Final Proposal

Arts Foundation HeadquartersFINAL PROPOSAL

New Orleans, LA

Proposal by Neal DosSantos

22 April 2013

Proposal for Chairman Matthew H. Fisk

Arts Foundation HeadquartersNew Orleans, LA

_ Location

_ Site

Downtown New Orleans

Art Foundation Headquarters935 Gravier St #850

New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, since its founding day as a predominantly French and African city, has been the center for vibrance and the arts in not only Louisiana but in the South as a whole. New Orleans straddles the Missis-sippi River, and is a major United States port city with one of the most sprawling metropolitan areas in all of Louisiana. Being a port city abutting the Mississippi, New Orleans has many ties to the ocean and the water. In fact, much of the revenue of the city is from port related activities, second only to its popular toursist inter-ests. New Orelans itself is known for its wonderful diversity, which can lend itself to the history of the city. Ever since its founding it has been a mix of culture and people, which eventually created the city that it is now. As the sole proprieter of the annual event of Mardi Gras, New Orleans has turned itself into the center for vibrancy and cultural wealth of the south, and one can only get a glimpse of its passion through images, for New Orleans must be experienced for onself. New Orleans has many major attractions, from the world-re-nowned French Quarter and Bourbon Street's notorious nightlife to St. Charles Avenue (home of Tulane and Loyola Universities, the historic Pontchartrain Hotel, and many 19th century mansions), to Magazine Street, with its many boutique stores and antique shops. New Orleans is an absolute wealth of culture, art, and music making it the perfect fit for the Art Foundation Headquarters to initiate the revitalization of the city through a new contemporary art gallery abutting the existing building in the busy downtown district.

My collection of artwork will find home in a very suitable contempo-rary art gallery, built to accomodate it and to revitalize the surround-ing area of New Orleans. The context site is downtown New Orleans, one of the busiest parts of the city. The current Arts Foundation Headquarters is located in this area, and the proposed site is an adjacent parking lot to the exisiting building. The immediate area is extremely fitting, as it lays claim to many high and low end commer-cial sites, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Lafeyette Square, and is only a few short blocks away from the Mississippi River. The parking square adjacent to the Arts Foundation Headquarters is 5000 square feet of city owned developmental land, and will be purchased at approximately $100 per sf. based on current local coding require-ments. This land will provide ample space for the design proposal of the museum, brought forth by Danish Architecture Firm BIG: Bjarke Ingels Group. Bjarke and his team based in the Netherlands were estatic when asked to design this expansion, quoted saying “Archi-tecture is most appealing with simple lines and clear ideas. A city, on the other hand, becomes alive when it is rich with experiences and surprises. I am honored with this oppurtunity to revitalize the New Orleans community through art and architecture”. The museum itself will be based on four distinct galleries, each representing a key part of New Orleans; nature, color, pop-art, and hope. My hope as the key coordinator to this project, and Bjarke’s hope as the principal architect will be to work together and create a new revitalizing and cultural face to the New Orleans downtown metro.

Proposal for Chairman

Matthew H. Fisk


_ Mission Statement

The Arts Foundation Headquarters in New Orleans is a long standing organization that prides itself on the pure ideal that art can provide a community with rich cultural benefits as well as the ability to revitalize itself through the arts. As one of the leading foundations for art in the United States of America, our foundation delivers and provides the Community the opportunity to enjoy access to, and benefits from, significant cultural activities related to live performances, music, dance, film and related entertainment in its Head-quarters for the Arts. This facility will encourage, promote and support local and regional artists and performance companies. It will offer a venue to schools, community groups and residents to experience and participate in workshops and rehearsals. The Arts Foundation in New Orleans positive impact is designed to extend beyond the Headquarters by generating, coordinating and awarding scholarships, grants and subsidies to students, artists and other deserving talents. The foundation has recently been awarded a grant from the United States Government and the City of New Orleans allowing it to open its doors to new and inspiring contemporary artists, through the design and construction of a new art wing associated with the foundation. The goal of this major foundation undertaking is to work on creating a new exciting destination in the city of New Orleans, that will awe and inspire the future of art and cultural synthe-sis in the city. Also as a deliverable goal, the foundation will hope to revitalize the immediate community through attention to the arts, creating an atmosphere of education and hope for a better future.

