The Museum of Latin American Art, which put 59 artworks from its permanent collection on the auction block last weekend, defended the move Thursday as an attempt to diversify its holdings. For the record: An earlier version of this post said the Palm Springs Art Museum is in Florida. MoLAA worked with Alex Slato, a specialist in Latinx and Latin American art, who chose Invaluable for the auction. Later that month, the Palm Springs Art Museum sold a Helen Frankenthaler painting for $3.9 million at Sotheby’s. When philanthropist Dr. Robert Gumbiner founded MoLAA, the museum was collecting and exhibiting artists only from Latin American countries, not Americans of Latin American descent.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 11, 2020 13:02 UTC