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This is the final week to visit FAPE’s exhibition, “Artistic Generosity and the American Artist Abroad”, at the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. Cu

In celebration of “Artistic Generosity and the American Artist Abroad”, currently on view at the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., FAPE is pleased to highlight several ar

Congratulations to FAPE Chairman Jo Carole Lauder who is being honored this evening at The Museum of Modern Art’s annual Party in the Garden. We can think of no one more deserving of this distinguished recognition.

For 30 years, Jo Carole has

Happy Memorial Day!

Today we honor all those who have served and are currently serving in our country’s Armed Forces.

This week also commemorates Ellsworth Kelly’s birthday. He would have turned 103 on Saturday. Ellsworth served in Wo

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FAPE | Mother’s Day | View
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FAPE | Artistic Generosity and the American Artist Abroad at the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center | View
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FAPE | On View Now | View
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FAPE | Panelist Spotlight: Eric L. Motley | View
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FAPE | JOIN US! FAPE and Crayola bring the Declaration of Independence to Communities Nationwide | View
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FAPE | JOIN US! FAPE and Crayola bring the Declaration of Independence to Communities Nationwide | View
FAPE | Treaties on De-Fences at the Onera Foundation | View
FAPE | FAPE and Crayola bring the Declaration of Independence to Communities Nationwide | View
FAPE | Vera Blinken honored by New York Philharmonic | View
FAPE | Agnes Gund’s Gallery | View
FAPE | Tribute to Agnes Gund | View
FAPE | FAPE and Crayola bring the Declaration of Independence to Communities Nationwide | View
FAPE | Amy Astley Joins FAPE’s Board of Directors | View
FAPE | Panelist Spotlight: Rashid Johnson | View
FAPE | Artists and Architects as Global Ambassadors | View
FAPE | Darren Walker's The Idea of America | View
FAPE | Labor Day | View
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FAPE | National Coloring Book Day | View
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FAPE | Installation of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov's Flying | View
FAPE | Fourth of July | View
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FAPE | Tribute to Leonard Lauder | View
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FAPE | Joel Shapiro | View
FAPE | Father’s Day | View
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FAPE | Tribute to Graham Gund | View
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FAPE | Celebrating Frank Stella's "Hanoi Star" at The Museum of Modern Art | View
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FAPE | 20th Anniversary of The Gates | View
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FAPE | Crayola Creativity Week | View
FAPE | National Defense University | View
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FAPE | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | View
FAPE | KICKING OFF 2025 WITH FAPE | View
FAPE | President Carter’s State Funeral | View
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FAPE | Happy Birthday, Robert Storr! | View
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FAPE | A Special Thank You from FAPE’s Director | View
FAPE | 2024 Art Shipments | View
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FAPE | Giving Tuesday | View
FAPE | Happy Thanksgiving! | View
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FAPE | News | View
FAPE | Veterans Day | View
FAPE | 2024 Annual Events Photo Gallery | View
FAPE | 2024 Annual Events | View
FAPE | Jo Carole Lauder & Darren Walker Honored at The White House | View
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FAPE | Frank Stella’s Hanoi Star at The Museum of Modern Art | View
FAPE | Congratulations, Darren! | View
FAPE | Happy 100th Birthday, President Carter! | View
FAPE | Congratulations, Craig Hartman! | View
FAPE | On View Now | View
FAPE | Panelist Spotlight: Eric Motley | View
FAPE | Panelist Spotlight: Ming Smith | View
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FAPE | Looking through the Lens of American History | View
FAPE | Happy Birthday, Sidney B. Felsen! | View
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FAPE | NEW WEBSITE PAGES LIVE | View
FAPE | Tribute to Alma Powell | View
FAPE | Elyn Zimmerman on Sudama and Kosmos/Saturn | View
FAPE | Ellsworth Kelly and Roy Lichtenstein: A Centennial Celebration | View
FAPE | Dorothy Lichtenstein | View
FAPE | Happy Fourth of July! | View
FAPE | Treaties on De-Fences | View
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FAPE | Tribute to Sidney B. Felsen | View
FAPE | Tribute to Frank Stella | View
FAPE | A Centennial Celebration: Ellsworth Kelly and Roy Lichtenstein | View
FAPE | Tribute to Avis Robinson | View
FAPE | Ellsworth Kelly Centennial Celebration: The Artist’s Artist | View
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FAPE | Ellsworth Kelly: Berlin Totem | View
FAPE | Thank you, Ellsworth! | View
FAPE | Secretary of State Antony Blinken | View
FAPE | Ellsworth Kelly: Friendships | View
FAPE | Tribute to Ilya Kabakov | View
FAPE | Memorial Day | View
FAPE | Ellsworth Kelly Centennial Celebration | View
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FAPE | Bank of America – Masterpiece Moment | View
FAPE | NGA Panel Announcement: Studio In A School | View
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Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies’ 2024 Annual Events
October 10, 2024 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies’ 2023 Annual Events
October 23, 2023 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies’ 2022 State Department Dinner hosted by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Evan Ryan
October 12, 2022 | View
Secretary of State Antony Blinken Recognizes the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
October 12, 2022 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Installs Don Gummer’s Frontier at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow
May 31, 2018 | View
Darren Walker to receive Annenberg Award from Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
March 28, 2018 | View
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Congratulates Ilya and Emilia Kabakov on the Opening of The Utopian Projects at the Hirshhorn
September 6, 2017 | View
Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl is pleased to present the complete Original Print Collection of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
August 2017 | View
ARCHIVES

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The Partial Observer: Art Donations Prompt Invitation to White House
November 7, 2024 | View
Department of State
Secretary Blinken's remarks for FAPE Celebration of Ellsworth Kelly’s 100th Birthday
May 31, 2023 | View
The Hill
The Hill’s Morning Report
October 12, 2022 | View
Department of State
Tonight @SecBlinken hosted the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies at the State Department
October 12, 2022 | View
Art in Embassies
The US Air Force Band plays out the celebration of Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
October 12, 2022 | View
Agenparl
Public Schedule – October 12, 2022
October 12, 2022 | View
China News Service – English
U.S. Embassy’s new sculpture in Beijing aims to connect
May 9, 2018 | View
Observer
This Tax Law Created to Reprimand Nixon Has Been Cheating Artists for Decades
March 15, 2018 | View
ArtNet News
Take a Sneak Peek at the Epic Sculpture Martin Puryear Just Finished for the US Embassy in Beijing
February 22, 2018 | View
Huffington Post
FAPE’s Preeminent Patriotic Prints at Gemini G.E.L. Joni Moisant Weyl
November 25, 2017 | View
Washington Life
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies Dinner
September 2017 | View
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