https://www.artforum.com/news/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-to-present-agnes-gund-with-inaugural-leadership-award-82129
A life-long arts patron and avid collector of modern and contemporary art, Gund made headlines in 2017 when she auctioned a prized work by Roy Lichtenstein, Masterpiece, 1962, for $165 million and used the funds to start the Art for Justice Fund, which provides grants to organizations working toward criminal justice reform. Since it launched, the fund has backed numerous projects and institutions including the Bard Prison Initiative, Dream Corps, Forward Justice, Vera Institute for Justice, and the Youth First Initiative.