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Paris

Afield
$50,000
Paris, France
2025

To support the multi-year AFIELD forums on the themes of “Transitional Justice by Artists” (2025) and “Institutions by Artists” (2026) hosted by KANAL—Centre Pompidou in Brussels, Belgium, the Kunstenfestivaldesarts, and AFIELD, an international network of artists-led initiatives. These convenings connect American and international artists as well as curators, cultural practitioners, policymakers, students, and the public interested in the role of art as leverage for solution-building and societal transformation. Drawing from the forums, a publication, to be released in 2026, will critically explore the intersection between art, history, and social justice, highlighting the role of art and artists in addressing societal and cultural challenges.

AWARE (Archives of Women Artists Research & Exhibitions)
$25,000
Paris, France
2025

“Toward Feminist Perspectives of the Black Atlantic,” scheduled for September 18, 2025, brings together art historians, curators, researchers, and artists from across the US, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas to expand on Paul Gilroy’s Black Atlantic framework through Black feminist perspectives, exploring how Black women and non-binary artists address gender, race, and nationality within different contexts through art, history, and theory. The event will be recorded, edited, and subtitled for dissemination via AWARE’s YouTube channel, website, and social media platforms, ensuring a broad and enduring reach.

Centre Pompidou
$250,000
Paris, France
2024

To support Paris Noir, an exhibition that brings together works of 150 artists who are Black and/or part of the African diaspora—from Africa, the Caribbean, South and North America—and who are still widely overlooked in France. The transdisciplinary artists featured in the exhibition work across painting, literature, music, dance, fashion, and cinema. A catalogue with substantial essays will highlight this historical survey and a conference, Paris Noir. From Présence Africaine to Revue Noire (1947–1991), will be offered.

Palais de Tokyo
$98,000
Paris, France
2024

This grant to four of eight national Parisian art institutions supports the first multi-museum celebration to be presented in the city in honor of a single artist in their lifetime: the sculptor, draftswoman, and author Barbara Chase-Riboud. Centre Pompidou, Musée d’Orsay, Musée du Louvre, Musée du Quai Branly, Musée Guimet, Musée Picasso, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Palais de Tokyo, and Philharmonie de Paris each present a specific series of Chase Riboud’s works in conversation with their permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, creating dialogues with art and artists such as the ancient Egyptian and Greek sculptors, Benin bronzes, Constantin Brancusi, Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Lee Bontecou, and Louise Bourgeois. An English- and French- language catalogue co-published by the Louvre accompanies the exhibitions.

Musée d’Orsay
$47,000
Paris, France
2024

This grant to four of eight national Parisian art institutions supports the first multi-museum celebration to be presented in the city in honor of a single artist in their lifetime: the sculptor, draftswoman, and author Barbara Chase-Riboud. Centre Pompidou, Musée d’Orsay, Musée du Louvre, Musée du Quai Branly, Musée Guimet, Musée Picasso, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Palais de Tokyo, and Philharmonie de Paris each present a specific series of Chase Riboud’s works in conversation with their permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, creating dialogues with art and artists such as the ancient Egyptian and Greek sculptors, Benin bronzes, Constantin Brancusi, Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Lee Bontecou, and Louise Bourgeois. An English- and French-language catalogue co-published by the Louvre accompanies the exhibitions.

Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
$33,000
Paris, France
2024

This grant to four of eight national Parisian art institutions supports the first multi-museum celebration to be presented in the city in honor of a single artist in their lifetime: the sculptor, draftswoman, and author Barbara Chase-Riboud. Centre Pompidou, Musée d’Orsay, Musée du Louvre, Musée du Quai Branly, Musée Guimet, Musée Picasso, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Palais de Tokyo, and Philharmonie de Paris each present a specific series of Chase Riboud’s works in conversation with their permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, creating dialogues with art and artists such as the ancient Egyptian and Greek sculptors, Benin bronzes, Constantin Brancusi, Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Lee Bontecou, and Louise Bourgeois. An English- and French-language catalogue co-published by the Louvre accompanies the exhibitions.

Musée du Louvre
$22,000
Paris, France
2024

This grant to four of eight national Parisian art institutions supports the first multi-museum celebration to be presented in the city in honor of a single artist in their lifetime: the sculptor, draftswoman, and author Barbara Chase-Riboud. Centre Pompidou, Musée d’Orsay, Musée du Louvre, Musée du Quai Branly, Musée Guimet, Musée Picasso, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Palais de Tokyo, and Philharmonie de Paris each present a specific series of Chase Riboud’s works in conversation with their permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, creating dialogues with art and artists such as the ancient Egyptian and Greek sculptors, Benin bronzes, Constantin Brancusi, Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Lee Bontecou, and Louise Bourgeois. An English- and French-language catalogue co-published by the Louvre accompanies the exhibitions.

Musée Picasso Paris
$75,000
Paris, France
2024

To support the development of Harlem Renaissance (working title), an exhibition highlighting major figures of the Harlem Renaissance from the literary, artistic, and social realms. The exhibition is organized with filmmaker Isaac Julien, whose work is also showcased.

Afield
$14,024
Paris, France
2024

To support a convening hosted by KANAL—Centre Pompidou in Brussels, Belgium, and the AFIELD Forum, bringing together American and international artists, including Lynda Goode Bryant and Andrea Yarbrough, as well as curators, policymakers, students, and the public interested in leveraging art for societal transformation. The convening, open to the public and promoted by KANAL and AFIELD, aims to attract policymakers, scholars, curators, gallerists, writers, art historians, practitioners, and students, with the central location of Brussels and the reputations of AFIELD and KANAL expected to draw attendees from across Europe. 

Ateliers Médicis
$100,000
Clichy-sous-Bois, France
2024

This grant supports Clichycago, a residency program at Ateliers Médicis in the Parisian suburb of Clichy-Montfermeil offering fellowships for Chicago-based artists from the city’s South Side. Centered on the theme of “Chosen or Endured Community,” it aims to foster intercultural dialogues and connections between artists locally and internationally, engaging with themes of community, architecture, and public institutions. 

Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art
$15,000
Paris, France
2023

the 36th International Committee for Art History Congress in Lyon, France, June 23–28, 2024. The International Committee for Art History Congress is a global platform of exchange in the field of art history held every four years in a different location. It brings together emerging and established art historians and researchers from related disciplines around a specific theme for six days of in-depth exchanges, lectures, roundtables, and debates, as well as visits to local cultural institutions and historic sites.

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
$20,000
Paris, France
2023

To support a series of three roundtables with contemporary African American visual artists Glenn Ligon, Jordan Casteel, and Hank Willis Thomas, joined by local French artists, scholars focusing on their work, and museum professionals. The roundtables take place once a year from 2024 until 2026. Events are open to the public and free of charge; are livestreamed and made available on the websites of the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle and of the French American Museum Exchange (FRAME).