Press Release Archives
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Celebrates Cultural Diplomacy through Art and Music at the 2017 Annual Events
April 25, 2017 | View
FAPE Announces Historic Exhibition at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
June 6, 2016 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies’ 2016 Annual Events
May 6, 2016 | View
Frank Gehry, Ellen Phelan, Wayne Thiebaud and Diana Walker Donate to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies’ Original Print and Photography Collections
March 23, 2016 | View
FAPE 30th Anniversary Annual Events Honoring Frank Gehry with the 2016 Annenberg Award
February 17, 2016 | View
Ellsworth Kelly Foundation Donates Major Gift to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
January 19, 2016 | View
Christie’s Family Day featuring FAPE’s Partnership with Crayola
October 26, 2015 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Announces Addition of Brett Weston Portfolio to its Collection
May 14, 2015 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies’ 2015 Annual Events
May 4, 2015 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Honors Bank of America With Its Inaugural Partner in the Arts Award
April 2, 2015 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies 2015 Annual Events in Washington, D.C.
March 31, 2015 | View
Jeff Koons and Cindy Sherman Donate to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies’ Original Print and Photography Collections
March 16, 2015 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Commissions Don Gummer for Major Site-Specific Sculpture at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow
November 24, 2014 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Announces the First Comprehensive Exhibition of its Collections and Site-Specific Projects
June 28, 2014 | View
Folded Sky, Homage to Colin Powell: A Site-Specific Mural by Dorothea Rockburne Commissioned by the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE)
May 21, 2014 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies 2014 Annual Events in Washington, D.C.
April 16, 2014 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Announces Its Newest Initiative: The FAPE Photography Collection With Inaugural Donations by Tina Barney and William Wegman
November 19, 2013 | View
Terry Winters Donates the 21st Edition to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies’ Lee Kimche McGrath Original Print Collection
November 19, 2013 | View
Philanthropist David Rubenstein Donates Limited Edition Reproduction of 1823 Stone Declaration of Independence to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
April 30, 2013 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies 2013 Annual Events
April 8, 2013 | View
Site-Specific Sculpture by Joel Shapiro to be Installed at the new U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China, Commissioned by the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
March 5, 2013 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies to Honor David Rubenstein with the Fifth Annual Leonore and Walter Annenberg Award for Diplomacy through the Arts
January 29, 2013 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Announces the First New York Exhibition of the Lee Kimche McGrath Original Print Collection
November 12, 2012 | View
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Donates Six Prints to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
September 18, 2012 | View
Lee Friedlander Donates Eight Photographs to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Installed at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations (USUN), New York City
September 18, 2012 | View
Joel Shapiro Donates the 20th Edition to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Lee Kimche McGrath Original Print Collection Presented to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
June 26, 2012 | View
Site-Specific Sculpture by Joel Shapiro Announced for the new U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China, in 2013 Work Commissioned by Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
June 26, 2012 | View
I. M. Pei Honored with Fourth Annual Leonore and Walter Annenberg Award for Diplomacy through the Arts by the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE)
May 23, 2012 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) To Honor Architect I.M. Pei with Fourth Annual Leonore and Walter Annenberg Award for Diplomacy through the Arts
April 18, 2012 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Announces New Board Members
October 21, 2011 | View
Leading D.C. Art Foundation Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art Medal
September 20, 2011 | View
Agnes Gund Receives Third Annual Annenberg Award for Diplomacy through the Arts
May 10, 2011 | View
