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Robert Rauschenberg working on his portrayal of the Discovery space shuttle launch, Cape Canaveral, FL, United States, August 1984. Photo: Theo Westenberger

Rauschenberg Foundation Selects Firm to Conduct the Search for New Executive Director

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has hired Russell Reynolds Associates to lead the search for its next Executive Director.  Russell Reynolds is one of the leading executive search firms for arts-related institutions, including artist foundations, museums, and related non-profits.

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Portrait of Kathy Halbreich

Kathy Halbreich, 2023

Reflections

Excerpts from the May 31, 2023 letter Board Chair Michael Straus sent to the Foundation’s staff, on behalf of the Board, celebrating Kathy Halbreich’s accomplishments as the Foundation’s leader and her focus as an Advisor on a number of philanthropic and legacy programs through December:

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Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Elects Michelle Coffey and Peter Kraus to Board of Directors and Appoints Karen Sutton as Interim Chief Operating Officer

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is pleased to announce that Michelle Coffey and Peter Kraus have been elected to its Board of Directors, at the same time as it has appointed Karen Sutton to be its Interim Chief Operating Officer. 

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Robert Rauschenberg in front of the beach house, 1983. Photo: Unattributed

Captiva & Hurricane Ian

As we learn more about the effects of Hurricane Ian on the Captiva campus, this news post will be updated.

October 14, 2022

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Portrait of Robert Rauschenberg, 1998. Photo: Sidney B. Felsen

Spring 2022 Exhibitions

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is delighted to collaborate with these three galleries—Gladstone Gallery, Thaddeus Ropac Salzburg, and Mnuchin Gallery—in presenting concurrent exhibitions in New York and Salzburg that reaffirm the continued breadth and influence of Rauschenberg’s post-1970 pra

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Robert Rauschenberg with his Combine, “Stripper” (1962) in his Broadway studio, New York, NY, circa 1962. Photo: Unattributed.

Foundation Announces Robert Rauschenberg Catalogue Raisonné Plans

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is pleased to announce the commencement of the Robert Rauschenberg Catalogue Raisonné of painting and sculpture.

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New windows in the Foundation's chapel, 2021

Renovation Update: Chapel Windows

2021 came to a close with the full replacement of the three remarkable Gothic lancet windows in the historical chapel extension of Robert Rauschenberg's former home and studio at 381 Lafayette Street in New York City.  The new windows, made of mahogany with fully insulated glass panes a

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