The Warhol Foundation Provides 31 Grants for Arts Writing Initiatives
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced the recipients of its coveted Arts Writers Grant for the year 2025. Highlighting the expansive reach and influence of contemporary art, this year’s grants, totaling $1.04 million, will be distributed among 31 writers. These grants support a wide range of projects, including articles, books, short-form writing, and translations.
In a landmark moment for the grant’s 20-year history, the foundation awarded translation grants for the first time, each worth $30,000, to three writers undertaking the critical work of bringing contemporary art writings to an English-speaking audience. Jessica Gogan, Eriko Ikeda Kay, and viento izquierdo ugaz have been entrusted with translating key works from Portuguese, Japanese, and Spanish, respectively. Gogan, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Art History at the University of Pittsburgh, will translate Federico Morais’s book, “Creation Sundays: A Poetic Collection of the Experimental in Art and Education,” which chronicles the period of free expression events at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro during Brazil’s military dictatorship. Kay will bring Yurie Nagashima’s reflections on female photographers in the 1990s Japan into English, while ugaz will translate “Saturday Night Thriller and Other Writings, 1992–2013,” works by the late Peruvian drag artist Giuseppe Campuzano.
According to Pradeep Dalal, director of the Arts Writers Grant Program, the 2025 grantee cohort is noted for addressing pressing global issues with bold, insightful commentary. Noteworthy among the article category recipients, Miriam Felton-Dansky’s work, “Vetting Regimes: The US Politics of Artist Visas from the Berlin Wall to the Muslim Ban,” examines the evolution of U.S. visa policies. Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert’s “The Integrity of the Exhibit: On Art, Censorship, and Palestine” also secured funding for tackling crucial, timely issues.
The book category sees the support of established and emerging thought leaders in the field of contemporary art. Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, renowned for her book “Harlem is Nowhere,” receives backing for her latest endeavor, “Proving Ground: Proposals for a Genealogy of Black Feminist Land Art.” Art historian Jenni Sorkin’s upcoming book, “Deviant Scale: Cloth at the Body’s Margins,” also garners support, alongside other compelling projects that anchor art within broader cultural, social, and political dialogues.
With projects under the short-form writing category emphasizing incisive, quickly consumed critiques and thoughts, the 2025 grantees collectively underscore the vital role of visual art writing in society. In fostering these diverse artistic expressions, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts affirms its dedication to nurturing the voices that shape the discourse surrounding the visual narrative.
The complete list of grantees reflects a rich tapestry of voices contributing to the vibrancy of arts writing today.