Barnes Foundation, Moderna Museet, and More, Awarded Conservation Grants
This year’s Bank of America Art Conservation Project grants have been awarded to sixteen cultural institutions, including the Rothko Chapel in Houston, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, and Sainte Chapelle in Paris.
The conservation project began in 2010 in an effort to help preserve notable works of art, architecture, and archaeological works. Since its founding, more than 275 grants have been awarded in 40 countries to conserve paintings, sculptures, works on paper, manuscripts, and archeological artifacts.
“Art reflects the creativity, ingenuity and history of the people who created these works – and like everything, art is vulnerable to the passage of time,” Brian Siegel, Global Arts, Culture & Heritage Executive at Bank of America, said in a statement. “Together with some of the world’s finest cultural institutions, we can help preserve these works for future generations.”
The work is carried out by specialists based on the needs of each individual piece.
Previous iterations have funded the restoration of notable artworks by Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Sam Gilliam, and Jenny Holzer, among others.
Below is a list of the 2025 grant recipients:
- Possum Dreaming by Michael Nelson Jagamara and Salute to Slessor’s 5 Bells by John Olsen at the Sydney Opera House
- The Blinding of Samson by Rembrandt Harmensz Rijn at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt
- A Rake’s Progress by William Hogarth at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London
- More than 100 paintings of American Presidents at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
- La Debutante by Roberto Matta at the Museo de Artes Visuales in Chile
- Triptych on the East Wall of the Rothko Chapel in Houston
- The Henriot Family by Pierre-Auguste Renoir at The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia
- Roadwork by McArthur Binion at the Detroit Institute of Arts
- Zun Wine vessel in the shape of an owl at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Eagle Eye by Nam June Paik at the Ackland Art Museum at UNC at Chapel Hill
- Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks by Claes Oldenburg at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven
- Black Book of Hours (Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane) at the Hispanic Society of America, conserved in partnership with the TEFAF Restoration Fund
- Six Gothic artworks at the Museo Nacional de San Carlos in Mexico City
- Ezechiel stained glass windows at Sainte Chapelle in Paris
- Tableau Tir by Niki de Saint Phalle at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm
- Watching the Tidal Bore by Komuro Suiun at the Yamatane Museum of Art in San Paolo