_ Collecting Statement

The collecting statement of the Art Foundation Headquarters in New Orleans is to work with different themes presented in the city to create a unique balance of work, defining the culture and people that live in the area. The Arts Foundation calls for an absolute revitalization of the urban context, helping the city bounce back to its former glory through the help of arts, music, and cultural backgrounds. Much of the collected work will adhere to the love of excitement and elation in the city, playing off the ideas of color, vibra-cy, and absolute delight. The city is a cultural melting pot, and the work should symbolize this through differ-ent medium, artist race, and through the content of the collection. This idea comes from the age old tradi-tion of Mardi Gras, complementing the excitment that the city itself has formed. The gallery spaces them-selves will be unified through division; different themed galleries based on the culture and vibrance of the city. Each will represent a different aspect of New Orleans, and they will all be unified in the way that they work together as a whole contemporary art museum. The gallery themes are nature, color, pop, and hope. New Orleans became what it is because of its location, and because of the nature of its surround-ings. The first gallery pay homage and tributes this idea. The color gallery is large and distinct, with works that expose color in its most beautiful form. These works emphasize the livliness of the city, and its heritage. The third gallery is a homage to artists that define their work as pop, exciting, and dramatic. These works are uniquely tied to each other through how they portray their emotion. Lastly, the hope gallery features work that emphasizes the future of New Orleans, through revitilazation and through archi-tecture. Each gallery uniquely represents itself with the works of different artists of many different move-ments, and they all come together to revitalize the community.


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_ Building Layout

_ Nature Gallery

_ Pop Art Gallery

_ Hope Gallery

_ Color Gallery


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exisiting site

color gallery

open court

pop art gallery

hope gallery

naturegallery

entry


_ Collection Checklist

1/22/13Frantisek Kupka (1871-1957) Autour d'un point signed, dated and inscribed 'Kupka 1911 à Jean de Vigne Rouge' (lower right; faded)watercolour and pencil on paper 8½ x 8¾ in. (21.6 x 22.4 cm.) Executed in 1911Price Estimate: $25,000 - $30,000

PURCHASED FOR $500,000

1/22/13Max Ernst (1891-1976) Profanation of Springsigned and dated 'Max Ernst 45' (lower right) oil on masonite 20 1/8 x 24 in. (51.1 x 61 cm.) Painted in 1945Price Estimate: $1,000,000 - $1,500,000

PURCHASED FOR $6,100,000

3/5/13BANKSYYOU TOLD THAT JOKE TWICESTENCILED 'BANKSY' (LOWER RIGHT)ACRYLIC, SPRAY ENAMEL AND OILSTICK ON CANVAS49 1/8 X 65IN. (125 X 165.2CM.)PAINTED IN 2000BIDDING STARTS: $100,000 ($10,000)



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_ Collection Checklist 2

3/5/13JASON MECIERAmy Winehouse, 20105,000 multi-colored painkillersBIDDING STARTS: $300,000 ($25,000)


3/7/2013Bridget RileyBlue Painting (Painting with Verticals, Cadence 5) (2006)Oil on canvas 193.5 x 387.8cmMusée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris 11 Avenue du Président-Wilson 75116 ParisPrice Range -- Approximately $35,000 -$50,000

PURCHASED FOR $50,000Using Winfall$1,000,000 to support acquisitions of Post-1980 Works of Art 1/22/13

3/7/2013Bridget Riley (b. 1931) Gaillard signed, titled and dated 'GAILLARD Riley 1989' (on the overlap and on the stretcher)oil on linen 65½ x 89in. (166.4 x 226.1cm.) Painted in 1989 Price realized -- ($812,633)

Purchased for $1,000,000 Using Winfall$1,000,000 to support acquisitions of Post-1980 Works of Art 1/22/13


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3/7/2013Bridget Riley, C.H. (b. 1931) July 6 - Study 13 (Circles 2) signed and dated 'Bridget Riley '00' (lower right) and inscribed 'July 6. Study 13 (Circles 2)' (lower left) pencil 12¼ x 35 in. (31 x 89 cm.) Price Estimate -- ($29,520 - $39,360)

