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3:12 PM 02/08/2013

In The New York Observer, Sharon Samuel '11 writes of Virginia Bloedel Wright's '51 lifelong passion for art

April 11, 2011
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Trustee Emerita Virginia Bloedel Wright '51 reflects on the art world of her post-Barnard days in a New York Observer article by Sharon Samuel '11, about Wright having donated a Jenny Holzer sculpture to the college. 

An except from the article:

"The engravings on the bench are kind of sassy," said Virginia "Jinny" Wright. She was discussing a Jenny Holzer bench—until recently in her possession—that she'd donated to Barnard's Morningside Heights campus.

"At the age of 82, I'm thinking about where some of these pieces should end up, and I thought Barnard would be the perfect spot for this one."

Read the full article in the New York Observer.

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