Graham Foundation Awards $451,000 in 2026 Organizational Grants to Expand Architectural Discourse
The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts has revealed its second round of grants for 2026, distributing $451,000 among 45 initiatives aimed at enhancing architectural dialogue through diverse media. Beneficiaries range from prominent institutions to nonprofits, spanning cities from Buenos Aires to Nairobi. Highlights include LACMA's retrospective dedicated to Paul R. Williams, the 25th Serpentine Pavilion created by LANZA atelier, and Cooper Hewitt's exhibition titled 'Regenerative Futures.' In the fall of 2026, The Cooper Union will showcase 'Raimund Abraham: Earthquake of Silence,' while Counterpublic will present 'Coyote Time' featuring 50 commissions in St. Louis. Additional projects supported include a documentary on Norman Jaffe and a publication about the inaugural Pan-African Biennale. Since 1956, the foundation has been instrumental in promoting architectural discourse.
Key facts
- The Graham Foundation announced 45 organizational grants totaling $451,000 for 2026.
- The grants support exhibitions, installations, publications, podcasts, student-led magazines, and public programs.
- Recipients include LACMA, Serpentine Galleries, Cooper Hewitt, The Cooper Union, and Counterpublic.
- Serpentine Pavilion 2026 is designed by LANZA atelier, featuring a red-brick crinkle-crankle wall structure.
- The Cooper Union will present 'Raimund Abraham: Earthquake of Silence' in fall 2026.
- Counterpublic 2026: Coyote Time will feature 50 new commissions in St. Louis.
- The Graham Foundation previously awarded 54 individual grants in June 2026.
- The Getty Foundation and World Monuments Fund announced separate preservation initiatives.
- The Charles & Ray Eames Foundation was established after the Eames House reopened following the LA fires.
Entities
Artists
- Norman Jaffe
- Bill Maris
- Raimund Abraham
- Una Abraham
- Alice Bucknell
- Leticia Pardo
- Enrique Murillo
- Clarissa Tossin
- Kubra Khademi
- Tarrah Krajnak
- Eiko Otake
- Paul R. Williams
- Jody Pinto
- Amanda Williams
- Tonika Lewis Johnson
- Joseph Conradi
- Eric Ellingsen
- Erika Allen
- D. Graham Burnett
- Jen Colten
- Kevin Harris
- Lynne Smith
- Paige Davidson
- Julia McConnell
- Howard van Doren Shaw
- Patrick Geske
- Cody Miner
- Isabel Abascal
- Alessandro Arienzo
- Alia Farid
- Anna Halprin
- Lawrence Halprin
- Simone Forti
- A.A. Leath
- Warner Jepson
- Shumi Bose
- Federica Zambeletti
- Alastair Gordon
- Anne Rieselbach
- Fernanda Canales
- Gabriel de la Mora
- Beatrice Galilee
- Phyllis Lambert
- Albert Ferré
- Martien de Vletter
- Sarosh Anklesaria
- Stefan Gruber
- Tuliza Sindi
- Florencia Rodriguez
- Santiago Bogani
- Igo Kommers Wender
- Isabella Moretti
- Madelon Vriesendorp
- Laura Anderson Barbata
- Nelson Campos
- Philip Ursprung
- Nicholas Adams
- Tairan An
- Kurt W. Forster
- Diane Simpson
- Nairy Baghramian
- Judith Clark
- Josiah McElheny
- Vincent Fecteau
- Jessi Reaves
- Mark Wigley
- Michael Asher
- Gregory Wessner
- Julian Rose
- Abigail Rotich
- Omar Degan
- Meriam Sehimi
- Zachariah A. Michielli
- Cathelijne Nuijsink
- Ashley Schafer
- Aaron Tobey
- Elizabeth Diller
- Peter Eisenman
- Rem Koolhaas
- Bernard Tschumi
- Thomas Loof
- Fritz Haeg
- Stacy Wakefield Forted
- Wladimiro Acosta
- Fernando Schapochnik
- Michael Sorkin
- AJ Artemel
- Michael Robinson Cohen
- Violette de la Selle
- Julie Pastor
- Cynthia E. Smith
- Jordan Carter
- Raphael Fonseca
- Stefanie Hessler
- Nora N. Khan
- Wanda Nanibush
- Mariela Acuña
- Selene Preciado
- Christopher Mangum-James
- Oscar Peña
- Iwan Baan
- Gabriel De La Mora
- Antonia Piñeiro
- LANZA atelier
Institutions
- Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
- Wandering Eye Studios
- A83
- Barkow Leibinger
- PIN–UP
- modem
- Smout Allen
- MOS
- Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu (SO–IL)
- Citygroup
