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Their institutions co-organized the Frida Kahlo exhibition last year, and it was the most highly attended show in the San Francisco museum’s history.

Mr. Benezra’s institution has also been a pioneer in joint acquisitions between museums as a way to share costs during the recent years of a skyrocketing art market. He has partnered with the Hirshhorn on a video piece by Gary Hill, with the Walker on a multimedia installation by Matthew Barney, and most recently with the Art Institute and the Guggenheim on a sculpture by Felix Gonzalez-Torres.