Arts & Culture

Bank of America believes in the power of the arts to help educate and enrich societies, bring communities together and create greater cultural understanding. We have been steadfast in our support of the arts and annually support more than 1,500 nonprofit cultural institutions around the world.

Our unique arts programs:

Yayoi Kusama Chandelier of Grief
Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929)
Chandelier of Grief, 2016/2018
Tate Presented by a private collector, New York 2019.
© 2022 YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy David Zwirner, Ota Fine Arts, and Victoria Miro

Partnership spotlight Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms

Tate Modern, London

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Manet/Degas

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Manet / Degas

A dialogue of works by Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas are on view in Manet / Degas at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, through July 23, 2023.footnote1

2023 Art Conservation Project recipient booklet

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Art Conservation Project

The 2023 Bank of America Art Conservation Project grants will fund 23 conservation projects around the world.footnote2

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The Art Institute of Chicago. Michigan Avenue Entrance. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

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The next eligible weekend for Museums on Us® is July 1st and 2nd

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Influence and Identity | Twentieth Century Portrait Photography

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Influence and Identity | Twentieth Century Portrait Photography

Curated from Bank of America Collection, this exhibition features celebrity portraits by international photographers from the early through the mid-twentieth century, a period often called the golden age of portrait photography. On view at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, from May 26 through October 8, 2023.footnote3

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Art In Our Communities The power of sharing

Museums and nonprofit galleries may borrow, at no cost, complete exhibitions curated from the Bank of America Art Collection. The program offers local institutions the opportunity to generate revenue while providing the public an opportunity to experience important works of art.

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Aaron Siskind (American 1903 – 1991) Rome, 55, 1963
Aaron Siskind (American 1903 – 1991)
Rome, 55, 1963
1963 negativeGelatin silver print 19” x 15”Bank of America Collection
© Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Exhibition spotlight Moment in Time: A Legacy of Photographs

Works from the Bank of America Collection

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Museums on Us
Museums on Us partner insitution. Williams Forum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2021 with Fire (United States of the Americas), 2017/2020
View of the Williams Forum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2021…footnote4
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Museums on Us®

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For the past 25 years, Bank of America has offered our cardholders free general admission – during the first full weekend of every month - to more than 225 cultural institutions in cities across the United States. See the full list of participating institutions, state by state.

The next eligible Museums on Us® weekend is July 1st and 2nd

Who is eligible?

Museums on Us is available to Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust) credit or debit cardholders during the first full weekend of every month. One free general admission is limited to the individual cardholder. This offer is not transferable. This offer does not guarantee admission. Not to be combined with other offers. Excludes fundraising events, special exhibitions and ticketed exhibitions.

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How to visit

Present your active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust) credit or debit card with photo ID to gain one free general admission to a participating cultural institution.

Adjusted Museums on Us admission procedures, if applicable, can be found by locating and selecting a partner name on our Museums on Us map. Information posted here is updated on an ongoing basis.

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Partner information

Please check with our partners directly for current safety protocols and operating hours. If you choose to visit a museum, we strongly encourage you to follow all health and safety protocols.

Art Conservation Project The power of protecting cultural heritage

The Bank of America Art Conservation Project provides grants to nonprofit museums and institutions to conserve historically or culturally significant works that are in need of repair.

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Before Self Portrait, c. 1934 After

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Earle Wilton Richardson
Self Portrait, c. 1934
Gift of Dr. Bobbye Booker Coleman and Mr. Jackie Coleman
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SPONSORSHIPS & PARTNERSHIPS The power of providing support

Our partnerships include sponsoring major exhibitions and programs each year to help nonprofit arts institutions around the world deliver outreach and educational programs to ever-broader audiences and celebrate diverse traditions.

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
in Ronald K. Brown's Grace
National Tour Sponsor and Ailey All Access Partner
Photo by Paul Kolnik

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Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), Young Woman with Ibis, 1857–58; reworked 1860–62, oil on canvas, 39 3/8” x 29 1/2” (100 x 74.9 cm). Gift of Stephen Mazoh and Purchase, Bequest of Gioconda King, by exchange, 2008. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906), Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1886–87, Oil on canvas, 23 ½” x 28 ½” (59.6 x 72.3 cm), Acquired 1925. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

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Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852-1934), Auguste Rodin, France, c. 1902, gum dichromate print, mounted, 13” x 10 ¼” (33 x 26 cm). Bank of America Collection

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View of the Williams Forum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2021, with Fire (United States of the Americas), 2017/2020, by Teresita Fernández, Promised gift of Mitchell L. and Hilarie L. Morgan, Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London. Photograph by Elizabeth Leitzell.

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Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929), Chandelier of Grief, 2016/2018. / Tate. Presented by a private collector, New York 2019. / © 2023 YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy David Zwirner, Ota Fine Arts, and Victoria Miro.

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Linda Celeste Sims and Yannick Lebrun. Photo by Andrew Eccles.

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