Marja van der Loo, curatorial associate, will discuss highlights of the collection generously donated to SJMA by Dixon and Barbara Farley. The Farleys’ personal collection, which hung in their home, includes works by Richard Diebenkorn, Jay DeFeo, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, and many others.
Dixon and Barbara Farley shared their Marin home with an impressive, constantly growing collection of modern and contemporary art. Dixon Farley’s dedication (in particular to the work of Bay Area artists) never faltered, and he added new works to his collection up until his death in 2011. He had long wanted this carefully selected group of works to find an appreciative and appropriate public venue and, in 2000, he and Barbara made a promised gift of seventy-three artworks to SJMA—“a terrific home for my collection,” he said. Now, fifteen years later, the San Jose Museum of Art has the honor of exhibiting this intimate collection for the first time.
