The Willem de Kooning Foundation is an artist-endowed, private, operating foundation which received its 501(c)(3) status in 2001. Our mission is to foster the study and appreciation of Willem de Kooning’s life and work through research, exhibitions and education programs. Through our initiatives, we strive to encourage new discussion and a deeper understanding of de Kooning, his contemporaries, and their historical moment among scholars and the general public. As a part of this mission, the Foundation looks to de Kooning’s own practices for lessons and opportunities that can advance arts education for students of all ages.
The Foundation is managed by its executive director Amy Schichtel and its board of directors, president, John Silberman, vice president, Richard Shiff, and treasurer, Donn Zaretsky.
Please contact the Foundation at info@dekooning.org. Office hours by appointment only.
For all research inquiries: Please include a thorough description of your project so that we may assess whether or how we may best assist you. Requests must include your name, full contact information and relevant work or school affiliation. We reserve the right not to respond should this information be omitted.
We do not issue individual grants, authenticate works of art or conduct appraisals.
For rights & reproductions, please contact Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. The Foundation retains all rights, including copyright, in all artworks by Willem de Kooning.