Melbourne Art Foundation

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Melbourne Art Foundation is a non-profit arts organization in Australia, established in 2003. It focuses on supporting living artists by connecting them with galleries, collectors, and institutions to enhance audiences and markets for contemporary art. Over its 22 years of operation, the Foundation has distributed more than AUD $1.5 million in artist fees and grants and facilitated around AUD $80 million in contemporary art sales. The Foundation hosts key programs such as the Melbourne Art Fair, an annual event that showcases significant works from regional galleries and Indigenous art centers. It also runs the Melbourne Art Foundation Commission Program, which allows a selected living artist to create a large-scale work for unveiling at the fair, later gifted to a prominent Australian institution. The organization actively supports Indigenous creatives and collaborates with partners like Creative Australia and Creative Victoria.