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Wednesday, 15 January 2014 18:23

Chrysler Museum Allows Public to Organize Inaugural Exhibition

A selection of the works on the Chrysler Museum of Art's website. A selection of the works on the Chrysler Museum of Art's website.

The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, VA is leaving the curation an upcoming exhibition up to the public. The museum is asking community members to vote for the works they would like to see on view in its new Waitzer Community Gallery upon the institution’s reopening on May 10. It is currently closed for a major expansion.

‘Popular by Demand’ will featured works pulled from the Chrysler Museum’s archives a a complement to the other collections exhibited through the institution. Voters can select up to 10 works through the museum’s website. Voting ends on February 26.

The Chrysler Museum of Art was founded in 1933 as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. In 1971, the automotive heir, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., donated most of his art collection to the museum, greatly expanding its holdings. The Chrysler Museum’s collection is comprised of over 30,000 works and spans over 5,000 years. Its holdings include works by Tintoretto, Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velazquez, Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollock, and Andy Warhol. 

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