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$12m relief fund set up for arts workers affected by LA wildfires

Arts Professional
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Arts organisations and philanthropists in the US have come together to create a $12m emergency relief fund for artists and art workers affected by the Los Angeles fires.

The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund is led by the J Paul Getty Trust.

Other participating organisations include the Mohn Art Collective – which oversees three major museums in LA including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – the Mellon Foundation, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

The fund will assist people from all artistic disciplines and hopes to provide support for those who have lost residences, studios, or had their livelihoods impacted in other ways.

Katherine E Fleming, president and CEO of the J Paul Getty Trust, said: “Amid the losses suffered by the artists and arts workers who so strongly define LA, Getty is grateful to the many partners who have come together to meet the urgent needs of this community.”

An expanding list of foundations, corporations and individuals contributing to the fund also includes the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, and the commercial art galleries Gagosian and Hauser & Wirth.