Agnes Gund is an important philanthropist, art educator and collector of postwar art.
Education:
BA in history Connecticut College
MA in art history Harvard University 1980
Personal:
Married to Daniel Shapiro in 1987
Four children from a previous marriage: David, Catherine, Jessica and Anna Saalfield
Lives in New York City
Background:
Agnes Gund was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1938. Her parents cultivated her early interest in art. Her father collected western painting and her mother would take her to art classes at the Cleveland Museum. Her mother died when she was 15 and she had to help raise her five younger siblings. Her father George Gund, Jr. was the president of Cleveland Trust Company and made his fortune by selling the rights to Sanka Coffee.
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President emerita, Museum of Modern Art
Chairman, Mayor's Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission of the City of New York
Founder and trustee, Studio in a School Association
Board member, Barnes Foundation
Board member, the Menil Collection
Board member, the Frick Collection
Board member, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Board member, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center,
Board member, Socrates Sculpture Park
Honorary trustee, Cleveland Museum of Art
Honorary trustee, Independent Curators International
Honorary trustee, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland
Board member, Chess-in-the-Schools
Board member, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Board member, Fund for Public Schools
Former Board Member, J. Paul Getty Trust
Awards:
2008, Honoree, MoMA Jazz Interlude Gala
2005 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
1999 Arts Education Award, Americans for the Arts
1997 National Medal of the Arts by President Clinton |
