the jackson pollock exhibition in 1945 is a perfect example of that. our founding director was deeply interested in abstraction and was engaged in dialogue with the guggenheim about bringing the jackson pollack showed to the west coast. the original price for the painting, $750. are directors thought that was too much of a stretch before the board of trustees, so she convinced them to reduce the price to firefighter dollars. it was just -- to $500. it was what was needed to persuade the board. it is a very subjective history of art. it has been very much shaped by the individuals involved with the museum over the years. in 1935, would start with the gallery with works that came in through albert bender, one of our founding trusties. when we opened our doors in 1935, 181 of the 186 pieces in our permanent collection had been gifted. >> what are the names that pop out as the museum evolved? >> we have another gallery that looks at the theories that the museum has since the late 1980's. we focus on a particular aspect of that program that developed under o

cultural contributions to art is the school of abstract expressionists, but most people do not know jackson pollock1934 was taking courses on 14th street with [unintelligible] the musical connections are enormous. they range from the tango, an international star, to the arrival from critically cuba of the whole series of musicians who construct here rumba and the rest. eventually, new york becomes a place that takes those arriving artists and mixes the mid local artists from the mass communication industry, popular culture and salsa is a product of that. people think it comes from anywhere, and nowhere, but in fact it is a new york phenomenon. >> and arthur schaumburg, the father of african-american studies. very few know he was a puerto rican and an advocate of autonomy and independence in spain before he arrived here. >> you will continue this discussion tonight at the suny -- shooting grant center. -- cuny grad center. >> we will look at the relationship in the 350 years we focus on an exhibit in the post 1945 period. was one in a court in the other a tree or working so different in the contempo

jackson didn't even remember the hit on that play. >>> things even scarier for another former cal bear. zack pollock was carted off the field after a helmet to helmet collision. he was released from a new jersey hospital and returned to detroit for a second opinion. the nfl meanwhile said today they'll start suspending players for illegal hits. >>> the losing streak is finally over. the 49ers beat the raiders in the battle of the bay. 17-9, for their first win of the season. after scoring just 3 points in the first half the offense woke up in the second half. alex smith threw a pair of touchdowns, frank gore went over 100 yards for the second time this season, vernon davis scored a touchdown for the third straight game, maybe each more for the 'niners did not commit a single turnover. >> i mean that's what it is. you could ask why this, why that, we were able to get turnovers and we didn't turn the ball over, point blank period. i don't care, you can draw it up and take shots, i mean that's how it is. don't turn the ball over you are gonna give yourself a chance to win. >>> next week the 'niners get