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©2011 American Friends of the Louvre

Since the New York office opened in 2004, American Friends of the Louvre has provided a number of grants to the Musée du Louvre. These grants have benefitted all eight curatorial departments, scholarly research and educational programs at the Museum. It has recently expanded its fund raising efforts to include the newly created Louvre Endowment Fund. Below are examples of AFL’s current campaigns as well as grants made to the Louvre in the past.

Preliminary design by Jacques Garcia Preliminary design by Jacques Garcia

Restoration of 18th-Century Decorative Arts Galleries

The Louvre is currently working with renowned interior designer Jacques Garcia to create new spaces for its spectacular collection of 18th-century decorative arts. AFL has pledged to raise $4 million to support this comprehesive project, which will be earmarked toward the restoration of the drawing room from the Hôtel de Villemaré. The new galleries are scheduled to re-open in early 2013.

Joseph Vivien, Portrait of the Duc de Bourgogne Joseph Vivien, Portrait of the Duc de Bourgogne

Conservation Program for Pastel Drawings

The Louvre has one of the most extensive holdings of pastel drawings in a public collection. In order to ensure their safe display and storage in the Museum, curators and conservators have collaborated on a new method of encasing and framing the drawings. To date, AFL has raised $146,000 in funds toward this conservation  program.

Examples of past grants to the Louvre

  • Educational programs related to American art, 2011
  • Creation of new slideshow by Nan Goldin, 2010
  • Exhibition on William Kentridge and its catalogue, 2010
  • Installation of Standing Figure by Willem de Kooning in the Tuileries Garden, 2010
  • Conservation of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and an international symposium on the artist, 2009
  • Creation of innovative educational tools for children and families, 2008
  • Creation of Cy Twombly’s The Ceiling, 2008
  • Exhibition on French Bronzes, 2007
  • Installation of Richard Serra’s Clara-Clara in the Tuileries Garden, 2007
  • Restoration of Greek and Roman antiquities, 2007
  • Series of public programs at the Louvre conceived by Toni Morrison, 2006
  • Exhibition by Mike Kelley, 2006
  • Fellowships in Islamic art and American art, 2005 – 2009
  • Exhibition on Girodet and its catalogue, 2005
  • Introductory panels in three languages throughout the galleries, 2005
  • School exchanges between France and U.S., 2004-2006

Support from the International Council of the Louvre

  • The film Face by Tsa Ming-Liang
  • Restoration of the mosaic of Qabr Hiram
  • New catalogue for the Department of Islamic Art

 

Louvre Endowment Fund

  • Elahé Mir-Djalali Omidyar Fund