Brice Marden Donates Etching to FAPE’s Lee Kimche McGrath Original Print Collection
May 10, 2011 | View
FAPE Donates American Art Collection for the new U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York City
March 30, 2011 | View
Artist Lynda Benglis and FAPE Donate 14 Works of Art to New U.S. Consulate in Mumbai
March 14, 2011 | View
Art Foundation Enters New Year with Historic Donations to U.S. Embassies Abroad
January 26, 2011 | View
Robert Mangold donates Divided Arc to FAPE’s Original Print Collection
April 28, 2010 | View
FAPE Honors Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg with 2nd Annual Annenberg Award
April 8, 2010 | View
Gee’s Bend Collective donates historic African American Art to U.S. Embassies in India through FAPE
November 10, 2009 | View
Dorothea Rockburne creates a FAPE Site-specific Commission for the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica
May 13, 2009 | View
Vija Celmins donates Untitled (Web 5) to FAPE’s Original Print Collection
May 4, 2009 | View
FAPE Honors Justice Stephen Breyer with 1st annual Annenberg Award
April 27, 2009 | View
Features Archives
The Washington Diplomat
At 30, FAPE’s mission remains ‘planting seeds of cultural diplomacy’
August 2016
Voices of America
Frank Gehry Speaks at the National Gallery of Art
May 27, 2016 | View
Bloomberg
MoMA’s Gund on Importance of Placing Art in US Embassies
April 18, 2016 | Listen below
Bloomberg
Frank Gehry: Architects Have To Become Master Builders
April 18, 2016 | Listen below
ARTFORUM
Ellsworth Kelly gives $250,000 to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
January 20, 2016 | View
Blouin ArtInfo
Ellsworth Kelly Foundation Donates $250,000 to The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
January 19, 2016 | View
Art Daily
Ellsworth Kelly Foundation donates major gift to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
January 19, 2016 | View
Huffington Post
Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, FAPE Is Now Lighting up Kids’ Imaginations
January 8, 2016 | View
ArtDesk
The Art of America Abroad
September 1, 2015 | View
Lenscratch
Brett Weston and FAPE
June 13, 2015 | View
Washington Life Magazine
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
June 1, 2015 | View
Architectural Digest
AD Hears…
May 1, 2015 | View
The Art Newspaper
Koons and Sherman Will Donate New Work to US Embassies
March 31, 2015 | View
The Art Newspaper
Optimistic work for U.S. embassy in Moscow
October 16, 2014 | View
ART + AUCTION
Art Parties + Openings
September 24, 2014 | View
New York Post
Hamptons Warhol Heaven
July 29, 2014 | View
Gallerist
Andy Warhol, You’re My Hero! Colacello, Gagosian, Mugrabi and Rosen Chat About the Pop Art Superstar in East Hampton
July 29, 2014 | View
1stdibs
The Art of Diplomacy
July 10, 2014 | View
Beach Magazine
Brushstroke Diplomacy
July 4, 2014 | View
Hamptons Magazine
FAPE Guild Hall opening reception
July 3, 2014 | View
The Wall Street Journal
Benefits Get Intimate in the Hamptons
June 29, 2014 | View
The Sag Harbor Express
Global Connection
June 26, 2014 | View
undo.net
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
June 21, 2014 | View
BLOUIN ArtInfo
Dorothea Rockburne and Democracy: FAPE Installs a Mural in Jamaica
June 20, 2014 | View
The East Hampton Star
What is FAPE and Why Is It Coming to Guild Hall?
June 11, 2014 | View
Voice of America
American Art
June 2, 2014 | View
Beach Magazine
FAPE exhibition announcement
June 1, 2014 | View
BLOUIN Art and Auction
Made in the U.S.A.
June 1, 2014 | View
Longisland.com
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) Exhibition
May 9, 2014 | View
Flickr
Secretary Kerry Delivers Remarks at the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Dinner
May 7, 2014 | View
The Art Newspaper
Artists await call-up as new US Embassy in London Arises
May 1, 2014 | View
The New York Times
Embassy Images
March 14, 2014 | View
The Art Newspaper
Photographers plant the US flag abroad
December 4, 2013 | View
BLOUIN ARTINFO
Benglis, Mehretu, and More Talk Abstraction at Christie’s
December 3, 2013 | View
Whitehot Magazine
Joel Shapiro Honored at FAPE
November 1, 2013 | View
ARTINFO
For July 4th, See Art From U.S. Embassies Around the World
July 4, 2013 | View
The Huffington Post
The Eyes Of Ellsworth Kelly: The Insightful Artist Turns 90
May 31, 2013 | View
The New York Observer
Declarations All Around
May 6, 2013 | View
The Washington Post
Declaration of Independence to be Reproduced from Historic Version for U.S. Embassies Worldwide
May 1, 2013 | View
Avenue Magazine
The Art of Diplomacy
May 1, 2013 | View
The Washington Examiner
Portrait Diplomacy
April 30, 2013 | View
National Gallery of Art Podcast
Inside Photography: The Role of Art in Diplomacy
April 30, 2013 | Listen
China Daily USA Weekly
Sculptural Flights of Fancy
April 26, 2013 | View
The New York Times
