Jane Fortune`s $4M estate gift to Eskenazi Museum of Art enables research on female artists
(Artdaily.org)

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has announced an estate gift with an estimated value of approximately $4 million from the late Indiana philanthropist Jane Fortune, who was a passionate advocate for women in the arts and founder of the Florence, Italy-based nonprofit Advancing Women Artists. Fortune`s gift includes a collection of 61 works of fine art as well as funds to establish the Dr. Jane Fortune Endowment for Women Artists and the Dr. Jane Fortune Fund for Virtual Advancement of Women Artists. The Eskenazi Museum of Art will recognize Fortune`s generosity by naming its first-floor gallery of American and European Art from Medieval to 1900 the `Jane Fortune Gallery.` Born and raised in Indianapolis, Fortune was an author, art historian, art collector, philanthropist and cultural editor. Her