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On September 3rd, 100 years ago, Sidney Felsen was born. Today, we celebrate his incredible contributions to American art and to FAPE. Sidney was an incredible friend to FAPE and was deeply admired by all of us. In 1995 Gemini G.E.L. agreed to donate

FAPE sends our warmest birthday wishes to our beloved, incredibly revered Vice President, Darren Walker. Your enthusiasm is contagious and your dedication to all things from arts and culture to social justice is unmatched. You inspire us all!

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Louisa McCune was a dear friend to so many of us at FAPE, but especially to me. We are profoundly saddened by her loss.

I met Louisa thanks to a random encounter she had with my partner when his art went flying in a DC alleyway. She rushed to his ai

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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
FAPE | Ellsworth Kelly Centennial Celebration: Beijing Panels | View
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
FAPE | U.S. Embassy in Buenos, Aires, Argentina | View
FAPE | Board Member Spotlight: Stephen M. Salny | View
FAPE | Recent News | View
FAPE | Elyn Zimmerman | View
FAPE | Bank of America | View
FAPE | Latest Installations and Exhibitions | View
FAPE | March on View Now | View
FAPE | Avis Robinson | View
FAPE | Carrie Mae Weems and Philip Guston | View
FAPE | Latest Installations and Exhibitions | View
FAPE | Black History Month | View
FAPE | February On View Now | View
FAPE | January On View Now | View
FAPE | Objects of Desire | View
FAPE | Tribute to Bill Homan | View
FAPE | A Very Special Thank You | View
FAPE | 2022 Shipments and Donations | View
FAPE | Tribute to Philip Pearlstein | View
FAPE | On View Now | View
FAPE | Jack Shear/Bank of America | View
FAPE | Latest Exhibitions and Installations | View
FAPE | 2022 Annual Events | View
FAPE | Bank of America – Masterpiece Moment | View
FAPE | Maya Lin | View
FAPE | Skowhegan 2022 Awards Dinner | View
FAPE | Bank of America – Masterpiece Moment | View
FAPE | NGA Panel Announcement / Studio In A School | View
FAPE | On View Now | View
FAPE | Tribute to Donald Blinken | View
FAPE | UNGA 77 | View
FAPE | The Artist’s Story – The Sharon Percy Rockefeller Panel Presentation | View
FAPE | Souls Grown Deep FoundViewation | View
FAPE | Queen Elizabeth II | View
FAPE | Alex Katz | View
FAPE | Theaster Gates | View
FAPE | Avis Robinson’s Black Hands Moving Colors | View
FAPE | Lynda Benglis | View
FAPE | On View: Sam Gilliam, Kiki Smith and Irving Penn | View
FAPE | Tribute to Jennifer Bartlett | View
FAPE | On View: Louise Bourgeois and Barbara Kruger | View
FAPE | Joel Shapiro and Jeff Koons | 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
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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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