Open AccessELI BROAD AND HIS WORK: THE BROAD MUSEUM IN LOS ANGELES
Author(s) -
Anna Jasińska,
Artur Jasiński
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
muzealnictwo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2391-4815
pISSN - 0464-1086
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0014.7368
Subject(s) - passion , downtown , art history , visual arts , work (physics) , art , broad spectrum , history , engineering , archaeology , mechanical engineering , psychology , psychotherapist , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry
In the paper the profile and activity of EliBroad is presented; an American entrepreneur, collector,philanthropist, Broad is one of the wealthiest individuals inthe world who has allocated most of his assets to charity. Hiscollecting passion climaxed in The Broad Museum of modernart designed by the New York architects Diller Scofidio+ Renfro, and opened in September 2015 in Downtown LosAngeles.Not only has Eli Broad funded the museum bearing his ownname and numerous other buildings designed by the mostoutstanding modern architects, but many other museuminstitutions are indebted to this charity.