Margulies Foundation Announces Major Gift of Contemporary Art
The Martin Z. Margulies Foundation, Miami announced on June 25th a major gift of contemporary art to national nonprofit organizations whose vital mission is to promote, exhibit and support the work of living artists. Four hundred works of paintings, sculpture and photography have been selected from the world-renowned Margulies Collection as donations to support those organizations who are facing continual expenses during these times while fundraising income have all but come to a halt. The Margulies Collection has a forty-year history of philanthropy in the visual arts carrying its mission of art as a platform to help nourish our communities and help break the chain of poverty through education. For this special and unprecedented gift, the Foundation has focused on nonprofit art institutions that have been hit the hardest by the Pandemic, struggling to remain open to the public in these difficult times, and to offer much needed support to artists, in the crucial points in their careers, when the need for support and exposure is so critical.