Emily Rauh Pulitzer

Artists named in the collection

Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, Kiki Smith, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Scott Burton

On record

• Commissioned Richard Serra's Joe, the first in his torqued spiral series, for the courtyard.
• Ellsworth Kelly's Blue Black hangs permanently in the main gallery.
• It was Tadao Ando's first public building in the United States.
• She organized the foundation's 25th anniversary exhibition, Dialogues and Conversations, in 2026.

Institutional roles

• Founder and chair, Pulitzer Arts Foundation

Questions

What does Emily Rauh Pulitzer collect?Emily Rauh Pulitzer collects modern and contemporary art, part of it built with her late husband Joseph Pulitzer Jr. She founded the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, housed in a Tadao Ando building completed in 2001. The foundation is a non-collecting museum that presents temporary shows, with its opening show drawn from the Pulitzers' collection.

Which artists are in the Emily Rauh Pulitzer collection?Cited sources name works by Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, Kiki Smith, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Scott Burton.

Can the public see the collection of Emily Rauh Pulitzer?Yes. Works are shown at Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, United States.

Sources

1. Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Wikipedia
2. One Cincinnati family played a role in creating two important modern museums, CityBeat, 2018
3. Pulitzer Arts Foundation celebrates 25th anniversary, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2026

Last verified 2026-10-31.

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