for residential use, adding five luxury condominiums in the style of a Northern Italian palazzo. It is named the Palazzo Chupi, and it is easy to spot because it is painted pink. In 2009, Schnabel signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. Museum exhibitions His works are exhibited in the collections of various museums throughout the world, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Reina Sofia in Madrid; Tate Modern in London and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Filmography Awards 2019 Paez Medal of Art, New York City (VAEA). See also Bruno Bischofberger List of artists who created paintings and drawings for use in films References External links 1951 births 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters 20th-century American Jews American male painters Best Director Golden Globe winners Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director winners Fantasy film directors Film directors from New York City Film directors from Texas Honorary Members of the Royal Academy Independent Spirit Award for Best Director winners Living people People from Brooklyn People from Brownsville, Texas Saint Joseph Academy (Brownsville, Texas) alumni University of Houston alumni Neo-expressionist artists 21st-century American Jews 20th-century American male artists