Bank of America

Creating Opportunity through the Arts

Current Highlight

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is pleased to sponsor Lucian Freud Portraits, on view at the National Portrait Gallery, London, through May 27.

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Our Arts and Culture Program

Bank of America's investment in the arts sets opportunity in motion in a climate that fosters innovation, respect and tolerance for an increasingly integrated world

As a global company, Bank of America (doing business as Bank of America Merrill Lynch outside the United States) is committed to a diverse program of cultural support that engages individuals, organizations, communities and cultures in building mutual respect and understanding and which strengthens institutions that contribute to the vitality of local economies.


Program Components

The Arts and Culture Program is multi-layered, providing support through grants, sponsorships and our own signature programs: Art in our Communities®, the Art Conservation Project and Museums on Us®. Our support extends across all art forms with an emphasis on programs that create greater cultural understanding, shared cultural experiences and benefits for our communities.

Image credits: The Tempest, The Bridge Project, photo by Joan Marcus · Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, 2008, photo by Bob Delevante · Chicago Symphony Orchestra, © Todd Rosenberg · Gold crown from Tillya Tepe, 1st century AD, National Museum of Afghanistan, © Musée Guimet/Thierry Olliver · Ernst Ludwig Kirschner, Nude in the Studio (verso), ca. 1910, Stadel Museum, Frankfurt · American Indian Cornhusk Bag, 19th century, Bank of America Collection · N.C. Wyeth, Eight Bells (Clyde Stanley and Andrew Wyeth aboard Eight Bells), 1937, Bank of America Collection · AAADT's Linda Celeste Sims, Photo by Andrew Eccles · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI · Reflection (Self-portrait), 1985, Private Collection, Ireland © The Lucian Freud Archive. Photo: Courtesy Lucian Freud Archive