni, Maurizio Cattelan, Glenn Ligon, Eva Hesse

On record

  • The Richard Meier house built for the collection was completed in 1996 and offered to the Dallas Museum of Art with an endowment.
  • The TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art fundraiser held at the house has raised more than $100 million.
  • The Nasher Sculpture Center paired its holdings with theirs in a 2019 show.

Institutional roles

  • Cindy Rachofsky: trustee and development committee chair, Dallas Museum of Art (as of 2005)
  • Howard Rachofsky: committee on collections, Dallas Museum of Art (as of 2005)

Questions

What does Cindy and Howard Rachofsky collect?Cindy and Howard Rachofsky collect global minimalism and post-war figurative work about identity, in a holding of roughly 1,000 contemporary pieces. Part of it is shown at The Warehouse in Dallas, which they opened in 2011. The collection is pledged to the Dallas Museum of Art under a 2005 joint gift.

Which artists are in the Cindy and Howard Rachofsky collection?Cited sources name works by Donald Judd, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Lucio Fontana, Gerhard Richter, Bruce Nauman, Mario Merz, Janine Antoni, Maurizio Cattelan.

Can the public see the collection of Cindy and Howard Rachofsky?Yes. Works are shown at The Warehouse in Dallas, United States.

Sources

  1. DMA Announces Unprecedented Gifts of Private Collections, Dallas Museum of Art, 2005
  2. Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, PaperCity
  3. Pairings: Sculpture in the Nasher and Rachofsky Collections, Nasher Sculpture Center, 2019
  4. Dallas art museum receives $245 million from 3 couples, Chronicle of Philanthropy, 2005

Last verified 2026-10-31.

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