The Teiger Foundation, a US-based nonprofit supporting art curators, has announced its 2025 grantees, awarding a total of $7 million to 85 curators at institutions across the country. This nearly doubles last year’s grants as the foundation transitions to a biennial model, with individual grants ranging from $50,000 to $150,000 for exhibitions, research, touring shows, and three years of programming. Notable projects include a major survey of the late artist L.V. Hull organized by curators Ryan N. Dennis, Annalise Flynn, and Yaphet Smith, and a Theresa Hak Kyung Cha retrospective curated by Victoria Sung and Tausif Noor.
This funding matters because it significantly boosts support for curators at smaller and geographically diverse institutions, enabling ambitious projects that might otherwise be overlooked. The foundation’s shift to a biennial cycle and expansion of its Hosting grants for traveling exhibitions also streamlines the application process and encourages collaboration. Additionally, the foundation is pausing its Climate Action for Curators initiative to better integrate resilience and emergency planning, reflecting a growing responsiveness to climate change impacts on cultural institutions.