NGA | 2014 Annual Report
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NATIO NAL G ALLERY OF ART 2014 ANNUAL REPORT ART & EDUCATION Juliet C. Folger BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE Marina Kellen French (as of 30 September 2014) Frederick W. Beinecke Morton Funger Chairman Lenore Greenberg Earl A. Powell III Rose Ellen Greene Mitchell P. Rales Frederic C. Hamilton Sharon P. Rockefeller Richard C. Hedreen Victoria P. Sant Teresa Heinz Andrew M. Saul Helen Henderson Benjamin R. Jacobs FINANCE COMMITTEE Betsy K. Karel Mitchell P. Rales Linda H. Kaufman Chairman Mark J. Kington Jacob J. Lew Secretary of the Treasury Jo Carole Lauder David W. Laughlin Frederick W. Beinecke Sharon P. Rockefeller Frederick W. Beinecke Sharon P. Rockefeller LaSalle D. Leffall Jr. Chairman President Victoria P. Sant Edward J. Mathias Andrew M. Saul Robert B. Menschel Diane A. Nixon AUDIT COMMITTEE John G. Pappajohn Frederick W. Beinecke Sally E. Pingree Chairman Tony Podesta Mitchell P. Rales William A. Prezant Sharon P. Rockefeller Diana C. Prince Victoria P. Sant Robert M. Rosenthal Andrew M. Saul Roger W. Sant Mitchell P. Rales Victoria P. Sant B. Francis Saul II TRUSTEES EMERITI Thomas A. Saunders III Julian Ganz, Jr. Leonard L. Silverstein Alexander M. Laughlin Albert H. Small David O. Maxwell Benjamin F. Stapleton John Wilmerding Luther M. Stovall Alexa Davidson Suskin EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Christopher V. Walker Frederick W. Beinecke Diana Walker President William L Walton Earl A. Powell III John R. West Director Andrew M. Saul John G. Roberts Jr. Dian Woodner Chief Justice of the Franklin Kelly United States Deputy Director and Chief Curator HONORARY TRUSTEES’ William W. McClure COUNCIL Treasurer (as of 30 September 2014) Darrell R. Willson Edwin L. Cox Administrator Julian Ganz, Jr. Elizabeth A. Croog Secretary and General Counsel Alexander M. Laughlin Elizabeth Cropper David O. Maxwell Dean, Center for Advanced Study John C. Whitehead in the Visual Arts John Wilmerding John F. Kerry Jacob J. Lew TRUSTEES’ COUNCIL Secretary of State Secretary of the (as of 30 September 2014) Treasury Vincent J. Buonanno Chair Adrienne Arsht Diana Bracco Louise Bryson Calvin Cafritz Leo A. Daly III Louisa Duemling James T. Dyke Gregory W. Fazakerley G. Wayne Clough Doris Fisher Secretary of the Aaron I. Fleischman Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Washington, DC 7 PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD It is my pleasure to serve as president of the National The Trustees’ Council, which serves the Gallery as a Gallery of Art, succeeding Victoria P. Sant, who stepped national advisory body to the Board of Trustees, welcomed down after more than a decade of exemplary service as a new chairman, Vincent J. Buonanno of Chicago and president. Her historical perspective and judgment contin- Providence, RI. We are delighted to have Vin’s leadership ues to be of great value to all of us while she remains a of the Council and express our deep appreciation to James general trustee. We serve on the Board of Trustees along T. Dyke, his predecessor as Council chairman, for his with Sharon Percy Rockefeller of Washington, DC, who leadership and generosity to the Gallery over many years. continues as chairman, and Mitchell P. Rales of Potomac, We were pleased to welcome several new members to MD, and Andrew M. Saul of New York City, both of the Trustees’ Council this year, including Adrienne Arsht whom continue as general trustees. The Chief Justice of of Washington, DC; David W. Laughlin of New York City; the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary William A. Prezant of Reno, NV; Leonard L. Silverstein of of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Bethesda, MD; and Alexa Davidson Suskin of Brooklyn, Institution serve as ex-officio trustees. NY. Several members also rejoined the Council: Leo A. It is gratifying to have the Gallery thrive as a joint Daly III, Juliet C. Folger, Lenore Greenberg, Richard C. enterprise of our federal government and patriotic citizen Hedreen, Helen Henderson, John G. Pappajohn, Sally supporters. Several Washington philanthropists continue E. Pingree, Thomas A. Saunders III, Albert H. Small, Andrew W. Mellon’s legacy to the nation by supporting Benjamin F. Stapleton, William L Walton, John R. West, our East Building renovation project begun last year. We and Dian Woodner. My fellow trustees and I are grateful are grateful to Victoria Sant and her husband, Roger Sant, to all of the Trustees’ Council members for their invaluable a member of the Gallery’s Trustees’ Council; Mitchell Rales counsel, assistance, and support of the Gallery. and his wife, Emily Rales; and David Rubenstein, co-CEO This year we mourned the loss of Rachel Lambert of the Carlyle Group, for their generous support. Their Mellon, who, along with her husband, Paul Mellon, made gifts are underwriting our ambitious project to expand transformational gifts to the Gallery’s collection during gallery space by more than 12,000 square feet, while their lifetimes. We also mourn the death of trustee emeri- federal funding is helping to extensively renovate the tus Robert