Purchased for $40,000

3/27/13

Andy Warhol Grevy's Zebra, from Endangered Species (F. & S. II. 300) screenprint in colours, 1983, on Lenox Museum Board, signed in pencil, numbered 3/150 (there were also thirty artist's proofs), S. 965 x 965 mm. Price Realized -- ($22,716)

Purchased for $25,000David Geffen Foundation Grant: $500,000 in support of acquisitions of works by gay or lesbian artists

3/27/13Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Marilyn Monroe (Feldman & Schellmann II.23) screenprint in colours, 1967, on wove paper, signed in pencil verso, numbered 175/250 (there were also 26 artist's proofs lettered A-Z), I., S. 914 x 914 mm. Price Realized – $135,974


David Geffen Foundation Grant: $500,000 in support of acquisitions of works by gay or lesbian artists


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3/27/13Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Banana screenprint in colors with collage, on wove paper applied to drawing board, circa 1966, image: 37 x 17½ in. (940 x 450 mm.)sheet: 40¼ x 29¾ in. (1020 x 760 mm.) Price Realized -- $92,500

Purchased for $100,000David Geffen Foundation Grant: $500,000 in support of acquisitions of works by gay or lesbian artists

3/27/13

Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup II (F. & S. II. 54-63) the complete set of screenprints in colours, 1968, on wove, each signed in black ballpoint pen on the reverse, each stamp numbered 178/250 L. 809 x 477 mm., S. 889 x 584 mm. Price Realized – $174,254

Purchased for $150,000David Geffen Foundation Grant: $500,000 in support of acquisitions of works by gay or lesbian artists 2/19/13

4/9/13

Keith Haring

Room installation based on Keith Haring’s Pop ShopIn Soho New York

Eccentric millionaire restricted gift: Commissions a living queer artist of your choice to create a site-specific installation2/7/13


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4/9/13

Zaha HadidBlue Beam, Victoria City Aerial, Berlin, Germany, 1988Purchased for $200,000

Burlington House Grant: $1,000,000 to support works by Royal Academy Graduates or Teachers

4/9/13

Zaha HadidHafenstrasse Office and Residential Development, Hamburg, Germany, 1989



4/9/13

Zaha HadidVision for Madrid, Spain, 1992




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4/9/13

Zaha HadidThe World (89 Degrees)1983Purchased for $200,000


4/9/13

Zaha HadidGrand Buildings, Trafalgar Square London, UK, 1985



4/10/13Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) In the Wings signed, titled and dated 'Jean-Michel Basquiat "IN THE WINGS" 1986.' (on the overlap)acrylic and oilstick on canvas 59 x 39½ in. (149.9 x 100.3 cm.) Executed in 1986. Price Realized -- $2,393,000

Purchased for $2,500,000

Terra Foundation Grant: $2,500,000 to support acquisi-tions of works by American Artists --- 3/5/13


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4/11/13Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) Aphrodite titled in Greek 'Aphrodite' (upper right) oil, emulsion, shellac, resin, plaster, wire and sunflowers on canvas 75 3/8 x 110 1/8in. (191.5 x 280cm.) Executed in 2004


$1,000,000 to support acquisitions of Works by German Artists

4/11/13Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) Urd, Werdandi, Skuld titled 'Urd Werdandi Skuld' (upper edge) oil, emulsion, shellac, lead, wire, clay dust and oil stick on canvas 76 x 131 x 2½ in. (193 x 332.7 x 6.4 cm.) Executed in 2004.

