Recent grants have included support for the conservation treatment of minimalist paintings at the Guggenheim; a roundtable addressing video art preservation issues; a conservation survey of Judy Chicago's Dinner Party; publications on the art of Robert Motherwell and Jasper Johns, as well as on contemporary Chicano art, art theory,
cinema, and photography; research fellowships focused on contemporary Latino art in the United States,
popular Islamic art in urban Senegal, and modern Japanese architecture; and multicultural internship grants to support student interns at the Museum of Contemporary Art, LACE, and a number of other
local museums, alternative spaces, and community galleries that showcase contemporary artists.