Tag: Philanthropy

Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow

Projects

Art museums and foundations of Russian oligarchs

Over the past fifteen years, Russian billionaires and their foundations gained influence at home and abroad and became significant players in the Kremlin’s soft power politics. Their activities became increasingly strategic and globally networked. Historian Waltraud Maria Bayer has addressed their evolution in the first comprehensive basic study on the topic. Continue reading “Art museums and foundations of Russian oligarchs”

Interview & Opinion

Together for the future

Interview: Ingrid Ladner

With its new alpha+ Foundation, the Austrian Science Fund FWF intends to encourage individuals and organizations with a non-profit orientation to support top researchers. In an interview, the chairpersons of the Foundation, Artemis Vakianis and Georg Winckler, talk about the growing value of private commitment, about answers to some of the major questions of society […] Continue reading “Together for the future”