Visual Art

Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne’s concept of «Visual Art» encompasses not only the classical genres of art such as painting, sculpture, graphic art, drawing and photography, but also new forms of expression and media such as performance, experimental film and video. The Foundation provides funds for regular and special exhibitions as well as their accompanying catalogues at publicly accessible, well established museums and art collections provided that the exhibitions funded are international in their orientation, relevant from an art historical perspective, and carefully curated. Furthermore, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne supports innovative und interactive projects that explore new approaches to fostering art education so as to attract new audiences. In principle, the Foundation also provides funds for the involvement of modern media in the expansion or presentation of significant pieces of art in the context of major museum projects.

Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne does not award grants for biennials, triennials or art fairs, commercial galleries, local art associations, happenings and art initiatives.

Selection of supported projects

C/O Berlin Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Exhibition «William Eggleston: Retrospektive», 2023

Dia Art Foundation, New York, USA
Exhibition «Imi Knoebel», 2021

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA
Exhibition «Judy Chicago: A Retrospective, 2021

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland
Retrospective «Georgia O'Keeffe», 2022

Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Retrospective «Dayanita Singh: Dancing with my Camera», 2022

Kirchner Museum, Davos, Switzerland
Exhibition «Europe on a Cure: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Thomas Mann and the Myth of Davos», 2021

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Exhibition «Reinhard Mucha», 2022

mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Exhibition «Wolfgang Tillmans: Sound Is Liquid», 2021

Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
Exhibition «Leon Polk Smith», 2023

Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
Exhibition «Frank Stella: Alexej von Jawlensky Prize 2022», 2022

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Retrospektive «Paula Modersohn-Becker», 2021

Southbank Centre, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Exhibition «Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child», 2022

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Exhibition project «Moved by Schlemmer: 100 Years of Triadic Ballet», 2022

The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
Exhibition «Jonas Mekas: The Camera Was Always Running», 2022

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Temporary exhibition «Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room», 2021

Zentrum  Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
Exhibition «Isamu Noguchi: Endless Exploration», 2022