F. Erburu, who served tirelessly as a trustee for existing galleries for the first time since they were com- sixteen years, including six as chairman, and generously missioned in 1978. The new space will include an outdoor supported the Gallery’s art acquisition program. We also sculpture terrace overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue and lost former Trustees’ Council member Ladislaus von two flanking sky-lit interior tower galleries. Hoffmann, who was dedicated to enhancing the collections During this year a historic agreement between the of graphic art, some of which came from his own prized Corcoran Gallery of Art, George Washington University, collection of rare books, and two longtime friends of the and the National Gallery of Art was concluded. The art Gallery, Arnold A. Saltzman and Richard M. Scaife, whose collection of the Corcoran Gallery has been transferred to gifts significantly enhanced the modern and American the stewardship of the Gallery from which a substantial collections respectively. portion will be accessioned into the collection of the Gallery. My fellow trustees and I appreciate the generosity of Our strong partnership between the federal govern- many, many individuals, foundations, and corporations ment and the private sector continues to sustain the supporting a wide range of programs, art acquisi- Gallery’s collections and programs. The federal govern- tions, special exhibitions, educational activities, scholarly ment’s support of operations and maintenance enables the research and publication, and conservation. Gallery to present its renowned collection and programs Among the most important of these activities is art to millions of visitors, free of charge to all. On behalf of acquisition. The Gallery relies solely on the donations of all the trustees, I express our deep appreciation to the works of art or private funds to purchase art in order to President and the Congress of the United States for their build and enhance its growing collection. We especially steadfast commitment to the Gallery. would like to thank Juliet and Lee Folger for acquiring NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 8 two paintings during this fiscal year for the Gallery’s Dutch augmented the Gallery’s modern collection at their annual collection: Still Life with Peacock Pie by Pieter Claesz and meeting, when members voted to acquire Michelangelo Ice Scene near a Wooden Observation Tower by Jan van Pistoletto’s Donna che indica (Woman who points). We Goyen. The Gallery also received important gifts from Jo welcomed Kyle J. Krause as co-chair of the Collectors Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr., Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Committee. He joins Denise Saul in leading this group Schad, and Helen Porter and James T. Dyke. committed to enhancing the Gallery’s collection of mod- Several longtime friends of the Gallery made substantial ern art. Members of the Tower Project continued their commitments this year to promote scholarly research and support of future special exhibitions of modern art in conservation activities. We thank the Andrew W. Mellon the Tower Gallery. The Circle, which numbered more Foundation for renewing its support of Conservation than one thousand members nationwide at year-end, Space, a software application that will benefit the conser- provided crucial annual unrestricted funding for a variety vation field worldwide. We also appreciate the renewed of Gallery activities. The Board of Trustees expresses its support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for the Kress deep gratitude to annual giving donors at every level for Professorship and Kress Fellowships. their generosity. We are pleased to recognize all of our Notwithstanding the closure of the East Building generous supporters in the pages that follow. galleries, the Gallery’s special exhibitions program was We also would like to thank members of the Legacy very robust in this fiscal year, sustained in large part by the Circle, which recognizes those who have included the corporations, foundations, and individuals who provided Gallery in their testamentary plans. This year a number critical funding. We are particularly grateful for the E. of individuals have elected to make a planned gift to Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation’s commitment benefit the Gallery, generously supporting the future of to the Gallery’s forthcoming exhibition From Kingdoms to this institution. Empires: Celebrated Archaeological Discoveries from The National Gallery of Art is a gift to the nation and the People’s Republic of China. The Board of Trustees to the world, made possible through extraordinary vision acknowledges Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. for its important and enduring generosity. We are profoundly grateful to the sponsorship of Degas/Cassatt. Our warm thanks also go federal government and to the many private donors for to the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation, the their ongoing commitment and are pleased to engage mil- foundation sponsor for both Degas/Cassatt and Garry lions of visitors each year in person and online.