75th Anniversary Initiative
In celebration of the Luce Foundation’s 75th anniversary, and honoring the vision of our founder, Henry R. Luce, we are announcing a special grant-making initiative to foster innovation in the areas of interest that the Foundation has steadfastly pursued. We project a total of $10 million of new grants, to be approved over a two-year period, advancing the foundation’s commitment to leadership and service, scholarship and communication, and international understanding.
The Whitney Museum of American Art
The Luce Foundation's Directors have awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Whitney Museum of American Art to support the installation of works from the Museum’s renowned permanent collection in its new building downtown. The Museum’s new building, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and currently under construction in the Meatpacking district, is projected to open in 2015.
(The Whitney Museum's New Building Project)
In a press release, Adam D. Weinberg, the Museum's Alice Pratt Brown Director, called the grant "a tremendous vote of confidence." With three times more gallery space than the Whitney's current building, the new location will "enable us to increase
the size and scope of all our exhibitions and programming and in particular will fulfill our dream of
showing a far more comprehensive view of the Whitney’s unsurpassed collection of modern and
contemporary American art," Weinberg said.
Furthering the Luce Foundation's goal of advancing the study of American art through exhibitions, catalogues, archival projects, digitization, and the like, this 75th anniversary grant salutes the Whitney’s steadfast commitment to increasing access to the richness of American art.
Read about the first 75th anniversary grant here.
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