This Year’s Met Gala Raises the Most Money in Its History

This Year’s Met Gala Raises the Most Money in Its History

The Met Gala has outdone itself, even before it’s begun. The annual gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — the flashy fashion extravaganza that highlights the city’s social scene every May — raised a record $31 million this year, museum officials announced on Monday, the biggest gross in the …

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Ariel Aisiks Is on a Mission to Elevate Latin American Art

Ariel Aisiks Is on a Mission to Elevate Latin American Art

Wealthy collectors who want to be involved with museums typically donate works, write checks and sit on a board of trustees — these are the essential steps that keep art institutions afloat. But Ariel Aisiks — the Argentina-born art patron who now lives on New York’s Upper East Side — …

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At Tippet Rise in Montana, Art and Nature Enhance Each Other

At Tippet Rise in Montana, Art and Nature Enhance Each Other

Traveling down a dirt road through the rolling grasslands of southern Montana, the snow-capped Beartooth Mountains slowly appear in the distance. A metal-roofed, barnlike structure soon comes into view and, beside it, a 25-foot, abstract black steel sculpture by the artist Alexander Calder. On a low-lying stone wall, rusted metal …

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Nary a Critical Word: Bill Gates’s Close Bond With Narendra Modi

Nary a Critical Word: Bill Gates’s Close Bond With Narendra Modi

In September 2019, Bill Gates presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India with an award on behalf of his philanthropic organization, the Gates Foundation, for the Indian leader’s work on improving sanitation. An uproar followed. Three Nobel Peace Prize laureates wrote to Mr. Gates, arguing that Mr. Modi, who was …

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As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?

As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?

As the reality sets in that the United States is drastically diminishing its foreign assistance to developing countries, an urgent conversation is starting among governments, philanthropists, and global health and development organizations. It is centered on one crucial question: Who will fill this gap? Last year, the United States contributed …

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