Cheech Marin with a work from his collection of Chicano art. Photo courtesy of the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry of the Riverside Art Museum.

The California city of Riverside has approved plans and funding for the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture, and Industry.

Comedian and actor Cheech Marin is a man of many interests—though you wouldn’t know if from his monomaniacal love of weed as one half of the legendary comedy duo Cheech and Chong. He is also an avid trivia player (he won the first Celebrity Jeopardy! tournament) and art collector, having put together a 700-work collection of Chicano art, which is thought to be the largest of its kind in the world.

Now, after years of planning, the long-awaited Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture of the Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, California, has finally received the green light from the city, and is on track to open this fall.

Read the entire article at artnet.com by Sarah Cascone

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