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Frederick R. Weisman endowed the museum in 1992 with a gift of $1.5 million. Along with his gift, Weisman loaned the museum roughly $3 million of contemporary art from his personal collection.<ref name=”bio”>{{cite news |last1=Muchnic |first1=Suzanne |title=Weisman: Hometown Boy Makes Very Good : L.A.’s Patron Saint of Art Considers His Philanthropy as He Travels Home to See New Museum |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-28-ca-17862-story.html |accessdate=22 August 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=28 July 1993}}</ref> Weisman made his fortune as president of [[Hunt Foods]] and as a distributor for [[Toyota]], and he donated to many artistic organizations and charities, including the [[Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation]] in [[Los Angeles]] and the [[Weisman Art Museum]] at his alma mater, the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref name=”obit”>{{cite news |last1=Muchnic |first1=Suzanne |title=Art Collector and Philanthropist Weisman Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-13-mn-38143-story.html |accessdate=22 August 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=13 September 1994}}</ref><ref name=”nyt”>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Roberta |title=Frederick Weisman, 82, Leader In the Business and Art Worlds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/13/obituaries/frederick-weisman-82-leader-in-the-business-and-art-worlds.html |accessdate=22 August 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=13 September 1994}}</ref><ref name=”sick”>{{cite news |last1=Reinhold |first1=Robert |title=Art Collector, Old and Sick, Is Using Time That’s Left to Aid the Homeless |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/16/us/art-collector-old-and-sick-is-using-time-that-s-left-to-aid-the-homeless.html |accessdate=22 August 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=16 August 1993}}</ref>

Frederick R. Weisman endowed the museum in 1992 with a gift of $1.5 million. Along with his gift, Weisman loaned the museum roughly $3 million of contemporary art from his personal collection.<ref name=”bio”>{{cite news |last1=Muchnic |first1=Suzanne |title=Weisman: Hometown Boy Makes Very Good : L.A.’s Patron Saint of Art Considers His Philanthropy as He Travels Home to See New Museum |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-28-ca-17862-story.html |accessdate=22 August 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=28 July 1993}}</ref> Weisman made his fortune as president of [[Hunt Foods]] and as a distributor for [[Toyota]], and he donated to many artistic organizations and charities, including the [[Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation]] in [[Los Angeles]] and the [[Weisman Art Museum]] at his alma mater, the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref name=”obit”>{{cite news |last1=Muchnic |first1=Suzanne |title=Art Collector and Philanthropist Weisman Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-13-mn-38143-story.html |accessdate=22 August 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=13 September 1994}}</ref><ref name=”nyt”>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Roberta |title=Frederick Weisman, 82, Leader In the Business and Art Worlds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/13/obituaries/frederick-weisman-82-leader-in-the-business-and-art-worlds.html |accessdate=22 August 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=13 September 1994}}</ref><ref name=”sick”>{{cite news |last1=Reinhold |first1=Robert |title=Art Collector, Old and Sick, Is Using Time That’s Left to Aid the Homeless |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/16/us/art-collector-old-and-sick-is-using-time-that-s-left-to-aid-the-homeless.html |accessdate=22 August 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=16 August 1993}}</ref>

The founding director of the museum was Nora Halpern, who had previously worked as the curator of Weisman’s private collection.<ref name=”director”>{{cite news |last1=Godbey |first1=Christina |title=Targeting Enjoyable Art |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-23-we-7380-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 June 1994}}</ref> Following a disagreement with the administration concerning censorship of an exhibit at the museum, Halpern left the university in 1994.<ref name=”Baird”>{{cite book |last1=Baird |first1=David |title=Quest for distinction : Pepperdine University in the 20th century |date=2016 |publisher=Pepperdine University Press |location=Malibu, California |isbn=9780997700404 |oclc=953636067 |page=525}}</ref> In 1995, [[Michael Zakian]] was named the new director of the museum,<ref name=”history”>{{cite web |last1=Pippin |first1=Carly |title=The Making of a Museum |url=https://newsroom.pepperdine.edu/magazine/2017/11/making-museum |website=newsroom.pepperdine.edu |accessdate=27 August 2019}}</ref> and served the Pepperdine art community for over 25 years before his death on January 14, 2020.<ref name=”Zakian”>{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Lindsey |title=Pepperdine Celebrates the Life of Michael Zakian |url=https://pepperdine-graphic.com/pepperdine-celebrates-the-life-of-michael-zakian/|website=pepperdine-graphic.com |accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref>

