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They make big annual donations and can be tapped in occasions of financial distress. Brian Ferriso, director of the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, reached out to his board this summer season as he faced furloughing or laying off greater than 80 percent of his workers. One board member wrote a $400,000 check—enough to cover two weeks of payroll. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Museum of Art lately raised $25 million in new giving to support an emergency fund.
Originally conceived as just one a part of the sculptor’s massive Gates of Hell, the embracing lovers are supposed to be Paolo and …