$10,000 toward an exhibition on the painter/photographer with accompanying gallery guide and related public programs, organized by museum curator Bob Shamis. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Burckhardt moved to New York in 1935 to pursue his interests in photography and filmmaking. His signature photographs of the city’s architecture, barbershops, and crowds, as well as his portraits of seminal art figures, were composed with an appreciation for abstraction and created a new perspective of New York and its art world.

$15,000 to catalogue and preserve paintings and photographs by the artist, organized by Yvonne Jacquette Burckhardt, Jennifer Jankauskas, and Corrine Nelson. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Burkhardt left medical school to pursue his interests in photography and filmmaking and in 1935 moved to New York. His signature photographs of the city’s architecture, barbershops, and crowds, as well as his portraits of seminal art figures, created a new perspective of New York and its artworld.

$10,000 toward the documentary video Man in the Woods: The Art of Rudy Burckhardt, directed by Vivien Bittencourt with artist interviews by Edgar Howard and Vincent Katz. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Burkhardt left medical school to pursue his interests in photography and filmmaking and in 1935 moved to New York. His signature photographs of the city’s architecture, barbershops, and crowds, as well as his portraits of seminal art figures, created a new perspective of New York and its artworld.