Ten Billion Bucks and a Passion for Picasso, Etc: Steve Cohen’s Arts Philanthropy

By Melanie Turchyn

The Steven A. and Alexandra M. Cohen Foundation, is deep into supporting the arts, especially in New York City.

The foundation has given more than $2.4 million to New York’s Museum of Modern Art in recent years, nearly a million to the Met, and more than half a million to New York’s Museo del Barrio, located just north of the Museum Mile in East Harlem.