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Dean Valentine

Dean Valentine collects contemporary art, including sculpture by Los Angeles artists, and began buying in 1994. He gives away a large share of what he buys, and a directory of collectors counts more than 600 works donated to museums including the Whitney, MOCA Los Angeles and the Hammer.

Artists named in the collection

Gabriel Orozco, Jorge Pardo, Franz Ackermann, John Currin, Elizabeth Peyton, Joyce Pensato, Jason Rhoades, Sam Durant

On record

  • In 2007 he gave the Hammer 42 works by 24 artists, its first significant concentration of contemporary sculpture.
  • In 2019 he co-founded the Felix Art fair in Los Angeles with Al and Mills Moran.

Institutional roles

  • Joined the board of overseers, Hammer Museum, in 2007

Questions

What does Dean Valentine collect?Dean Valentine collects contemporary art, including sculpture by Los Angeles artists, and began buying in 1994. He gives away a large share of what he buys, and a directory of collectors counts more than 600 works donated to museums including the Whitney, MOCA Los Angeles and the Hammer.

Which artists are in the Dean Valentine collection?Cited sources name works by Gabriel Orozco, Jorge Pardo, Franz Ackermann, John Currin, Elizabeth Peyton, Joyce Pensato, Jason Rhoades, Sam Durant.

Sources

  1. Dean Valentine gives Hammer Museum more than 40 contemporary art works, Antiques and the Arts Weekly, 2007
  2. Who's buying art: collectors in LA, The Art Newspaper, 2011
  3. Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America: Dean Valentine, The Frick Collection

Last verified 2026-10-31.

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