Koons Creating Sculptures for New Philanthropy Project
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Allan Kozin
PHILANTHROPY---Project Perpetual, a new philanthropy established to raise money for humanitarian causes by collaborating with artists, has enlisted Jeff Koons to create the first in a series of new works that will be used to raise money for the United Nations Foundation. The finished sculptures will be auctioned at a dinner at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York on Nov. 9. The beneficiary of the sale will be the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign, which is raising money to fight measles, pneumonia, polio and rotavirus among children. Project Perpetual plans to work with one artist every year to raise money for humanitarian programs around the world. Mr. Koons is the first to take part. [link]
By Allan Kozin
PHILANTHROPY---Project Perpetual, a new philanthropy established to raise money for humanitarian causes by collaborating with artists, has enlisted Jeff Koons to create the first in a series of new works that will be used to raise money for the United Nations Foundation. The finished sculptures will be auctioned at a dinner at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York on Nov. 9. The beneficiary of the sale will be the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign, which is raising money to fight measles, pneumonia, polio and rotavirus among children. Project Perpetual plans to work with one artist every year to raise money for humanitarian programs around the world. Mr. Koons is the first to take part. [link]
