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Sonya Yu

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@sonyayu wants to bring art to the people.

At the start of 2026, @momaps1 became the largest free museum in New York City, thanks to a $900,000 donation from Yu. A rising force in the art world, the entrepreneur, art collector, and founder of the creative agency Four One Nine has covered admission for all visitors for three years. It’s a big win not only for the institution, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, but also for the public, as museum ticket prices rise across the globe. “I want to be able to provide access in this specific, personalized way to a community that I could really make an impact on,” Yu tells ELLE’s @ericagonzo.

Though she lives roughly 3,000 miles away from PS1, its surrounding neighborhood resonated with her: It’s home to many Asian and Hispanic residents—immigrants like Yu, who moved to the U.S. from China when she was 5 years old. Free admission, she says, could give locals and tourists of all backgrounds “the opportunity to go to the museum and not do the daily math that we are burdened with.”

Read ELLE’s full interview with Yu at the link in bio. by @sonyayu

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100 / cult100. ty @cultured_mag by @sonyayu

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6 months ago

What’s the first thing you look for when you walk into a museum?

MoMA PS1 director Connie Butler (@cornelia.butler) joins creative entrepreneur Sonya Yu, who is underwriting free admission, to answer rapid-fire questions about their museum experiences.

✨Free Admission for All ✨ at MoMA PS1 begins January 1, 2026. Plan your visit today. taken in MoMA PS1 by @sonyayu

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10 months ago

@dior wallflower

plumage & peonies

we’re both made in China

superbloom

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pressed petals

fawning over the swan

watering the garden

picked this one #rodneymcmillian

Barbara said what she said.

THIS INSTALL.

iykyk

in season taken in Jardin des Tuileries by @sonyayu

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17 days ago

why waste a perfectly good long haul by @sonyayu

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19 days ago

@prada left me in red

skirt flirt

his & hers

red the room

1am

red receipts w #rodneymcmillian

11am

smitten kittens

reseeing red

well red @mona_hatoum

left on red taken in Milan, Italy by @sonyayu

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24 days ago

Spectator sport fit @thombrowne

front view for front row

spotted on the runway 🐞

wait what 🔎

WAIT WHAT

ok but from the front

snatched so I don’t snatch it

I MEAN

ok byeee taken in New York, New York by @sonyayu

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a month ago

date night, work clothes w #rodneymcmillian

Can’t take me anywhere

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casual. @ritaora

Bottega street sweeper

retinol doing the heavy lifting cuz I’m rusty doing my own beat 🫣

black tie to pizza pie

as spotted by @edeani taken in New York, New York by @sonyayu

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a month ago

red eye to black tie ✈️

@newbottega for the @keringfoundation #CaringForWomen Dinner by @sonyayu

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a month ago

Onyx McMillian, untitled (“baby dawg”), mixed media, 2026 by @sonyayu

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a month ago

RODNEY SURPRISED ME W MY DREAM PUPPY FOR MY BDAY AND I NOW DED KBYE

meet Onyx 🖤🐜
10 week old mini schnauzer bb
sorry not sorry to everyone I’ve left on read this week. have u seen her???

“weird that u keep calling my bed a stretching mat”

ma’am you’re being ridiculous

apparently also a bed.

The way she looks at him 🥹

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my cute aggression is uncontainable rn.

dnd

OK BEST BDAY PRESENT EVERRRR KBYE by @sonyayu

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2 months ago

the skincare products that kept me glowing across 25,400 miles, 13 flights, 5 countries, 2 hemispheres, and temps from 35F to 105F by @sonyayu

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