The founding director of the museum was Nora Halpern, who had previously worked as the curator of Weisman’s private collection.<ref name=”director”>{{cite news |last1=Godbey |first1=Christina |title=Targeting Enjoyable Art |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-23-we-7380-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 June 1994}}</ref> Following a disagreement with the administration concerning censorship of an exhibit at the museum, Halpern left the university in 1994.<ref name=”Baird”>{{cite book |last1=Baird |first1=David |title=Quest for distinction : Pepperdine University in the 20th century |date=2016 |publisher=Pepperdine University Press |location=Malibu, California |isbn=9780997700404 |oclc=953636067 |page=525}}</ref> In 1995, [[Michael Zakian]] was named the new director of the museum,<ref name=”history”>{{cite web |last1=Pippin |first1=Carly |title=The Making of a Museum |url=https://newsroom.pepperdine.edu/magazine/2017/11/making-museum |website=newsroom.pepperdine.edu |accessdate=27 August 2019}}</ref> and served the Pepperdine art community for over 25 years before his death on January 14, 2020.<ref name=”Zakian”>{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Lindsey |title=Pepperdine Celebrates the Life of Michael Zakian |url=https://pepperdine-graphic.com/pepperdine-celebrates-the-life-of-michael-zakian/|website=pepperdine-graphic.com |accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref>

==Notable exhibits==

==Notable exhibits==

Latest revision as of 06:51, 24 January 2026

Art museum in Malibu, California

The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art is an art gallery on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.[1] The museum was founded in 1992 with a $1.5 million gift from Frederick R. Weisman, a noted art collector and philanthropist.[2] The museum exhibits art from around the world, but focuses on art from California.

Frederick R. Weisman endowed the museum in 1992 with a gift of $1.5 million. Along with his gift, Weisman loaned the museum roughly $3 million of contemporary art from his personal collection.[3] Weisman made his fortune as president of Hunt Foods and as a distributor for Toyota, and he donated to many artistic organizations and charities, including the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation in Los Angeles and the Weisman Art Museum at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota.[4][5][6]

The founding director of the museum was Nora Halpern, who had previously worked as the curator of Weisman’s private collection.[7] Following a disagreement with the administration concerning censorship of an exhibit at the museum, Halpern left the university in 1994.[8] In 1995, Michael Zakian was named the new director of the museum,[9] and served the Pepperdine art community for over 25 years before his death on January 14, 2020.[10] Andrea Gyorody, the museum’s director since 2021, resigned in October 2025 after the University administration censored works in an exhibition she had mounted.[11][12]

The museum has hosted a number of notable exhibits, including Rodin’s Obsession: The Gates of Hell in 2001, which featured 30 sculptures by Auguste Rodin;[13][14] Chuck Close: Face Forward in 2015, a retrospective that featured over 70 prints by Close;[15] and Andy Warhol: Life and Legends in 2016, which featured some of Warhol‘s most famous works.[16]

  1. ^ “Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art”. Pepperdine University. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Muchnic, Suzanne (August 14, 1992). “$1.5 Million Is Given to Pepperdine : Art: Gift from L.A. industrialist-art collector will benefit year-old space at the university”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  3. ^ Muchnic, Suzanne (July 28, 1993). “Weisman: Hometown Boy Makes Very Good : L.A.’s Patron Saint of Art Considers His Philanthropy as He Travels Home to See New Museum”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  4. ^ Muchnic, Suzanne (September 13, 1994). “Art Collector and Philanthropist Weisman Dies”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  5. ^ Smith, Roberta (September 13, 1994). “Frederick Weisman, 82, Leader In the Business and Art Worlds”. The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  6. ^ Reinhold, Robert (August 16, 1993). “Art Collector, Old and Sick, Is Using Time That’s Left to Aid the Homeless”. The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  7. ^ Godbey, Christina (June 23, 1994). “Targeting Enjoyable Art”. Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ Baird, David (2016). Quest for distinction : Pepperdine University in the 20th century. Malibu, California: Pepperdine University Press. p. 525. ISBN 9780997700404. OCLC 953636067.
  9. ^ Pippin, Carly. “The Making of a Museum”. newsroom.pepperdine.edu. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  10. ^ Sullivan, Lindsey. “Pepperdine Celebrates the Life of Michael Zakian”. pepperdine-graphic.com. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  11. ^ Boucher, Brian (October 28, 2025). “Pepperdine University Museum Director Resigns After Censorship Scandal”. Artnet News. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  12. ^ Cassady, Daniel (October 27, 2025). “Pepperdine Museum Director Resigns Amid Censorship Controversy”. ARTnews. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  13. ^ “Rodin sculptures showcased”. The Acorn. January 25, 2001. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  14. ^ “Museums: Openings”. Los Angeles Magazine. Emmis Communications: 142. February 2001. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  15. ^ Caldwell, Ellen C. (March 11, 2015). ““Chuck Close: Face Forward” at Weisman Art Museum”. JSTOR Daily. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  16. ^ Giacobbe, Katie (January 14, 2016). “Behind the Silkscreen: Exploring the Art of Pepperdine’s Warhol Exhibit”. Malibu Times. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

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