The Falls Foundation · Expanding Culture. Rebalancing Memory.

Work from the Falls Foundation collection

The Falls Foundation expands cultural access by supporting artists and communities historically excluded from the resources that shape cultural memory, through funding, exhibit support, and leadership development.

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Recent acquisitions

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Olivia Erlanger, eros (evening), 2025

Aluminium. 57 × 18 × 14 cm (22 1/2 × 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 in)

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Red Light Pan, Small Figure with Perfect Breasts (no. 2), 2025

Ink, water, infrared light and muslin; wood veneer and copper tacks. 24 × 16 in (61 × 40.6 cm)

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Natalie Sasi Organ, Pinky promise, 2026

Oil on canvas, engraved stainless steel frames, chainmail, aluminium casted betel nut. 66 × 56 × 2.5 cm

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Mission

We build a more equitable and representative cultural future, through funding, exhibit support, & leadership development.

The cultural sector is undergoing a shift. Institutions are reexamining whose narratives, histories, and artworks have been preserved, and whose have been systematically excluded. The gaps are measurable, persistent, and structural.

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85%

of artists in major U.S. museum collections are white; 87% are male.

“Diversity of Artists in Major U.S. Museums,” PLOS One (2019)

Foundation pillars

Equity Grants for Permanent Collections

We award 8 annual $25,000 grants to museum collections to acquire works by historically underrepresented artists.

Global Exhibit Support Network

We support artist-led, site-responsive projects in communities underserved by traditional cultural institutions.

Residencies (Artist + Curatorial)

Our dual-track residency program supports artists developing new work and curators reimagining exhibition-making, interpretation, and representation.

Press

2026

MoMA PS1

The Falls Foundation is pleased to announce support for the MoMA PS1 Courtyard Commission: Precious Okoyomon over the next three years.