The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts receives gift of 119 modern and contemporary works

The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts announced a significant donation of 119 artworks from San Francisco-based gallerist and collector Martin Muller. The gift includes works by modern artists Oleksandr Bohomazov, Natalia Goncharova, and Mikhail Larionov; Dadaist and fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld; socio-political artist Gottfried Helnwein; realist John Register; formal abstraction artist James Hayward; sculptor Kristine Mays; and Pop artist Mel Ramos, among many others. To commemorate the occasion, AMFA is hosting an exclusive conversation with Muller for its Collectors Group donors on April 22, 2026. “The AMFA Foundation Collection has grown in number and quality over the years, partially due to the generosity of collectors who gift works to the collection,” notes Dr. Victoria Ramirez, executive director of AMFA. “We are so