PALM SPRINGS, CA.- Palm Springs Art Museum presents the exhibition A Passionate Eye: The Weiner Family Collection, on view at the main museum October 3 through January 31, 2016. This exhibition is one of the most important collections of modern art ever assembled in the Southwest, and now represents the foundation of the museum’s installations. It is a fundamental element in its identity as a great museum.

The exhibition is comprised of sixty-one sculptures and paintings. Among the well-known works on view are multiple sculptures by Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Jacques Lipchitz, and Marino Marini, and individual masterworks by Amedeo Modigliani, Jean Arp, and Isamu Noguchi. There are also significant sculptures by Aristide Maillol, Giacomo Manzu, Georg Kolbe, and Eduardo Paolozzi. And, notably, an early donation to the collection by Ted and Lucile Weiner of Marino Marini’s The Warrior, which graces the museum’s front entrance.

The installation includes a video on the Weiner family legacy at Palm Springs Art Museum, including an interview with Gwendolyn Weiner by Dr. Steven A. Nash, former executive director of the museum. An exhibition catalogue, also authored by Dr. Nash, is available at the museum store. Based on extensive research in the Weiner family archives, it is the first comprehensive scholarly study ever focused on the collection, bringing to light a great deal of new information on individual works, as well as the remarkable story of the collection’s growth and early history.

The exhibition is organized by Palm Springs Art Museum and funded in part by Donna MacMillan, Faye Sarkowsky Exhibition Fund, and John Boccardo and Derek Esplin; the Contemporary Art Council and its Platinum Sponsors Mary Ann and Charles P. LaBahn; its Silver Sponsors Carol Frankel, Dorothy Goldstein, Katherine and Greg Hough, Sharon and Steven Huling, Robert Moon and Robert Hammack, and Debra and Mickey Star; with additional support from Carol and Jim Egan, Jessica and Gary Grace, and Yvonne and Steve Maloney. The Media Sponsor is The Desert Sun and the Exhibition Season Sponsors are Dorothy Meyerman, and Marion and Bob Rosenthal.

Palm Springs Art Museum is located at 101 Museum Drive in downtown Palm Springs and can be reached at (760) 322-4800.