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Wednesday, 19 August 2015 10:22

The Kansas City Art Institute Receives a $25 Million Gift from an Anonymous Donor

Thomas Hart Benton, who taught at the Kansas City Art Institute. Thomas Hart Benton, who taught at the Kansas City Art Institute. Wikipedia

The Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri, which has trained or employed artists including Thomas Hart Benton, Robert Rauschenberg and Nick Cave and is celebrating its 130th anniversary, announced Tuesday that it had received a donation of $25 million, one of the largest gifts ever to an American art school.

The money, from a donor who has asked to remain anonymous, will be used to bolster the school’s general endowment, improve and renovate its campus adjacent to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and, in the form of a challenge grant of $6 million, sharply increase the number of scholarships the school is able to give out.

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