Arts
fromThe New Yorker
23 hours agoRobert Rauschenberg's Art of the Real
An artist's transformative energy can radically alter perception, producing visceral, destabilizing aesthetic experiences that change how people see the world.
Though born into wealth, which she used in part to establish an unparalleled private art collection, Gund gave and gave and gave some more, promising many works to institutions, where they might be enjoyed by all, and selling others to raise money for political and social initiatives. By the time of her death, noted the New York Times, the first publication to report her passing, the cupboard was bare.