Thursday, May 03, 2007

The Art Newspaper -- News

The Art Newspaper -- News: "$1bn donations put Seattle on the map

The gift to the Seattle Art Museum from 53 collectors is one of the largest in the history of institutional donations

By Jason Edward Kaufman | Posted 03 May 2007

NEW YORK. The Seattle Art Museum has received more than 1,000 works of art from 53 donors as part of an acquisition campaign to celebrate its 75th anniversary next year. The donations represent one of the largest gifts to a museum in the history of US philanthropy."

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