At a time when some single-artist foundations are exploring new ways to stay relevant by hosting artist residencies, or giving prizes, the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation is making a dramatic impact by beginning the process of winding itself down. And it is doing so with a bang — or as Lichtenstein might have rendered it in Ben-Day dots, with a Pow! The foundation is announcing this week that it is giving around 400 artworks in all media by the Pop Art master — about half its holdings — to the Whitney Museum of American Art. The museum’s director, Adam D. Weinberg, said that the donation, one of the biggest single-artist gifts the Whitney had ever received, would become “one of the historical markers of the institution,” and comparable to its renowned, if larger, Edward Hopper collection.

Source: New York Times June 06, 2018 07:52 UTC