The founders of a shelter for homeless people seeking asylum and a group that helps college applicants are among five New Yorkers to get $200,000 awards. Source: New York Times
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Whitney Cancels Show That Included Works Bought at Fund-Raisers
By Gotham Rex on August 26, 2020
Black artists objected after they discovered their work had been acquired by the museum through discounted sales meant to benefit charities. Source: New York Times
Adam Max, Patron of Brooklyn Cultural Institutions, Dies at 62
By Gotham Rex on August 3, 2020
He was chairman of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and a benefactor of St. Ann’s Warehouse. He and his wife also helped create a center for women’s history. Source: New York Times
Georgianna Glose, a Nun and Activist for the Poor, Dies at 73
By Gotham Rex on May 12, 2020
Sister Glose, who died from complications of the novel coronavirus, ran a nonprofit in Brooklyn and was a whistle-blower in a sex abuse scandal. Source: New York Times