Evening Hours
February 10, 2013 | View
The New York Observer
Honored for Diplomacy Through the Arts, Carlyle Chief David Rubenstein Talks Magna Cartas, Mating Pandas
February 8, 2013 | View
Artsia
FAPE’s Lee Kimche McGrath Original Print Collection
January 5, 2013 | View
The Huffington Post
Embassy Art: FAPE’s Original Print Collection Goes On Display
November 28, 2012 | View
The New York Observer
Gallerist NY: Jackson Pollock Screenprints Installed at U.S. Embassy in Berlin
September 18, 2012 | View
Artinfo
U.S. Embassies Receive Gifts of Six Jackson Pollock Prints and Eight Lee Friedlander Photos
September 18, 2012 | View
Washington Life
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Dinner
September 1, 2012 | View
Sculpture Magazine
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE)
September 1, 2012 | View
The New York Observer
Gallerist NY: ‘Individual Spirit’: Joel Shapiro on His Sculpture for the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou
July 16, 2012 | View
Artinfo
Joel Shapiro Commissioned to Create Public Sculpture for New U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou
June 27, 2012 | View
The Art Newspaper
American artist’s sculpture to soar in front of consulate in China
June 26, 2012 | View
National Gallery of Art Podcast
Architecture and Art: Creating Community
June 13, 2012 | Listen
WSJ Magazine
Sending American Artwork Abroad
June 13, 2012 | View
United States Department of State
Secretary Clinton Hosts Dinner for Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
May 15, 2012 | View
The Washington Post
Architecture and Art: Creating Community
May 14, 2012 | View
The American Institute of Architects
Architecture and Art: Creating Community
May 9, 2012 | View
Art & Antiques
Art on a Mission
February 1, 2012 | View
The New Yorker
The Artistic Life
January 31, 2012 | View
ARTnews
Mission Accomplished
January 31, 2012 | View
The New York Times
Evening Hours by Bill Cunningham
October 30, 2011 | View
World Architecture News
Pritzker Prize Jury Announcement
September 15, 2011
Washington Life Magazine
FAPE at the National Gallery of Art
September 5, 2011
The Art Economist
FAPE The Art of Diplomacy
September 1, 2011 | View
e-Architect
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
July 11, 2011 | View
Whitehot Magazine
FAPE’s USUN
July 1, 2011 | View
The Huffington Post
Artists as Ambassadors by Agnes Gund
June 21, 2011 | View
WAMU FM Radio Arts Beat
FAPE news blast
June 8, 2011 | View
Washington Post
Arts Post FAPE Panel at National Gallery of Art
June 8, 2011 | View
Washington Life Magazine
FAPE Dinner at National Gallery of Art (Photos)
June 8, 2011
WPFW 89.3FM Radio Presents
Maryscott Greenwood on FAPE
May 20, 2011 | Listen below
Interior Design
Mission Accomplished
May 1, 2011 | View
Times of India
Is that a cloud, a map or an H1B visa?
March 19, 2011 | View
DNA Mumbai
US artist donates work to consulate
February 28, 2011 | View
The Washington Diplomat
Soft Power of Art
November 8, 2010 | View
The New Yorker
The Supreme Court Steps: An Architectural Dissent
May 5, 2010 | View
Washington Life Magazine
FAPE Dinner & Photos
May 1, 2010 | View
U.S. News & World Report
Hillary Clinton Pitches Art for New Embassies
April 13, 2010 | View
The Layalina Review
Cultural Diplomacy: Scene Two, Take One
November 26, 2009
Washington Diplomat
Art Works Abroad: Fortifying America’s Embassies – With Soft Power of Culture
October 26, 2009
American Diplomacy
The Art of Diplomacy Without Words
October 26, 2009
American Foreign Service Journal
Visual Diplomacy
October 12, 2009 | View
Queens Chronicle
Mural honors Colin Powell, seeks to enhance U.S. image
September 24, 2009 | View
NY1 Television
New Mural Pays Homage to Colin Powell
September 19, 2009
Artnet News
Dorothea Rockburne Mural for Jamaica
September 10, 2009 | View
ArtInfo.com
At the Queens Museum, Painting Colin Powell in the Stars
June 29, 2009
New York Times
Employing Art Along With Ambassadors
June 26, 2009 | View
Foreign Policy Journal
FAPE Shares American Culture and Ideals Through Art
June 25, 2009 | View
The Washington Post
Dorothea Rockburne Honors Colin Powell With Mural at U.S. Embassy in Jamaica
June 10, 2009 | View
Elyn Zimmerman Radio Interview
Assembly of Friends Installation – Africa
May 30, 2009 | Listen below
Daily News & Analysis (Mumbai, India)
‘It is my loving gift to Mumbai and the people of India’
May 24, 2009 | View
U.S. News & World Report
Colin Powell has fans in Jamaica
May 24, 2009 | View
Legal Times
Courting an Open Door Policy
May 18, 2009 | View
Vanity Fair
Honoring American Art and Justice Breyer at the State Department
May 18, 2009 | View
U.S. News & World Report
Justice Stephen Breyer Champions Art, Restaurants, Advice
May 12, 2009 | View
Washington Post Photo
A Day in Pictures (Picture 24)
May 11, 2009
Forbes.com
Why We Love–And Need–Public Art
May 5, 2009