support us
To support the Athena Art Foundation is to contribute to making pre-20th century art accessible to wider audiences all over the world. By helping us to build more interest and knowledge about this art, you will also be helping to ensure that the great art of the past continues to make us think, to educate us, and sometimes to delight us, as we grapple with the challenges of the future.
Each and every contribution makes a difference!
Tosa Mitsuoki, Autumn Maples with Poem Slips, c. 1675, Art Institute of Chicago. (photo Wikimedia Commons)
Here is what your contribution can help us to achieve:
£5/€5/$6 will help us to create one Instagram post, disseminating our content to tens of thousands of users. Our post about Homer Winslow’s ‘The Gulf Stream’, for example, reached 11,648 people!
£20/€20/$25 will help us to create one Instagram reel. Our reel about Casta Paintings in colonial Latin America reached nearly 9,000 users with a high engagement rate!
£50/€50/$60 will help us to commission an article for our webiste from one of our brilliant international contributors . One very popular piece was George Fountain’s exploration of Renaissance ideals of masculinity (you can still find it in the read section of our website).
£500/€500/$600 will allow us to produce one episode of our podcast, Athena Asks (covering the cost of research, recording and post-production). Our most successful episode so far featured fashion art historian Jonquil O’Reilly talking to Aoife Brady, curator of Italian and Spanish Art at the National Gallery of Ireland.
Join The Owl Club!
The Owl Club seeks to unite professionals, philanthropists, and art enthusiasts to become connoisseurs of pre-modern art. Join today and enjoy the opportunity to unlock a new level of insider access while building meaningful relationships with gallerists, artists, curators, designers, collectors, and fellow members. The Owl Club is a project of The King Baudoin Foundation USA. The income from membership fees makes a vital contribution to Athena’s international educational work!
Owl Club $300 annually (to begin when you join)
Invitations to in-person and virtual events exclusive to Owl Club members
Invitations to events exclusive to Owl Club members in galleries, artists’ studios, auction houses, and private collections
Private guided tours to museum exhibitions and art fairs*
Priority reservation privileges for The Athena Art Foundation fund-raising benefits and host committee
Benefactor $350
Invitations to in-person and virtual events exclusive to Owl Club members
Invitations to events exclusive to Owl Club members in galleries, artists’ studios, auction houses, and private collections
Private guided tours to museum exhibitions and art fairs*
Priority reservation privileges for The Athena Art Foundation fund-raising benefits and host committee
Invitation to additional special events for Benefactors
*These events will require a ticket purchase to attend
Alternative was to give
For gifts by cheque: Write our cheque to KBFUS, write ‘Athena Art Foundation US Fund-The Owl Club’ in the memo section of the cheque and send it to KBFUS, 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10176.
For gifts by wire transfer or to contribute other types of property, please email KBFUS at: info@kbfus.org or phone (212) 713 7660.
