Agnes Gund

Agnes Gund
Born1938 (age 85–86)
Cleveland, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
EducationConnecticut College (BA)
Harvard University (MA)
Spouse(s)Albrecht "Brec" Saalfield (1963-1981)[1]
Daniel Shapiro (1987-?)[1]
Parent(s)George Gund II
Jessica Laidlaw Gund
Familysiblings: George III, Gordon, Graham, Geoffrey, Louise

Agnes Gund (born 1938) is an American philanthropist and arts patron,[2] collector of modern and contemporary art, and arts education and social justice advocate. She is President Emerita and Life Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Chairman of its International Council. She is a board member of MoMA PS1. In 1977, in response to New York City's fiscal crisis that led to budget cuts that virtually eliminated arts education in public schools, Gund founded Studio in a School,[3] a nonprofit organization that engages professional artists as art instructors in public schools and community-based organizations to lead classes in drawing, printmaking, painting, collage, sculpture, and digital media, and to work with classroom teachers, administrators, and families to incorporate visual art into their school communities.

  1. ^ a b Blasberg, Derek. "How the Record-Breaking Sale of a Lichtenstein Painting Changed Agnes Gund's Life". Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (2014-11-06). "A Patron Gives, of Herself and Her Art". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  3. ^ Colacello, Bob (November 20, 2015). "Agnes Gund, Art's Grande Dame, Still Has Work to Do". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2017-06-13.