Purchased for $1,000,000


4/12/13

Isamu Noguchi“Nine Floating Fountains”Osaka World Fair 1970

1 Post War Noguchi Art Sculpture – From Derek Hill


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4/10/13David Hockney (b. 1937) Hedgerow Near Kilham, October 2005 signed, inscribed and dated 'David Hockney Oct 18 2005' (on the reverse)oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm.) Painted in 2005. Price Realized - $662,500

Purchased for $650,000$1,000,000 to support acquisitions of Post-1980 Works of Art

4/21/13Kara Walker (b. 1969) African't forty-two cut paper silhouettes dimensions variable; approximately 144 x 792 in. (365.7 x 2011.6 cm.) Executed in 1996. (42)Price Realized - $386,500

Purchased for $400,000$1,000,000 to support acquisitions of Post-1980 Works of Art

4/21/13

MICKALENE THOMASDin, une très belle négresse 2, 2012rhinestones, acrylic, oil, and enamel on wood panel102 x 84 x 2 inches259.1 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm



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4/21/13Mickalene Thomas (American, b. 1971).

Qusuquzah, une très belle négresse #2, 2011–12. Rhinestones, acrylic, and oil on wood panel.


4/21/13Shinique Smith

No Key, No Question, 2013. Ink, acrylic, fabric and collage on canvas over panel, 60 x 60 x 2 inches


4/21/13

Shinique Smith

Majesty2012Ink and acrylic on canvas over panel (2 panels)96 x 120 x 2 inches



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_ Installation Plan


Matthew H. Fisk

exisiting site

color gallery

open court

pop art gallery

hope gallery

naturegallery

entry

Kara Walker (b. 1969) African't forty-two cut paper silhouettes

MICKALENE THOMASDin, une très belle négresse 2, 2012

Mickalene Thomas (American, b. 1971).

Qusuquzah, une très belle négresse #2, 2011–12.


_ Installation Plan 2


Matthew H. Fisk

exisiting site

color gallery

open court

pop art gallery

hope gallery

naturegallery

entry

Max Ernst (1891-1976) Profanation of Spring

Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) Aphrodite

Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) Urd, Werdandi, Skuld

David Hockney (b. 1937) Hedgerow Near Kilham, October 2005




Matthew H. Fisk

exisiting site

color gallery

open court

pop art gallery

hope gallery

naturegallery

entry

Zaha HadidBlue Beam, Victoria City Aerial, Berlin, Germany, 1988

Zaha HadidHafenstrasse Office and Residential Development, Hamburg, Germany, 1989

Zaha HadidVision for Madrid, Spain, 1992

Zaha HadidThe World (89 Degrees)1983

Zaha HadidGrand Buildings, Trafalgar Square London, UK, 1985




Matthew H. Fisk

exisiting site

color gallery

open court

pop art gallery

hope gallery

naturegallery

entry

BANKSYYOU TOLD THAT JOKE TWICE

JASON MECIERAmy Winehouse, 2010

Andy Warhol Grevy's Zebra, from Endangered Species

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Marilyn Monroe (Feldman & Schellmann II.23)

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Banana

Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup II (F. & S. II. 54-63)




Matthew H. Fisk

exisiting site

color gallery

open court

pop art gallery

hope gallery

naturegallery

entry

Keith HaringRoom installation based on Keith Haring’s Pop Shop

Isamu Noguchi“Nine Floating Fountains”

Shinique SmithNo Key, No Question, 2013.

Shinique SmithMajesty2012




Matthew H. Fisk

exisiting site

color gallery

open court

pop art gallery

hope gallery

naturegallery

entry

Frantisek Kupka (1871-1957) Autour d'un point

Bridget RileyBlue Painting (Painting with Verticals, Cadence 5) (2006)

Bridget Riley (b. 1931) Gaillard

Bridget Riley, C.H. (b. 1931) July 6 - Study 13 (Circles 2)

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) In the Wings




Matthew H. Fisk

exisiting site

color gallery

open court

pop art gallery

hope gallery

naturegallery

entry

Local Boy and Girls ClubSports Program _ Learning Seminars

Youth MentoringStudy Abroad With Art Program

Support for local and regional artistsArt Sales and Fund Raisers

Local school workshopsAfter school _ all grade levels


_ Income Statement - Revenue

_ Revenue

_ Total Revenue

Windfall – Free 1,000,000

Starting Cash - $10,000,000

$1,000,000

$10,000,000

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

‘no specific value’

$500,000

$200,000

$2,500,000

‘no specific value’

