Contemporary Art Collection (American and International, 1945-Present) July 18, 2010

The museum's commitment to the art of our own time is demonstrated through our dynamic and growing collection of contemporary art. Beginning with Abstract Expressionist works by Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko and continuing through Pop and Minimal art by Chuck Close, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Serra, and Frank Stella, American art from the 1960s and 1970s is well-represented in the contemporary collection. Another strength of the museum's contemporary holdings is postwar German art, including signature works by Anselm Kiefer, Sigmar Polke, and Gerhard Richter. The contemporary collection also includes large-scale and site-specific work such as Roxy Paine's 56-foot-tall stainless steel tree-shaped sculpture Placebo, and new media works by artists including Dara Friedman and Hiraki Sawa.