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...look back at that time and shudder at how we treated those who came from another place? Our incredible ingenuity, our innovation, our ideas, our universities--all these are the product of our ability to attract the brightest minds from all over the world. The Statue of Liberty? A gift from France. "God Bless America"? Written by an immigrant. Why do we continue to submit to an antiforeign ideology? Emily Feder, ST. LOUIS...
...arts at Harvard” and assembled a task force for integrating arts at the University. In April of this year, David Rockefeller ’36 donated $30 million to renovate the Fogg Art Museum and support the arts task force, making this recent gift the second major art donation in Faust’s first year of tenure. Pulitzer’s contribution thus comes at an opportune moment in Harvard’s history, when the University is making a concerted effort not only to build upon its collection, but also to make accessible to students...
...Harvard to expand into previously unchartered territory with regard to contemporary art. “It allows us for the first time to display the very important advances made in sculpture in the 1960s and ’70s,” says Molesworth. “The Pulitzer gift contains eight pieces from that period in our history so it radically changes our ability to tell the story of post-World War II art.” These sculptures include works by Donald Judd and Richard Serra, as well as other significant contemporary figures...
...also hope that this gift will encourage future donations, particularly in non-Western art. For Molesworth, “One of the things we need to do in the first half of the century is to expand our collection to reflect developments and traditions in other parts of the world, most significantly Latin America.” Not only would this make the Harvard Art Museum’s collection more diverse and exciting, it could potentially serve as a valuable teaching tool for classes that explore art outside the Western tradition...
...extremely generous contribution to Harvard’s ability to enhance artistic teaching and research opportunities at the University; it also brings more world-class art into the Cambridge area for everyone nearby to enjoy. We are sure the museum will find a way to use this gift in a way that does it justice...