Eli Broad, Los Angeles Loses One of its Most Important Patrons and Art Collectors

Born in the Bronx on June 6, 1933 to Jewish immigrant parents from Lithuania, Eli Broad, co-founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), died on Friday, April 30

Nicky Griggs

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May 10, 2021

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by Vanessa Schmitz-Grucker

Mr. Broad embodied the American dream. He studied economics at the University of Michigan before co-founding Kaufman & Broad, one of the country’s foremost real estate developers. By 1963 he was a millionaire, and his fortune soon made him one of the world’s leading collectors of contemporary art. From 1999, he pursued collecting full-time alongside his philanthropic activities. Read more...