The selection represents a wide range of artistic styles, media and cultural traditions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, India and Japan.
From 2010, theBank of America's Art Conservation Project supported the conservation of paintings, sculptures and archaeological and architectural pieces of fundamental importance to cultural heritage and art history. Since the program's inception, more than 261 projects in 40 countries run by nonprofit cultural institutions have received funding to conserve historically or culturally significant works of art that are in danger of deterioration.
This year's grant recipients
- Water Lilies (1914-15) by Claude Monet at the Portland Art Museum
- Dancer with Bouquets of Flowers (c. 1890-95) by Edgar Degas at the Chrysler Museum in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
- Susan B. Anthony figurine by Bessie Potter Vonnoh at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House in Rochester
- The Great Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses) (circa 1895-1906) by Paul Cezanne at the National Gallery, London
- Restoration of the paintings from the Apartments of Napoleon III (19th century) at the Louvre Museum in Paris
- Selections from Truisms, Inflammatory Essays, The Living Series, The Survival Series, Under a Rock, Laments, and Child Text (1989) by Jenny Holzer at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York
- Orco, Norandino e Lucina (Norandino e Lucina Sorpresa dell'Orco) (1619-1621) by Giovanni Lanfranco at the Borghese Gallery in Italy (cover image)
- Two Japanese wooden statues of guardian kings: Zōchōten and Tamonten, Nara National Museum, Nara City, Japan
- First African American photography project at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
For a complete list of museums receiving grants through Bank of America's 2024 Art Conservation Project, the 2024 Art Conservation brochure is available (PDF).