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

$18,200,000

$1,000,000 to support acquisitions of Post-1980 Works of Art

$1,000,000 to support acquisitions of Post-1980 Works of Art

Eccentric millionaire restricted gift: Commissions a living queer artist of your choice to create a site-specific installation


Terra Foundation Grant: $2,500,000 to support acquisitions of works by American Artists

1 Post War Noguchi Art Sculpture – From Derek Hill



Sale of Banksy Art Piece to Steven Prestejohn


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_ Income Statement - Expenses

_ Expenses

Pitfall _ Construction Delays -- $250,000 $250,000

$500,000

$1,000,000

$250,000

$500,000

$6,100,000

$250,000

$1,000,000

$40,000

$25,000

$100,000

$100,000

$150,000

$1,000,000

$2,500,000

$700,000

$1,000,000

$420,000

$50,000

Pitfall _ Tax Higher than expected -- $500,000

Pitfall _ Accidental Fire Sprinkler Activation - $1,000,000

Pitfall _ Construction Delays - $250,000

Art Piece 1: PURCHASED FOR $500,000

Art Piece 2: PURCHASED FOR $6,100,000










Art Piece 12 - 16: PURCHASED FOR $1,000,000 (Zaha Pieces)





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_ Income Statement

_ Expenses

$650,000

$400,000

$100,000

$100,000

$100,000

$100,000

$800,000

$15,000



*Net Income will be applied toward art maitenence costs





Purchase of Noguchi Art from Derek Hill


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_ Total Expenses

_ Net Income

$18,185,000


_ Asset Portfolio

_ Full Portfolio _Value _Grant

1 _ Frantisek Kupka (1871-1957) Autour d'un point

2 _ Max Ernst (1891-1976) Profanation of Spring

$500,000 ________

________

________

________

________

________

________

$6,100,000

$250,000

$420,000

$50,000

$1,000,000 $1,000,000 to support acquisitions of Post - 1980s works of art





Eccentric millionaire restricted gift: Commissions a living queer artist of your choice to create a site-specific installation






Terra Foundation Grant: $2,500,000 to support acquisitions of works by American Artists


$40,000

$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$200,000

$200,000

$200,000

$200,000

$2,500,000

$600,000

$25,000

$100,000

3 _ Banksy You Told that Joke Twice (2000)

4 _ Jason Mercier Amy Winehouse (2010)

5 _ Bridget Riley Blue Painting (2006)

6 _ Bridget Riley Gaillard (1989)

7 _ Bridget Riley July 6 - Study 13

8 _ And Warhol Gravy’s Zebra, from Endangered Species

9 _ Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe

10 _ Andy Warhol Banana

11 _ Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup II

12 _ Keith Haring Pop Shop Room Installation

13 _ Zaha Hadid Blue Beam, Victoria City Aerial, Germany

14 _ Zaha Hadid Hafenstrasse Office and Residential Development

16 _ Zaha Hadid The World (89 DEGREES)

17 _ Zaha Hadid Grand Building, Trafalgar Square London

15 _ Zaha Hadid Vision for Madrid, Spain, 1992

18 _ Jean-Michel Basquiat In the Wings

19 _ Anselm Kiefer Aphrodite


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_ Asset Portfolio

_ Full Portfolio

_ Total Asset Value

_Value _Grant

20 _ Anselm Kiefer Urd, Werdandi, Skuld (2004)

21 _ Isamu Noguchi Nine Floating Fountains (1970)

$1,000,000

________

________

________

________

________

________

$650,000

$400,000

$100,000

$100,000

$1,000,000 to support acquisitions of Post - 1980s works of art

One Post-War Noguchi Art Sculpture - From Derek Hill

$100,000

$100,000

$15,285,000 $8,200,000

22 _ David Hockney Hedgerow Near Kilham (2005)

23 _ Kara Walker African’t (1996)

24 _ Mickalene Thomas Din, une tres belle negresse 2 (2012)

25 _ Mickalene Thomas Qusuquzah, une tres belle negress 2 (2012)

26 _ Shinique Smith No key, no question (2013)

27 _ Shinique Smith Majesty (2012)


Matthew H. Fisk


Thank You

Proposal by Neal DosSantos Proposal for Chairman Matthew H. Fisk

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