moneyed class

She was queer when it was not safe to be out, and lived for a spell in Europe where she didn’t quite fit in with the moneyed class.

But as The Times’s Ken Vogel notes, winning over the moneyed class hasn’t guaranteed electoral success for years.

Still, her powerful and lasting effect on de Kooning was a testament to the charm, drive and seemingly boundless energy that made her an influential arts patron with a knack for bringing together the art world elite and the moneyed class.

It is also trying to squeeze every bit of cash from the public, selling smartphones and other imported goods to the moneyed class, as well as collecting “loyalty” donations in exchange for political favors.

“She was distant from the moneyed class,” said Kim Anno, a professor at California College of the Arts and a consultant on the Bing exhibition.