Month: August 2016

The Broad Foundation Establishes $1 Million Endowment to Provide After-School Help for Homeless, Low-Income Students Across City

Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org The Broad Foundation Establishes $1 Million Endowment to Provide After-School Help for Homeless, Low-Income Students Across City LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2016—For homeless students with nowhere to go after school and low-income students whose families can’t afford computers or internet access, free afterschool homework centers in 34 branches of… Read more »

The Broad to Host Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors Exhibition in Fall 2017

Media Contact Alex Capriotti, 213-232-6236, acapriotti@thebroad.org The Broad to Host Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors Exhibition in Fall 2017 Image credits: Installation view of Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli’s Field, 1965, in Floor Show, Castellane Gallery, New York, 1965, courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore; Victoria Miro, London; David Zwirner, New York; The Obliteration Room, 2002, collaboration between… Read more »

Gerun Riley Named President of The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5049, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Gerun Riley Named President of The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22, 2016—Gerun Riley has been named president of The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the founders and board vice chairman announced today. A longtime employee and confidante of Eli and Edythe Broad, Riley will work… Read more »

The Broad to Present New Thematic Collection Installation Creature This Fall

Media Contact Alex Capriotti, 213-232-6236, acapriotti@thebroad.org The Broad to Present New Thematic Collection Installation Creature This Fall 50+ works by artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, George Condo, Ellen Gallagher, Leon Golub, Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer, Thomas Houseago, Takashi Murakami, Tony Oursler, Susan Rothenberg explore the human and the animal Image credits (clockwise): Leon Golub, White Squad… Read more »

The Broad Presents Polaris Prize Winning Artist Tanya Tagaq on Oct. 1 as Next Program in Feminist Performance Series

Media Contacts Jonathan Williger, 323-662-3865, jonathan@motormouthmedia.com Judy Miller Silverman, 323-662-3865, judy@motormouthmedia.com Alex Capriotti, 213-232-6236, acapriotti@thebroad.org The Broad Presents Polaris Prize Winning Artist Tanya Tagaq on Oct. 1 as Next Program in Feminist Performance Series Tanya Tagaq, photo by Nadya Kwandibens LOS ANGELES, Aug.9, 2016—The Broad announced today that renowned Canadian-born Inuit improvisational performer, composer, actor… Read more »