Artwork Loans


Posted: January 27, 2023

Thoma Foundation Announces Support of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Retrospective

The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation is proud to have awarded a $150,000 grant to the Whitney Museum of American Art in support of its upcoming retrospective of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (b. ...

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Posted: September 22, 2022

The Thoma Foundation Announces: Message from Our Planet Traveling Exhibition

The Thoma Foundation announces Message from Our Planet, a new media exhibition that brings together 20 software, video, and light-technology artworks from 19 international artists and artist groups working at the forefront ...

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Posted: September 15, 2022

Federico Solmi: Joie De Vivre

The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation is proud to be supporting the exhibition Federico Solmi: Joie De Vivre at the Morris Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate in Morristown, NJ.⁠ Federico Solmi is a multimedia artist who examines the ...

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Posted: June 14, 2022

Spotlight on Loans and Collection-Related Grants

The Collections team and Grants team at the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation have been working together closely this year to better align our Loans and Grants programs. We are continuing to refine our applicant procedures and guidelines while streamlining interdepartmental coordination. We encourage prospective applicants to subscribe to our newsletter (in the footer of this page) and to check back frequently on our Loans page and our Collection-Related Grants site.  In the meantime, we are proud to announce several recent Collections-Related exhibition grants that feature Thoma Collection loans.

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Posted: June 12, 2020

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Open to the Public

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has re-opened to the public with new hours and visiting protocols. On view is Spanish Colonial Paintings from the Thoma Collection featuring eight painting from the Foundation’s collection ...

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Posted: May 19, 2020

Divine Illusions: View Online

Snite Museum of Art is offering a video tour of their exhibition Divine Illusions: Statue paintings from Colonial South America, featuring thirteen paintings on loan from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art ...

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Posted: March 2, 2020

Artwork Loan and Grant: Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists

The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation is excited to have two artworks from our collection featured in Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art. ...

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Posted: January 15, 2020

Twelve Paintings on Loan to Snite Museum of Art

Snite Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibit Divine Illusions: Statue Paintings from Colonial South America focuses on statue paintings of the Virgin Mary from the Viceroyalty of Peru. On loan from the Thoma Foundation are 12 paintings ...

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Posted: January 12, 2020

Trevor Paglen on Loan to Museum of Contemporary Photography

In Real Life at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Columbia College Chicago seeks to examine the real-world impact of computer vision. On loan from the Thoma Foundation is Trevor Paglen’s video ...

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Posted: December 14, 2019

Paintings on Loan to Art Institute of Chicago

On view at the Art Institute of Chicago are four portraits from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation’s collection of Art of the Spanish Americas. Included are two portraits of a husband ...

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