The Kress Foundation supports scholarly projects in the History of Art, Conservation, and Digital Art History. Projects should promote the appreciation, preservation, and study of European art from antiquity to the early 19th century.
Letters of Inquiry for all grants programs will be accepted December 1-15, 2024. Past awards have ranged from $2,700 – $165,000 and must be spent on direct expenses.
Eligibility
This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.
Other applicants, including international organizations, will need a fiscal sponsor with a 501(c)3 status.
Grant Types
History of Art
History of Art projects may include:
- Archival projects
- Development and dissemination of scholarly databases
- Documentation
- Museum exhibitions and publications
- Photographic campaigns
- Scholarly catalogues and publications
- Technical and scientific studies
- International exchanges
- Professional meetings
- Conferences and symposia
- Consultations
Documentation of individual art museum collections are typically not approved.
Conservation
Conservation projects may include activities similar to History of Art projects.
Conservation treatment is typically funded for works in the Kress Collection and coordinated through the Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.
Digital Art History
Digital Art History projects should foster new forms of research and collaboration and novel approaches to teaching and learning. This may include:
- Digitization of important visual resources
- Digitization of primary textual sources
- Promising initiatives in online publishing
- nnovative experiments in the field of digital art history
Digitizing museum object collections are generally not supported.
