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Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, designed by Zaha Hadid, to open at MSU April 21, 2012

EAST LANSING, MI.- The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, a new Zaha Hadid-designed contemporary art museum at Michigan State University (MSU), will open to the public on April 21, 2012. Dedicated to exploring international contemporary culture and ideas through art, the Broad/MSU will serve as an educational resource for the University and a cultural hub for the state of Michigan. The museum will also actively engage with the international artistic community through a series of partnerships with contemporary art spaces around the world, which will launch in conjunction with the April opening. The Broad/MSU’s inaugural exhibitions, curated by founding director Michael Rush, exemplify the museum’s dual focus on presenting international contemporary art in all media, as well as thematic exhibitions that investigate contemporary works within a historical context:• Global Groove 1973/2012 will use Nam June Paik&#