With previously undisclosed $130 million gifts to the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Lower Manhattan and the Shed in Hudson Yards, the former mayor continues to shape the city’s arts scene.
Category: Philanthropy
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Forests, Band from Singapore, Played On After U.S. Robbery
Forests, a band from Singapore, ended its tour in New York in high spirits, two weeks after being robbed in California.
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Brooklyn’s Batcave Reborn as Gotham’s Art Factory
A philanthropist spent $180 million to transform a relic of Gowanus’s industrial past into Powerhouse Arts, equipped to produce the art of the future.
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Downtown Clubbing With Phoebe Bridgers and Uptown Ladies Adorned in Hats
Gucci opened a shop in the meatpacking district, while socialites and philanthropists donned their best hats for a fund-raiser in Central Park.
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National Academies Members Demand Answers About Sacklers’ Donations
The Academies accepted millions of dollars from members of the Sackler family — including some who led Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin — even while advising federal officials on opioid policy.
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Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy
Even as the nation’s drug crisis mounted, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine continued to accept funds from some members of the Sackler family, including those involved with Purdue Pharma.
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Leon Levine, Who Made a Billion One Dollar at a Time, Dies at 85
He created the discount chain retailer Family Dollar, which found success, and criticism, by catering to the poor.
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‘Wild Life’ Review: Their Land Is Our Land
This documentary looks at the efforts of Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and Douglas Tompkins to preserve stretches of land in Argentina and Chile.
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Suzanne Rheinstein, Designer of Classic American Interiors, Dies at 77
Her clients were not celebrities but developers, Hollywood executives and philanthropists like herself, working behind the scenes in Los Angeles and elsewhere.