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Announcing the 2024 Étant donnés Grantees

Art & Design

Jacqueline de Jong, Tournevicieux Cosmonautique ou (les âmes les plus confuses se matin conditioner par un peu de pésanteur), 1966. Private Collection, Amsterdam.

Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation are pleased to announce the 2024 laureates of Étant donnés, a program supporting the work of emerging and experienced artists in the field of visual arts since 1994.

For 30 years, Étant donnés has aimed to strengthen ties between France and the US in the field of visual arts by fostering active collaboration and encouraging long-lasting partnerships between French artists, curators, and collectives, and American curators and cultural institutions. Since its inception, the program has allocated over $4 million to fund 400 projects and the work of 50 curators.  

Discover the latest recipients of creative grants and curatorial fellowships selected to participate in Villa Albertine’s flagship visual arts program.

Étant donnés is organized by Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation with the exclusive sponsorship of AXA, in partnership with Institut Français, French Ministry of Culture and ADAGP.

I. Creative Grants for Projects in the US & France

Following a selective review process by an independent committee, 12 French and American contemporary art institutions will receive creative grants to organize exhibitions featuring living American and French or France-based artists, respectively. All exhibitions in the U.S. by French or France-based artists and in France by American artists, will be presented by the host institutions between September 1, 2024 and August 31, 2026.

Creative grants aim to encourage the international development of contemporary American and French art institutions, support the French art scene, and renew the possibilities for artistic exchange between France and the United States. 

Bass Museum of Art

"Ulla von Brandenburg: In Dialogue" | Solo Exhibition
9/4/2024 – 6/6/2025 | Miami Beach, FL, USA

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TOUT-MONDE Art FOUNDATION

In partnership with FSU Museum of Fine Arts | "Homo Sargassum" | Group Show
9/9/2024 – 3/8/2025 | Tallahassee, USA

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Centre d'art de Saint-Fons

"Like Night Needs Morning" | Anthony Cudahy's Solo Exhibition
9/17 – 11/13/2024 | Saint-Fons, FR

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Le 19, Centre régional d'art contemporain de Montbéliard

"Confluence" | Marie Lorenz's Solo Exhibition
9/21/2024 – 1/5/2025 | Montbéliard, FR

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The High Line

"Dinosaur" | Public Art Installation by Iván Argote
10/17/2024 | New York, USA

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Walker Art Center

"Overshare" | Sophie Calle's First North American Solo Exhibition
10/26/2024 – 1/26/2025 | Minneapolis, USA

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Frac des Pays de la Loire

2024 International Workshops featuring Kirsten Mosher & Anna Wittenberg
11/17/2024 – 3/2/2025 | Carquefou, FR

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NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale

"Vicious Circles" | Jacqueline de Jong's First American Solo Exhibition
11/17/2024 – 5/4/2025 | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

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Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami)

"Marguerite Humeau: \*sk\*/ey-" | Solo Exhibition
12/3/2024 – 3/30/2025 | Miami, USA

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The Bell – Brown Arts Institute

Julien Creuzet's "France Pavillon from the Venice Biennale" | Solo Exhibition
2/20 – 6/1/2025 | Providence, USA

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The Ukranian Museum

"Ghosts of War" | Ange Leccia's Solo Exhibition
2/24 – 4/20/2025 | New York, USA

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

"Like Water" | Group Exhibition with Simone Fattal
3/7 – 8/10/2025 | St. Louis, USA

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II. Curatorial Fellowships

For the second time, in partnership with the Independent Curators International (ICI) network, Étant donnés’ fellowshipsoffer funding to American curators wishing to conduct research on the French visual arts scene. Fellowships aim to inspire in-depth explorations of French cultural resources and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and knowledge among artists, professionals, researchers, and institutions.  

Learn more about the exciting research trips of the laureates aimed at delving deeper into the political dimensions of “scénographie” and experimental photographic practices.

Park Myers

Research Trip in France
October – November, 2024 

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Rotem Rozental

Research Trip in France
November 2024

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In partnership with

AXA

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This press release and the regulated information made public by AXA pursuant to article L. 451-1-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and articles 222-1 et seq. of the Autorité des marchés financiers’ General Regulation are available on the AXA Group website (axa.com). 

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Albertine Foundation

Previously known as FACE Foundation, Albertine Foundation is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting French-American relations through innovative cultural and educational projects. In close partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and its arts institution Villa Albertine, Albertine Foundation promotes artistic, literary, and educational exchange and collaboration between creative professionals from both countries thanks to corporate, foundation, and individual support.

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Institut français

The Institut français is responsible for France’s international cultural program. Supervised by both the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and by the Ministry of Culture, it promotes French culture abroad through cultural exchange initiatives. Operating in a space where the arts, intellectual exchange, cultural and social innovation, and linguistic partnerships interact and intersect, it is also responsible for promoting the French language and the sharing of works, artists, and ideas all over the world. The Institut français is one of Villa Albertine’s main French partners.

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Ministry of Culture

The French Ministry of Culture aims to make the major works of humanity— and especially those of France— accessible to the largest number of people possible. As such, it maintains a policy of conservation, of protection, and of development of all components of French cultural heritage. It promotes the creation of works of art and of the mind, and the development of art practices and education. It further contributes to cultural initiatives outside of France, and to initiatives relating to the establishment of French cultural programs throughout the world.

 

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ADAGP

Founded by artists in 1953, the ADAGP represents 170,000 authors worldwide, in all disciplines of visual art, including painting, sculpture, photography, design, graphic novels, street art, video art, digital art, architecture and more… At the heart of an international network of 50 partner organisations, the ADAGP collects and distributes royalties, protects artists and fights to improve authors’ rights. Today, it is the world’s top society of authors in the visual arts. Eager to place creativity at the heart of the world, the ADAGP encourages the creative scene by initiating and/or financially supporting projects to highlight visual arts and promote them on a national and international scale.

 

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