NEW YORK (AP) β Thirteen museums in seven countries have been named recipients of Bank of America grants for the conservation of artworks.
The 2015 Art Conservation Project grants totaling more than $1 million were announced Friday.
Recipients include the Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the British Museum, the OCA Museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar.
The selected works include an Edouard Manet painting and a colossal ancient Chinese Buddha.
All were selected for their importance to cultural heritage and the history of art.
In all, 105 artworks will be restored under the 2015 grants.
Works conserved last year included the Magna Carta at London’s Royal Society of Antiquities and Henri Matisse’s “The Swimming Pool” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
