GRoW's grant to the international consortium supported the "Adam" and "Eve" special exhibition exchange between the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg. The two masterpieces were painted by Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius in 1613 and GRoW's grant allowed them to be reunited for the first time in over 100 years.

Barbie® Foot, acquired by the Musées des Arts Decoratifs through a grant from GRoW, was designed by the young French artist Chloé Ruchon. Barbie® Foot combines foosball, an icon in the game world, and Barbie®, an icon in the world of toys, to question sexual codes and norms in society.

The art exhibit "Alexander Calder, The Paris Years, 1926-1933" was on view at the Centre Pompidou in Paris from March 18 through July 20, 2009. An American artist, Calder was one of the leading masters of the modern movement in art. The exhibition focused on the work produced as a result of the artist's time in Paris during the years betweenWorld War I and World War II, when the city was an artistic center and crossroads for the avant-garde movements of the day. The exhibition featured 300 sculptures, paintings, drawings, toys, photographs and films showing Calder at work.

In 2011, GRoW supported the acquisition of Carsten Holler's "Giant Triple Mushroom, Amanita Muscaria," by the Société des Amis du Musée national d'art modern Centre Pompidou.  Sculpted by Carsten Holler, "Giant Triple Mushroom" is a three-dimensional collage of enlarged replicas of wild mushrooms growing in Eurasia.  The sculptures are created from the Amanita muscaria, a poisonous and psychoactive species, as well as two randomly chosen mushroom species.  The work has evolved from Holler's continued exploration of the idea of divided and double.  The acquisition of the piece fulfills the mission of the Société des Amis du Musée national d'art modern Centre Pompidou, which works to enrich the collections of the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou.

© Adagp, Paris 2011

Gregory supported the Royal Academy's exhibition "From Paris: A Taste for Impressionism," which will feature masterpieces from the Clark Art Institute Collection, and is the first-ever international tour of paintings from the Clark Art Institute, showcasing  65 paintings from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.  The Collection includes an extraordinary holding of French 19th Century art, with particular emphasis on Impressionism.  The exhibition includes masterpieces by Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Degas, Sisley and Morisot, as well as an exceptional group of more than twenty paintings by Renoir.  In addition, the Collection features earlier works by Corot and Millet as well as highly polished academic paintings by artists such as Gérome, Alma-Tadema and Bouguereau.  The exhibition is will be on display at the Royal Academy of Arts in Summer 2012.

Paul Gauguin Young Christian Girl 1894 Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 46.7 cm
Acquired in honor of Harding F. Bancroft (Institute Trustee, 1970–87; President, 1977–87). © Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA, 1986.22

GRoW supported the German Expressionist Digitization Project at the Museum of Modern Art to create a comprehensive digital archive of high-resolution images and related information on over 2,000 German Expressionist prints and drawings.

The goal of the exhibit “Morphosis”, which was held at the Centre Pompidou from March 15 to June 26, 2006, was to "reproduce the idea of architecture in the act, (i.e. the activity of an architect and a firm currently involved in the construction of numerous projects.)"   To accomplish this goal, the Center set up monitors showing different sites where architecture is "in the act", with web-cam footage offering a view of buildings already in operation, and a variety of construction sites, the development of which was followed over the course of the exhibition.  A component of the exhibition focused on work in Los Angeles, which was what prompted Gregory’s contribution.

© Agence Morphosis - Photo: Roland Halbe, 2001-2004

The "Paris - Delhi - Bombay..." exhibition which ran from May 25 - September 19, 2011 at the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou. The exhibition will feature more than 50 contemporary Indian and French artists, whose works explore profound changes taking place in Indian society with regards to politics, identity, urban development, and culturalheritage, among other themes. The exhibition aimed to bring French and Indian culture together through their artists.

© Centre Pompidou/DR

In 2009, GRoW's grant to Musée des Arts Décoratifs enabled the museum acquire the "Deuxième Rhinocéros" by Francois-Xavier Lalanne. Gregory's grantmaking has also established an Annenberg wing for youth education.

In 2006, the Gregory made a contribution to The British Museum (through the American Friends) to support the exhibition of "A New World: England's First View of America."  The exhibition focused on 75 watercolors made by John White on his voyages to Virginia in the 1580's, and featured important objects from the Museum's and other collections, including Inuit costumes, artifacts from the expeditions, a selection of Elizabethan portraits, maritime and scientific instruments from the period, historic maps, books, prints and other objects related to navigation.

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