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Ronald S. Lauder, Estée Lauder heir, will donate the entire Neue Galerie—along with Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I valued at $135 million and 13 additional Klimt works—to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, effectively merging the two institutions by 2028 and expanding the Met’s holdings of early 20th‑century German and Austrian art.
Guardian reporting shows Ronald Lauder, a cosmetics billionaire and Trump ally, pitched Donald Trump on purchasing Greenland in 2018; Trump kept pursuing Arctic leverage, aided by Lauder’s Greenland investments and his advocacy that the island’s mineral wealth and new sea routes made it strategically vital. The piece also links Lauder to Ukraine mineral deals through TechMet, highlighting potential conflicts of interest as business interests intersect with policy in Trump’s orbit.
Billionaire Ronald Lauder, a major donor to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), has threatened to withdraw financial support if the school does not take stronger action against antisemitism. Lauder's threat comes in response to a Palestinian literary festival held on campus that included speakers with a history of making antisemitic remarks. Other prominent donors have also pledged to cut off funding, and one trustee has already resigned. UPenn has stated that it did not endorse the speakers or their views, but Lauder argues that more needs to be done to address the issue.