Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced that its 2013 global Art Conservation Project is open for applications.
Submissions
are welcome from not-for-profit arts and cultural institutions that
have significant works of art across all media, requiring conservation.
Submission deadline is
30 November 2012.
The
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Project is a unique
initiative that provides grants to not-for-profit organisations
throughout the world to conserve historically
or culturally significant works of art that are in danger of
degeneration, in order to preserve them for future generations.
Introduced in 2010 across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the
programme was expanded this year to include the U.S., Asia Pacific
and Latin America.
Previous
projects include the restoration of the iconic photographic archive at
The Arab Image Foundation in Beirut, featuring the culturally important
photographic collections of Latif el Ani and Hashem el Madani. The
photographs provide a fascinating perspective on the culture of the
Middle East over the 20th Century. They were at risk from damage through
ageing and required archiving, digitisation and
cleaning to preserve their quality. Other grant recipients include
Pablo Picasso’s Woman in Blue at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina
Sofia, Madrid; a range of historical and artistic pieces at Westminster
Abbey, London; and an early manuscript by Leonardo
da Vinci at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan.
Applicants can submit proposals online:
http://museums.bankofamerica.
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