\u00c9tant donn\u00e9s is organized by Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation with the exclusive sponsorship of the AXA Foundation for Human Progress, in partnership with Institut Fran\u00e7ais, the French Ministry of Culture and Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and ADAGP. For 30 years, \u00c9tant donn\u00e9s has aimed to strengthen ties between France and the United States 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 supported over 700 artists, 50 curators, and over 350 projects in more than 200 institutions across 87 cities in both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The program fosters the discovery of emerging talent while maintaining engagement with established artists, prioritizing solo exhibitions, productions, and new commissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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These grants provide financial support to American and French nonprofit institutions (museums, art centers, etc.) wishing to organize exhibitions featuring living French or France-based artists and American artists, respectively.<\/p>\n
The aim is to encourage the international development of American and French contemporary art institutions, to support the French art scene, to introduce American artists to French audiences, and to renew and diversify the possibilities for artistic exchange between France and the United States.<\/p>\n
Priority is given to exhibitions, new commissions, or any projects creating new connections or partnerships between institutions, living artists, and curators from both countries.<\/p>\n
I. Eligibility\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Artistic Field:\u202fVisual Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n The project must fall within the field of visual arts in its broadest sense (including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, performance, video, installation, etc.).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Funding areas include solo and collective exhibitions, as well as works commissioned for festivals, biennials, triennials, and permanent installations. In the case of group exhibitions, the jury will pay attention to the importance given to the work and number of pieces of the artist(s) involved in the application.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For American institutions<\/strong>: Artists involved must be French nationals OR have lived in France for more than five years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For French institutions<\/strong>: Artists involved must be American citizens living AND working in the United States.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The committee will favor creations commissioned for the exhibition, including the presence of the artist, rather than supporting the shipping of previous artworks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pre-show travel by the curator to France or to the United States may be included in the project budget, as long as the main part of the grant is allocated to the implementation of the project in the exhibition\u2019s country. Grants may not exceed 50% of the expenses related to the production of the project, with a limit of\u00a0$30,000 for a solo exhibition or for a commission for a festival, biennial, or triennial, as well as for collective exhibitions including several artists involved, and a limit of $15,000 for one artist involved participating in a collective exhibition.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The publications around the exhibition and education programs are eligible expenses (cf. budget template in the application form)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Etant donn\u00e9s DOES NOT cover the operating and front of the house expenses of the presenting organization.<\/p>\n II. Required Information<\/strong><\/p>\n These fellowships\u202f<\/em>offer funding\u00a0to American curators wishing to conduct research on\u202fthe French visual arts scene.\u202fThey are intended to expand the opportunities of American curators; to encourage 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.<\/p>\n Villa Albertine partners for the third time with\u00a0ICI | Independent Curators International<\/a>\u00a0to offer grants of $3,000 each to US-based curators from within ICI\u2019s network and beyond. The grants are intended to contribute to covering the costs of transportation,\u00a0lodging, per diems, insurance, and any expenses related to the research trip.<\/p>\n Candidates are encouraged to connect with art professionals and other researchers as well as with institutions, universities, art schools, or private and public archives in preparation for future exhibitions or collaborations.<\/p>\n In collaboration with professionals in France, Villa Albertine\u2019s team will also provide its assistance to the selected curators to enhance their networks and direct them towards venues, artists, and directors of institutions that could be of interest for their research.<\/p>\n I. Eligibility The project must fall within the field of visual arts in the broadest sense (painting, sculpture, drawing, video, photography, performance, installations, etc.).<\/p>\n The candidates must:<\/p>\n There is no age limit to participate.<\/p>\n Priority will be given to curatorial fellows planning to present the results of the research in one way or another in the U.S. via an exhibition, publication, talk, lecture, screening, performance, etc.<\/p>\n Applicants affiliated with\u00a0institutions must obtain authorization from their institution to travel for the proposed research.<\/p>\n Grant amount for each curatorial fellowship:\u00a0$3,000<\/strong><\/p>\n II. Selection Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n III. Required Information<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2025 grantees<\/a><\/p>\n 2024 grantees<\/a><\/p>\n 2023 grantees<\/a><\/p>\n 2022 grantees<\/a><\/p>\n 2021 grantees<\/a><\/p>\n 2020 grantees<\/a><\/p>\n 2019 grantees<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n \u00c9tant\u00a0donn\u00e9s\u00a0was founded in 1994 by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy \u2014now Villa Albertine\u2014 the Association Fran\u00e7aise\u00a0d\u2019Action\u00a0Artistique\u00a0(AFAA) \u2014now Institut\u00a0fran\u00e7ais\u2014 and the\u00a0D\u00e9l\u00e9gation\u00a0aux Arts Plastiques (DAP) of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. Taking its name from the famous artwork by Marcel Duchamp, the France-born artist who established himself in the United States and whose work has inspired contemporary artists for decades,\u00a0\u00c9tant\u00a0donn\u00e9s\u00a0underscores the continuous exchange between France and the United States in the art world. It also supports the belief, formulated by Duchamp, that \u201cAll in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00c9tant\u00a0donn\u00e9s\u00a0Contemporary Art has supported exhibitions in most major American institutions, including the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum, the DIA Art Foundation, MoMA PS1, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the MCA in Chicago, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Wexner Art Center in Ohio. Support has also been given to numerous projects in alternative spaces, including Artists Space, Artist\u2019s Institute, and Art in General. In previous years, it also provided funding for French organizations such as the Mus\u00e9e National d’Art Moderne\u00a0Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Villa Arson in Nice, and several FRACs (Fonds\u00a0R\u00e9gional\u00a0d\u2019Art\u00a0Contemporain).<\/p>\n Among the French artists first introduced to the U.S. thanks to the support of\u00a0\u00c9tant\u00a0donn\u00e9s\u00a0are Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Koo Jeong A, Isabelle Cornaro, Christine\u00a0Rebet, and C\u00e9leste\u00a0Boursier-Mougenot. In France, John Currin, Sterling Ruby, Roe Etheridge, and Diana Thater are just a few of the American artists to have benefited from\u00a0\u00c9tant\u00a0donn\u00e9s\u00a0support for early presentations of their works in solo shows. Some of the numerous curators whose work has been facilitated by the fund are Nicholas Baume, Tim Griffin, Fionn Meade, Lauri Firstenberg, and Silvia Karman\u00a0Cubina.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact<\/u>: Guillaume Lefevre, Program Officer, Visual Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n guillaume.lefevre@villa-albertine.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":61793,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[218],"app_city_tax":[221,214,223,222,220,216,224,217,225,226],"app_professional_category":[258],"app_professional_content_type":[257],"class_list":["post-61795","app_professional","type-app_professional","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-visual-arts","app_city_tax-atl","app_city_tax-bos","app_city_tax-chi","app_city_tax-hou","app_city_tax-la","app_city_tax-mia","app_city_tax-nola","app_city_tax-nyc","app_city_tax-sf","app_city_tax-dc","app_professional_category-art-design","app_professional_content_type-grants_programs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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Celebrating 30 Years of \u00c9tant donn\u00e9s: a Comprehensive Study, by Julia Halperin<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n