Paris, France—The Terra Foundation for American Art announced today the release of Experience, the fourth volume of the Terra Foundation Essays series, which explores fundamental ideas and concepts shaping American art and visual culture over the last three centuries. Experience, edited by Alexander Nemerov, Department Chair & Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities […]

Chicago, IL—The Terra Foundation for American Art today announced a broad slate of grants given in support of Art Design Chicago, a wide-ranging initiative the Foundation is spearheading to explore Chicago’s vibrant creative history and enduring influence on art and design. Following a board meeting on June 20, Terra leadership confirmed 33 grants for Art […]

Chicago, IL—The Terra Foundation for American Art announced today its international academic award and fellowship recipients for 2017, including Dr. Adeyemi Akande, an African scholar who received a travel grant to the United States to conduct research on photographer Ezra Stoller, and Susanneh Bieber, a German scholar currently teaching at Texas A&M University who was […]

Washington, DC—The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art and the Terra Foundation for American Art today announced the launch of a new online guide to American art-related archival collections in the Chicago area.

New York—The College Art Association (CAA) and the Terra Foundation for America Art announced the 2017 recipients of the Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant.

Chicago, IL—The Terra Foundation for American Art welcomes two new members to its board of directors: Stephanie Harris (right), a Chicago-based civic and philanthropic leader, and Adam Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum, who replace outgoing members Gerhard Casper and Michael Shapiro, both of whom served the full duration of their eight-year […]

Chicago, IL—The Terra Foundation for American Art announced today that $11,459,646 was awarded in fiscal year 2016 (July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016) for nearly 80 initiatives and partnerships worldwide, including: A $4.5 commitment to the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art to increase access to its extensive collection of archival material on the artists, collectors, […]

Chicago, IL—The Terra Foundation for American Art announced today the release of Scale, the second volume of the Terra Foundation Essays series, which explores fundamental ideas and concepts shaping American art and visual culture over the last three centuries. “This new volume opens up a dialogue by proposing the concept of scale as an understudied […]