Loans
The Erik Brunetti Foundation for the Arts lends selected works and archival materials to qualified institutions for exhibitions, scholarly research, educational programs, and other projects consistent with the Foundation’s charitable and cultural purposes.
Loans are evaluated individually according to the significance of the proposal, the suitability and condition of the requested material, the borrowing institution’s professional capacity, the proposed duration and schedule, and the contribution of the project to research or public understanding.
Priority is generally given to museums, universities, archives, libraries, nonprofit cultural organizations, and established research institutions. The Foundation does not ordinarily lend works for private display, decoration, resale, promotional events, or projects without a defined curatorial, educational, or scholarly purpose.
Loan Requests
A formal request should be submitted by an authorized representative of the borrowing institution and include:
The title, venue, and dates of the exhibition or project
The name and contact information of the responsible curator or organizer
A description of the project and its curatorial or scholarly purpose
A list of the specific works or materials requested
The requested loan period, including installation and transport dates
Information about the venue, audience, publication, and related programming
A current facilities report
Proposed security, environmental, handling, and display conditions
Packing, transportation, insurance, and courier arrangements
Relevant publication and image-rights requests
Information concerning additional venues if the project will travel
Requests should be submitted as early as possible. Complex, international, conservation-sensitive, or multi-venue loans may require extended review and preparation.
Review
Approval is subject to internal review and may require a condition assessment, conservation consultation, registrar review, or additional documentation from the borrower. The Foundation may approve some requested materials while declining others, require substitutions, establish display limitations, or attach specific conditions to the loan.
A work’s appearance on the Foundation’s website, in a publication, or on an external platform does not establish its availability for loan. Materials may be unavailable because of fragility, active study, prior commitments, incomplete documentation, or their importance to the integrity of a collection.
Borrower Responsibilities
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the borrowing institution is responsible for all costs associated with the loan, including:
Condition reporting and conservation preparation
Museum-standard packing and crating
Fine-art transportation and customs arrangements
Wall-to-wall insurance or an approved indemnity
Courier travel and accommodation when required
Secure installation and deinstallation
Environmental monitoring and security
Loan, registrar, photography, or administrative fees where applicable
Return transportation and post-loan inspection
The borrower may not clean, repair, reframe, remount, sample, alter, photograph, reproduce, or move a borrowed object from the approved venue without prior written authorization.
Documentation & Credit
Approved loans are governed by a written agreement specifying dates, venues, insurance values, display conditions, credit lines, reproduction permissions, and other requirements. Borrowers must use the artist, title, date, medium, dimensions, lender credit, and copyright information supplied by the Foundation.
The Foundation may request copies of exhibition catalogues, checklists, installation photographs, press materials, condition reports, and other documentation for the permanent loan file. Inclusion in an exhibition does not transfer ownership, copyright, reproduction rights, or authority to authenticate the work.
Institutional loan inquiries:
archive@erikbrunettifoundation.org