Michael Berger Gallery is a not-for-profit enterprise underwritten by the Michael and Sherle Berger Foundation. The Foundation’s educational mission is intended to increase public awareness of this generation’s cultural heritage in the visual arts. The Foundation serves the community by enabling our Gallery to exhibit original works of art by internationally prominent and emerging artists and to sell them at prices affordable to the average art collector. The Foundation, through our Gallery, encourages families to enrich their lives and minds with the possession of fine works of art. Fine art in a family home is a spiritual and idealistic counter to the mindless violence and tasteless entertainment dominating today’s visual environment. It encourages an open mind and teaches the rewards of beauty as well as the respect artistic expression. It is also our hope that these works of fine art will find their way eventually into the public domain—a museum, a school, a religious institution, etc. Therefore, to encourage enrichment of the cultural environment by personal donations of works of art to public institutions, we will offer buyers a modest refund of the purchase price, following acceptance of the gift by the designated institution. _______ A comment from Michael Berger: My perspective on art "All too often I see contemporary art on display at major institutions that doesn't meet this very basic criterion: Is it appealing? A work's appeal doesn't have to be limited to visual beauty - it can also encompass technical prowess, an ideological point of view, or just sheer innovation. But too many things we see these days don't cut it: a piece that relies on shock value, an idea we've seen before that was never beautiful, mechanical art that doesn't work, "cutting edge" technology that is 50 years old."