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An Artist Representing Grenada at the 2019 Venice Biennale Must Raise $10,000 on GoFundMe

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber November 28, 2018November 29, 2018

Billy Gerard Frank, a multimedia artist who explores themes of sexuality, family, and diaspora, is one of four artists selected to represent Grenada at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Frank is responsible for funding his presentation, and has launched a GoFundMe.

Posted inIn Brief

A Crowdfunding Effort Launches to Commemorate Khadija Saye, Artist Killed in London Inferno

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton June 21, 2017June 21, 2017

The campaign, launched by three friends and supporters of Saye’s, aims to raise £50,000 to promote the work of other young artists.

Posted inNews

Crowdfunding Campaign Aims to Bring Rare Photo of Harriet Tubman Home

by Claire Voon March 7, 2017March 7, 2017

A previously unrecorded photograph of the trailblazing abolitionist is going to auction later this month, and the Harriet Tubman Home historic site hopes to be the top bidder.

Posted inIn Brief

Help Preserve Vincent van Gogh’s Humble Grave

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 31, 2017

A crowdfunding campaign is rallying support from Vincent van Gogh fans to preserve and protect the painter’s grave in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.

Posted inNews

A Victorian Theater Frozen in Time Crowdfunds Its Reopening

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 17, 2016August 17, 2016

A 19th-century theater that’s been disused for over 80 years is preparing to reopen in London.

Posted inNews

French Museum Faces “Cultural Catastrophe” After Storage Vault Floods

by Claire Voon June 7, 2016June 9, 2016

Recent heavy rainfall in France has led to dangerously high water levels, but while some Paris museums have managed to safeguard their collections, staffers at the Musée Girodet found themselves facing hundreds of water-damaged artworks.

Posted inArt

Growing a Garden According to the Economics of Philanthropic Crowdfunding

by Claire Voon January 12, 2016January 13, 2016

Every day, people around the world lend money to strangers through philanthropic crowdfunding platforms like Kiva and GlobalGiving.

Posted inOpinion

Will Crowdfunding Outpace Old-Fashioned Arts Patronage?

by Becca Rothfeld March 3, 2015March 4, 2015

You can’t buy love, as The Beatles famously proclaimed, but perhaps you can buy cultural capital.

Posted inOpinion

Art Basel and Kickstarter Team Up to Make Each Other Feel Good

by Jillian Steinhauer September 12, 2014September 17, 2014

Here’s a URL that launched this morning: artbasel.com/crowdfunding. Yes, indeed, friends! Art Basel, the art fair behemoth that rakes in millions of dollars annually, is now investing in crowdfunding. Happy day?

Posted inArt

Digitizing a Disappearing Glass-Plate Archive of Romanian Life

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 9, 2014May 9, 2014

After serving as a Romanian war photographer from World War I through 1920, Costica Acsinte settled in Slobozia in the south of the country and set up a studio called Foto Splendid Acsinte. There he proceeded to document the surrounding community in over 5,000 images.

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Crowdfunding a New Museum of Science Fiction

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 8, 2013November 8, 2013

The world’s first comprehensive science fiction museum may be opening in the near future in Washington, DC, but first it needs to crowdfund. Luckily for the museum, there are few fans as dedicated as those who love sci-fi.

Posted inOpinion

Louvre Crowdfunds Major Conservation Effort

by Mostafa Heddaya September 4, 2013September 6, 2013

The Art Newspaper is reporting that the Louvre has launched a €1 million crowdfunding campaign to pay for the conservation of its “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” a 2nd-century BCE sculpture of Nike.

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