The Ellen Noël Art Museum is proud to announce “Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art from the Riemer Collection,” on view starting September 4 through November 2, 2025.
“Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art from the Riemer Collection” presents the innovative ways artists use money as a medium to explore preconceived notions of value and worth beyond declared denominations. The artists in the exhibition investigate monetary value by meticulously repurposing bills and coins into exquisite, conceptually engaging artworks. The collection is the passion of Davis Riemer and Louise Rothman-Riemer, investment advisers from Oakland, CA, who began collecting money-themed art in 1995 to encourage new attitudes toward money’s intrinsic value, a news release said.
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