Gérard and Dora Cognié Announce Promised Gift of Global Contemporary Art Collection to LACMA

Gérard and Dora Cognié Announce Promised Gift of Global Contemporary Art Collection to LACMA

Largest Gift of Contemporary Chinese and Global Ink-Related Art to LACMA in Its History Includes Works by Gu Wenda, Li Huasheng, Li Huayi, Li Jin, Lin Tianmiao, Liu Dan, Liu Guosong, Qiu Shihua, Wang Dongling, Wucius Wong, Xu Bing, Yang Jiechang, Zhang Yu, and Zheng Chongbin

(Los Angeles, March 29, 2018)—The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced today that Gérard and Dora Cognié have made a promised gift of their collection of global contemporary art comprising just over 400 works, all of which are ink painting related, the majority being Chinese ink paintings. The most important promised gift of contemporary Chinese art to LACMA—and, indeed, of global ink-related art—to date, the Gérard and Dora Cognié Collection will dramatically transform the museum’s contemporary art and Chinese art holdings.