Renowned Art Patron Agnes Gund Is Dead at 87

Agnes Gund , the legendary patron whose lifelong commitment to art and charitable giving transformed institutions including New York’s Museum of Modern Art, has died at the age of 87, the New York Times reported on Friday.

Gund first joined MoMA’s international council in 1967, eventually rising to the position of president of the museum from 1991 to 2002. During that time, she oversaw MoMA’s $858-million-dollar 2004 expansion into a Yoshio Taniguchi-designed new building as well as the launch of MoMA PS1 in Queens.

Art was a lifelong passion for the Ohio native and graduate of Connecticut College, who, at the time of her death, was listed as a standing trustee at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a life trustee at the Morgan Library and Museum, and an emeritus director at the Museum o