Artworks the public can bank on
At a branch of the chic Park Avenue Bank in New York City, you can get some cash, make a deposit and check out an exhibit of 10 Andy Warhol portraits.
The bank recently created a program to bring small exhibits from museums around the country to the lobby of its new branch on Park Avenue, which opened in September.
“We built a room especially for artwork,” said Charles J. Antonucci Sr., president of the bank, which has two branches in Manhattan and two in Brooklyn. “Basically, we’re giving our customers and the public a free museum.”
The Warhol silk-screens include portraits of Albert Einstein, Franz Kafka, Gertrude Stein and the Marx Brothers. They are on loan from the Jewish Museum, which recently acquired them.
“It’s really nice to have another venue to show off our works,” said Ruth K. Beesch, a deputy director at the museum.
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