UCI receives huge art collection of rarely seen pieces valued at tens of millions of dollars

November 16, 2017

Dean Stephen Barker stands in a narrow, dimly lit art storage corridor, surrounded by large framed artworks stacked on rolling mesh racks. He looks closely at a display of black-and-white and monochrome pieces hung at varying heights, with tightly packed frames lining both sides of the aisle, creating a dense, archive-like museum environment.

Image: Stephen Barker with the Buck Collection

Los Angeles Daily News

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