Great Buys: DeCordova Museum Purchases

Saturday, 10 June 2006 11:33

Lincoln, MA - Ten years after establishing the Art Acquisition Fund, the DeCordova Museum celebrates with an exhibition selected from the many purchases made since that time.  DeCordova has been a collecting institution since its opening in 1950.  For many years, however, no restricted purchase fund existed for the acquisition of art.  Instead, money had to be raised each time an artwork was purchased, and most works for the collection were acquired through generous gifts from collectors and artists.  With the establishment of the fund, DeCordova has become more pro-active in its acquisitions of the work of contemporary New England artists.

Director of Curatorial Affairs Rachel Rosenfield Lafo has selected more than 40 artworks by 35 New England artists.  The exhibition includes paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and photography by the following artists: Ahmed Abdalla, Laylah Ali, Elizabeth Awalt, Doug Bosch, Harriet Casdin-Silver, Allan Rohan Crite, Frank Egloff, Sean Foley, Authur Ganson, Gregory Gillespie, Lyn Hayden, Steve Hollinger, Howard Johnson, Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick, Aida Laleian, Annette Lemieux, Sandy Litchfield, Jane Masters, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Michael Mazur, Joyce McDaniel, Laura McPhee, Abelardo Morell, Maud Morgan, John O’Reilly, David Ortins, Greg Parker, Roberta Paul, Scott Peterman, Scott Prior, Daniel Ranalli, Janice Redman, Dana Salvo, William Shattuck, and Arnold Trachtman. Exhibition ends October, 2006.

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