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American Gives $10M to National Portrait Galleryby Zoe Strimpel
An unusual mixture of high art and sports as it was announced that the owner of Aston Villa, one of the UK's largest soccer clubs, has spotted the National Portrait Gallery its biggest donation to date. The 45-year-old, American-born graduate of Clare College Cambridge and Columbia Law School, Randy Lerner, has given $10 million to the gallery. The funds will be allocated over three years and will go toward research, educational programs (including outreach to schools and hospitals), and, of course, acquisitions. Mr. Lerner is not the first American to buy a British football team (Malcolm Glazer grabbed Manchester United in 2005, causing great unrest among die-hard supporters), but he is the first to pour money into the arts in this way. "On behalf of my mother and my sister, it is an enormous privilege to express our support for the National Portrait Gallery financially," Mr. Lerner said.
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