Agnes Gund

The Art Show

Bruce Helander | Posted 05.09.2012

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Bruce Helander

It's no surprise that this week-long event (through March 11) is a must-see exhibition on a grand and elegant scale, where many of the art dealers are as respected and well-known as the artists they represent.

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Fred Hochberg's Annual Valentine's Day Lunch: New York's Most Prominent Women Celebrate In Style

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fred Hochberg puts most men to shame. Not only is he a successful businessman, a champion of civil rights, and, most recently, the Chairman and Presi...

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El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Agnes Gund, Central Park, Robert Motherwell, The Suicide of Dorothy Hale, El Barrio, Latin American Culture, Global Citizens, Peru, Carmen Ana Unanue Galleries, New Workers? School Cycle, Yale University Press, Wilfredo Lam, Dominican Republic, Fifth Avenue, Metlife, Michael Bloomberg, On View - Voces Y Visiones, Miguel Sal, Mexico, Caribbean Culture, Miguel Covarrubias, Museum of the City of New York, Lenin, Brazil, Julián Zugazagoitia, Ecuador, Art, Frida Kahlo, Man at the Crossroads, Latino Culture, Diego Rivera, Cuba, Bolivia, Upper East Side, Salvador Dali, Thought Leaders, Henry Luce Foundation, Dorothy Hale, East Harlem, Michelle De Leon, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, John Lee, El Museo Del Barrio, Rockefeller Center Mural, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Latino Traditions, Mexico City, Rockefeller Discovering the Rivera Murals, Rockefeller Family, Marcel Duchamp, Nexus New York - Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis, Elvira Moran, Chile, Terra Foundation for American Art, Daily Kos, Opponent of Fascism, Empire State Building, Deborah Cullen, Art Commission of the City of New York, American Avant-Garde, Museum of Modern Art, Museum Mile, Taíno, Pre-Columbian, New York News
Jim Luce

Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...

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The Obamas: An Opening in the Arts

Agnes Gund | Posted 05.25.2011

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Agnes Gund

In our shifting global context, the President can and should press the State Department and other government agencies to promote art and artists on the world stage.

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Obama, the Arts, and Soft Power

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raymond J. Learsy

I have always been struck by the paucity of interest and support our government gives to the arts. In Obama's opinion it appears the arts have become essential to reengage our standing in the world.

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