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Turenscape
- Practice Landscape
- Yerrabingin + AKIN
- Unit15X
- SWA Group
- The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art—Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture
- Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery
- Counterpublic
- Hyde Park Art Center
- LIGA–Espacio para Arquitectura
- Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- Los Angeles Nomadic Division
- The Annenberg Community Beach House
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago
- Folded Map
- National Building Arts Center
- Ragdale
- Serpentine Galleries
- Storefront for Art and Architecture
- Tamalpa Institute
- Minnesota Street Project
- Further Triennial
- Van Alen Institute
- The Architectural League of New York
- Deem Journal
- Lampo
- MIT Press
- Space.City
- The World Around
- Canadian Centre for Architecture
- Carnegie Mellon University—Remaking Cities Institute
- Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture
- Bienal de Arquitectura de Chicago
- Park Books
- The Cosmic House
- LA ESCUELA___
- Set Margins'
- ETH Zurich—Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta)
- Lars Müller Publishers
- mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
- Walther König
- MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST
- National Academy of Design
- Pan-African Biennale
- Salmon Creek Arts
- Timber Press/Hachette Book Group
- Universidad Torcuato Di Tella—Escuela de Arquitectura y Estudios Urbanos
- Editorial Di Tella Arquitectura
- Urban Design Forum
- Urban Omnibus
- Marywood University—School of Architecture
- Paprika! Magazine
- Yale University
- Universidad de California, Los Ángeles—Departamento de Arquitectura y Diseño Urbano
- Universidad de Florida—Escuela de Posgrado de Arquitectura
- Universidad de Oklahoma—Colegio de Arquitectura Christopher C. Gibbs
- Getty Foundation
- World Monuments Fund
- Charles & Ray Eames Foundation
- Eames House
- ANY: Architecture New York
- Halprin Legacy Lab
- Museum of Performance + Design
- Smith College Museum of Art
- City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division
- Fundación IDA
- Archivo Di Tella Arquitectura
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
- Universidad de Valparaíso
- Ciudad Abierta
- LIGA–Space for Architecture
- LANZA atelier
- Space Between
- Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)
- Chicago Architecture Biennial
- Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño y de la Escuela de Cine de la Universidad de Valparaíso
- Universidad Torcuato Di Tella—School of Architecture and Urban Studies
- University of California, Los Angeles—Department of Architecture and Urban Design
- University of Florida—Graduate School of Architecture
- University of Oklahoma—Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture
- The Getty Foundation
- Graham Foundation
- Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College
- KoozArch
- mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
- PRAXIS
Locations
- Montauk
- New York
- United States
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Nairobi
- Kenya
- St. Louis
- Missouri
- Chicago
- Illinois
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Xalapa
- Los Angeles
- California
- Santa Monica
- London
- United Kingdom
- Varese
- Italy
- Milford
- Massachusetts
- Hamptons
- Montreal
- Canada
- Pittsburgh
- Pennsylvania
- Seattle
- Washington
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Vienna
- Austria
- Frankfurt
- Germany
- Ithaca
- Brooklyn
- Valparaíso
- Chile
- Albion
- Mendocino
- Gainesville
- Florida
- Norman
- Oklahoma
- New Haven
- Connecticut
- Dunmore
- Lake Forest
- Sauget
- San Rafael
- Marin County
- Englewood
- Santa Monica State Beach
- Palisades Park
- San Francisco
- Minnesota Street Project
- Seattle Public Library
- Dar es Salaam
- Tanzania
- Mendocino coast
- Cambridge
- Pittsburg