11 Facts About Edythe Broad

Edythe Broad is an American art collector and philanthropist.

When Lawson was a teenager, she met Eli Edythe Broad, who proposed to her after a few dates.

Edythe Broad's father gave her husband and her cousin the money to start his first company, and the couple became significantly wealthy through this and subsequent businesses.

Edythe Broad took walks in the evenings through the galleries on La Cienega Boulevard and began acquiring works by Southern California artists.

Edythe Broad met Taft Schreiber and through him encountered art dealers in New York.

Edythe Broad was friends with various contemporary artists in the 1970s.

In 2008, The Edythe Broad Foundation gave $30 million to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, on the condition that it not merge with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Edythe Broad was involved in selecting Elizabeth Diller to be the architect for The Edythe Broad, the art museum that opened in 2015, via an architectural competition.

Edythe Broad is featured on the audio guide for the museum.

Edythe Broad is a notable patron of classical music and opera, and is close friends with Placido Domingo.

In 2014, The Edythe Broad Foundation announced a further $5 million gift to the Edythe Broad Art Museum at MSU to support exhibitions.