Selected Donations: Spring 2026
After the long weekend celebrating America's 250th anniversary, we wanted to look back at some of the gifts we completed together in the last quarter.
We were thrilled to continue to support our member museums in accessioning a wide range of works from a diverse array of artists. Among these were works from leading artists that commanded great attention in our catalogues, such as those by Alison Saar (American, b. 1956) and Trevor Paglen (American, b. 1974).
Other placements included conceptual installations like South Beach Blue No. 036 (2018) from Jessica Vaughn (American, b. 1983) and A Good Deal (2011) by Sara Ramo (Spanish, b. 1975), now part of the collections at the Columbus Museum of Art and Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, respectively.
More recent gifts extended our members’ commitments to deepening representation through their collections. Among others, we helped to bring works by artists Ryan Trecartin (American, b. 1981) and Rob Pruitt (American, b. 1964) to the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art and Ogunquit Museum of American Art, respectively, institutions with a dedicated focus on presenting the work of LGBTQIA+ artists.
We hope you’ll take a moment to appreciate these and other works that our community brought into their collections.
Alison Saar, Deluge, 2016, wood, ceiling tin, wire, cast iron, 68 x 64 x 70 inches. Collection of Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI; Gift in memory of J. Michael Bewley.
Trevor Paglen, CLOUD #135 Hough Lines. 2019, dye sublimation print, 48 x 65 inches. Collection of San José Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; Gift of Murat Ahmed.
Ryan Trecartin, Sisters, 2006, mixed media, 68 x 59 x 19 inches. Collection of Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY; Gift of Maurice Marciano.
Jessica Vaughn, South Beach Blue No.036, 2018, stacks of fabric scraps from manufacturer, 85 x 63 inches. Collection of Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Gift of Jessica Vaughn.
Rob Pruitt, PREMIÄR Picture, jungle journey, 2014, oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 55 inches. Collection of Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME; Gift of Maurice and Paul Marciano.
Sara Ramo, A Good Deal, 2011, paper, bubble wrap, and tape, 137 3/4 x 165 3/8 x 110 1/4 inches. Collection of Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC; Gift of the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation.
Ken Okiishi, Gesture/Data, 2013, flat-screen television, VHS transferred to USB stick (color, sound), oil, 35 x 21 x 3 3/8 inches. Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA; Gift of Maurice and Paul Marciano.
Sarah Ann Weber, Their Perfume Lost, 2022, acrylic, watercolor and colored pencil on paper, mounted on linen over wood panel, 72 x 96 inches. Collection of Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA; Gift courtesy of the artist and Hilary and Hannah Fagadau.
Ouattara Watts, The Dama, 1998, mixed media on wood, 93 1/4 x 79 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX; Anonymous Gift.
