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Marguerite and Robert Hoffman

Marguerite and Robert Hoffman built a collection of American and European post-war art with contemporary work, beginning with young artists before turning to established names. Their challenge pledge set off the 2005 joint gift of three Dallas collections to the Dallas Museum of Art. Robert Hoffman has since died, and Marguerite Hoffman continues as a museum trustee and donor.

Artists named in the collection

Joseph Beuys, Cy Twombly, Ellsworth Kelly, Jasper Johns, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Bill Viola, Wolfgang Laib, Robert Gober, Rachel Whiteread

On record

  • Gerhard Richter's Stadtbild Mu (1968) was acquired jointly with the Rachofskys and the museum.
  • In 2013 Marguerite Hoffman gave $17 million to the museum for European art before 1700.

Institutional roles

  • Marguerite Hoffman: trustee and past board chair, Dallas Museum of Art

Questions

What does Marguerite and Robert Hoffman collect?Marguerite and Robert Hoffman built a collection of American and European post-war art with contemporary work, beginning with young artists before turning to established names. Their challenge pledge set off the 2005 joint gift of three Dallas collections to the Dallas Museum of Art. Robert Hoffman has since died, and Marguerite Hoffman continues as a museum trustee and donor.

Which artists are in the Marguerite and Robert Hoffman collection?Cited sources name works by Joseph Beuys, Cy Twombly, Ellsworth Kelly, Jasper Johns, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Bill Viola, Wolfgang Laib.

Sources

  1. DMA Announces Unprecedented Gifts of Private Collections, Dallas Museum of Art, 2005
  2. Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, 2006
  3. Dallas Museum Of Art Gets $17 Million Gift, CBS News Texas, 2013
  4. Dallas art museum receives $245 million from 3 couples, Chronicle of Philanthropy, 2005

Last verified 2026-10-31.

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