October 1, 1999

U. of Minnesota Settles Lawsuit Over Art Collection

The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has chosen not to follow the old adage: It did look a gift horse in the mouth.

The institution has agreed to a settlement of its lawsuit in which the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, in Los Angeles, must take back most of a $1.2-million art collection that was lent to the campus art museum in 1989.

Minnesota had grown frustrated with terms of an arrangement that allowed the foundation to have full control over

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