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Posted: December 14, 2016

Extended Exhibition – Virtual Views at Knoxville Museum of Art

Virtual Views at the Knoxville Museum of Art explores the growing importance of electronic new media in contemporary art as seen in the work of artists who are pioneers in the use of LEDs (light-emitting ...

Posted: December 1, 2016

Meet the Team: Helen Colton

Helen Colton joined the Foundation team in August 2016 as our Grants Coordinator. Based in Santa Fe, Helen facilitates our growing grantmaking program by assisting with research, organization and development of tools ...

Posted: November 29, 2016

2016 Recipients: Christiane Paul & Nora Khan

THE 2016 ARTS WRITING AWARDS RECIPIENTS Christiane Paul received the $40,000 award ($30,000 award plus the opportunity for a $10,000 project grant) for an established arts writer in the U.S. who has made significant ...

Posted: November 18, 2016

Conserving Computer-Based Art at the Guggenheim Museum

The Thoma Foundation has awarded a 2-year grant to the Conservation of Computer-based Art (CCBA) initiative at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation. Led by Joanna Phillips, the Guggenheim’s conservator of time-based media, ...

Posted: October 31, 2016

Net Art Anthology

The Foundation has awarded a two-year grant to Rhizome to support Net Art Anthology, an online exhibition retelling the history of net art from the 1980s to the present day. Launched on ...

Posted: October 11, 2016

Acquisition Highlight: Eduardo Kac’s Tesão

Tesão by Eduardo Kac is an animation carried out in three acts that unfold to spell the artwork’s title, Portuguese slang for “horny.” Created when the artist was 24 years old, Tesão is a ...

Posted: October 3, 2016

Shadow & Space

Two new exhibitions are on view at Orange Door, Chicago. Shadow & Space brings together painting and sculpture from the Foundation’s collection in which artists use unconventional materials to find new forms. Inspired by ...

Posted: September 29, 2016

New Ways to See: Digital Art Criticism Now

November 29, 2016 – Christiane Paul and Nora Khan—recipients of the Thoma Foundation’s 2016 Arts Writing Awards in Digital Art—discussed current issues in digital art with Ian Cheng and Clement Valla, two artists on whose ...

Posted: September 13, 2016

“The First Robot Artist”: On the Life and Work of Harold Cohen

In a conversation recorded at Art House, Santa Fe on August 6, 2016, author Pamela McCorduck and Thoma Foundation curator Jason Foumberg explore the life and legacy of English artist Harold Cohen (1928–2016), ...

Posted: August 31, 2016

Collecting in the Age of Futurity

Friday, September 23, 2016 12 – 1 p.m. EXPO Chicago RSVP Required here CHICAGO, IL – Thoma Foundation founder Carl Thoma joins writers, collectors and curators of digital art in conversation at EXPO Chicago ...