Christie’s granted $30,000 to AFMO as the principal corporate sponsor of the AFMO Founders’ Gala held November 12, 2011 at the Musée d’Orsay.
In 2015, Christie’s fulfilled a two-year pledge of $100,000 towards AFMO.
read moreIn 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Christie’s sponsored the invitation, welcome brochure and menus to AFMO’s galas at the Orsay and dinner at the Orangerie.
Estée Lauder Companies granted $50,000 to AFMO as a corporate sponsor of the AFMO April in Paris event held April 23-26, 2015
La Mer and Town & Country were the sponsors of our Welcome Cocktail at the Black Tie Gala Dinner at the Musée d’Orsay’s Belle Epoque Ballroom on Saturday, October 26, 2013 …
read more… as part of AFMO’s Fall Event “Private Visits to Paris Homes, Collections, Gardens, and National Treasures”.
They were also the sponsors of our weekend event “April in Paris”, April 23-26, 2015.
In May 2014 we celebrated the stunning Van Gogh/Artaud exhibition with a private tour, lecture, and dinner at the museum, in collaboration with the Four Seasons George V;
read morestarred chef Eric Briffard signed for the three-course dinner, and Artistic Director Jeff Leatham did the flowers: An extraordinary display of countless large orange roses.
In 2015, the Four Season Georges V sponsored our April in Paris’ Opening Cocktail served at the US Embassy Residence
New Business-Class-Only Airline La Compagnie available at special fare for guests of our Spring 2015 event “April in Paris”.
Bank of America granted $130,000 for support of the exhibition Manet, the Man who Invented Modern Art. The exhibition was held April 10-July17, 2011.
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In 2013, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Conservation Project committed 100,000 € to help restore Gustave Courbet’s large-scale masterpiece The Artist’s Studio.
Thanks to the generous support of Sotheby’s, the American Friends Musée d’Orsay sponsored the English catalog of the exhibition “A Passion for France: The Marlene and Spencer Hays Collection“. Our eminent board member Spencer Hays and his wife Marlene
read morefocused a large part of their outstanding collection of 19th century and early 20th century works on the Nabis movement, from 1890 – 1900. Many of these masterpieces (with works of Vuillard, Bonnard, Redon, Denis and many more) were exhibited in France for the first time.
The Lauder Foundation was the major sponsor of AFMO’s Fall Event “Private Visits to Paris Homes, Collections, Gardens, and National Treasures” in October 2013.
U.S. Trust was the sponsor of our Welcome Cocktail at the Hôtel de Talleyrand (where the Marshall Plan was executed; designated by the World Monuments Fund as a great historic site)
read moreas part of AFMO’s Fall Event “Private Visits to Paris Homes, Collections, Gardens, and National Treasures” in October 2013.
Willis Group was the major sponsor of the AFMO Gala and Orangerie Benefit Dinner in September 2012.
read moreFunds raised as a result of these two events, were used to grant support to the Musée ‘Orsay’s Decorative Arts Department for the acquisitions of the “Moorish chairs,” designed by American company, Herter Brothers.
Bloomingdales granted funds in support of AFMO’s Gala Impressionism and Fashion, September 2012.
American Express granted $100,000 to AFMO to support a new state-of-the art Graphic Arts Gallery, as part of the Nouvel Orsay, which opened in November, 2011. The gallery is located on the fifth floor, next to the Café Campana and the Impressionist galleries.
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Boisset Family Estates was the corporate sponsor of wines for the AFMO Founders’ Gala, November 2011; the Gala 2012 Impressionism and Fashion; and benefit Dîner à l’Orangerie, September 2012.
read moreBoisset is one of the world’s foremost producers of Pinot Noir and principal proponents of organic and Biodynamic® viticulture. To learn more about the Boisset Family Estates collection, please visit boissetfamily.com.
The Annenberg Foundation granted $50,000 in support of the Degas and the Nude exhibition. This U.S.- France collaboration was created through two of the world’s best collections of works by 19th century artist Edgar Degas.
read moreThis is the first time an exhibition has been devoted to Degas’ nudes, created largely in oil pastel on paper.Many of the drawings had never been exhibited due to their fragile nature and the effects of prolonged exposure to light. (Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France until July 2, 2012; in Boston October 9, 2011-February 5, 2012.)