His interests and collecting extended to a broad range of art, including European paintings and Greek and Roman art, and over the years his benevolence toward the Met touched those and many other areas in significant ways, from important gifts and loans of works of art to support for exhibitions, acquisitions, curatorships, gallery renovations, and other activities.
Monday's news that the Andy Warhol Foundation, a major funder of the National Portrait Gallery's controversial "Hide/Seek" show, may pull the plug on all future support for Smithsonian exhibitions is just the latest example of out-of-proportion responses by defenders of artist David Wojnarowicz's work.
His impact is evident throughout the City and, in our Museum, in the cutting-edge Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites, the magnificent outdoor Arthur Ross Plaza, and in his longstanding support for our exhibition program.
People are eagerly awaiting the outcome of Cornell and Trecartin's shared endeavour, which brings together artists from countries including Jordan, Qatar, South Korea, China and India, as well as Europe and America: "We're expecting to be wowed by the breadth of interesting new work," says collector Mihail Lari, who, together with his partner Scott Murray, has provided support for the exhibition.
Kitchen Helpers WEDNESDAY -- Bill T. Jones will be among those performing, and Philip Glass will speak, at a dinner at Gotham Hall, 1356 Broadway (36th Street), to raise money for the Kitchen, the performance space and media center that provides artists with technical, artistic and administrative support for performances and exhibitions.
In A Coruña his father shifted his own ambitions to those of his son, providing him with models and support for his first exhibition there at age 13.
Why? Art is one of Haiti's strongest exports; support for its production, exhibition and sale to the outside world is paramount to continued economic stimulation (somebody please throw a million bucks at HCF!).
The council also gives considerable support for conservation, education and exhibitions.
And unlike the support for fairs, supporting an exhibition earns a bank very little in return but public good will – which isn't forthcoming for a long time.
Her support for our most radical exhibition ideas and collection-building initiatives means so much to the staff.
The Center will strive to accomplish these goals through support for research, educational programming, and exhibitions inspired, in part, by the senator's career and the permanent collection of his historic papers.
