Agnes Gund

Gund is the founder and chair of the Art for Justice Fund, which invests in artists and advocates working together to reform the nation’s legal system, and is the subject of the new documentary Aggie. She is also President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Chairperson of MoMA PS1. In 1977, Agnes founded Studio in a School, which places professional artists as art instructors in public schools and community-based organizations. A mother of four and grandmother to 12, she lives in New York City.

Agnes Gund

We Must Use Our Power to Dismantle Bias

I remember African Americans in my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, protesting the violent racism they endured when I was a young woman in the 1960s. I remember thinking that it had nothing to do with...