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Eli Broad (The Broad and Broad Art Foundation)

Eli Broad, with Edythe Broad, built a large collection of postwar and contemporary art now shown at The Broad in downtown Los Angeles. The holdings run to about 2,000 works by nearly 200 artists, several of them collected in depth. The Broad Art Foundation also operates a lending library that has made more than 9,000 loans to museums and galleries.

Artists named in the collection

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Takashi Murakami, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol

On record

  • The Broad Art Foundation was created in 1984.
  • The first purchase with Edythe Broad, in 1973, was a Van Gogh drawing.
  • The Broad Foundation gave $60 million in 2003 toward the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA and an acquisition fund.
  • Eli Broad died on April 30, 2021.

Institutional roles

  • Founding chairman, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, from 1979
  • Life trustee, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Questions

What does Eli Broad (The Broad and Broad Art Foundation) collect?Eli Broad, with Edythe Broad, built a large collection of postwar and contemporary art now shown at The Broad in downtown Los Angeles. The holdings run to about 2,000 works by nearly 200 artists, several of them collected in depth. The Broad Art Foundation also operates a lending library that has made more than 9,000 loans to museums and galleries.

Which artists are in the Eli Broad (The Broad and Broad Art Foundation) collection?Cited sources name works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu.

Can the public see the collection of Eli Broad (The Broad and Broad Art Foundation)?Yes. Works are shown at The Broad in Los Angeles, United States.

Sources

  1. About, The Broad
  2. The Broad, Wikipedia
  3. Eli Broad, Wikipedia

Last verified 2026-10-31.

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