Agnes Gund

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Artists and collectors rush to support Kamala Harris campaign

Since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, much of the US art world has embraced Harris. Meanwhile, conservative patrons remain split on the Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump

Agnes Gund's fund to end mass incarceration reveals its final round of grants

The collector and philanthropist's Art for Justice initiative has awarded $125m over the six years it has been active

Agnes Gund Foundation selling $5.5m Lichtenstein work to support reproductive rights movement

Proceeds of the sale at Christie's will benefit the reproductive justice organisations

Art for Justice Fund gives out $10m in new grants—including to art projects

The second round of funding will support works themed around incarceration by Xaviera Simmons, Hank Willis Thomas and Titus Kaphar, and a planned installation on the High Line

Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund awards $22m in grants to activist groups and social programmes

As well as backing arts-focused initiatives, the money will help support organisations working to change government policy

Agnes Gund urges collectors to sell their art to fight for justice

The philanthropist used her profits from the sale of a Roy Lichtenstein painting to create a criminal justice fund, in partnership with the Ford Foundation