The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Aperture

Location
New York, NY
Grant Cycle
Spring 2024
Amount
$100,000
Type of Grant
Multi-year Program Support
Website
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Front cover of An-My Lê: Small Wars, Twentieth Anniversary Edition (Aperture, 2025); cover image: An-My Lê, Untitled, Ho Chi Minh City, 1998, from the series Viêt Nam. © 2025 An-My Lê
Front cover of Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Dark Room A–Z (Aperture, 2024); cover image: Darkroom Mirror (0X5A0752), 2019. © 2024 Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Front cover of The Flame of Recognition by Edward Weston (Aperture, 2025); cover image: Edward Weston, Shell, 1927. © 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Front cover of David Alekhuogie: A Reprise (Aperture, 2025); cover image: David Alekhuogie, Mahogany Head Hulu 1, 2020. Courtesy the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery
Front cover of Robert Frank: The Americans (Aperture, 2024); cover image: Robert Frank, Trolley — New Orleans, 1955/56. © The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation
Njideka Akunyili Crosby; Photographs by Awol Erizku for Aperture
Front cover, Kuni. Sugiura, Vertebra, 2021. Photographic emulsion and acrylic on canvas

Aperture is a nonprofit publisher that leads conversations around photography worldwide. From its base in New York, Aperture connects global audiences and supports artists through its acclaimed quarterly magazine, books, exhibitions, digital platforms, public programs, limited-edition prints, and awards. Established in 1952 to advance “creative thinking, significantly expressed in words and photographs,” Aperture champions photography’s vital role in nurturing curiosity and encouraging a more just, tolerant society.

Aperture envisions a future where the power and democratic spirit of photography inspire a more curious, creative, and equitable world.

“We strive to support institutions that share our artist-centered values. The small grassroots arts organizations as well as the museums that comprise our grantees provide invaluable opportunities for artists to express their unique perspectives on the pressing urgencies of the day. We hope that our grants help to amplify artists’ voices within their communities, in national discussions and debates, and across platforms in the international contemporary art world.”

Joel Wachs, President