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The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation

The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation is devoted to preserving and promoting the enduring achievements of both Josef and Anni Albers.

The Foundation carries out its mission by working on exhibitions and publications, primarily focused on the art of Josef and Anni Albers; assisting with research; and supporting education. It conserves the Alberses’ art and archives, and serves as an information resource for artists, scholars, students, and the general public. It helps sponsor other activities inspired by Josef and Anni Albers’s interests and concerns.

04/09/2026

Two exhibitions on Josef Albers open today:

“Josef Albers: Meditations” features thirty paintings from Josef’s Homage to the Square and Variant series, set in the eighteenth-century rooms of the Villa Panza. On view at Villa Panza, Varese, Italy, through January 2027.

“Josef Albers: Duets” features significant paintings and works on paper from the 1930s through the 1970s that explore the concept of dualities, a prevailing fascination for Albers. On view at David Zwirner, Los Angeles, through May 22, 2026.
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Images: 1) Installation view of “Josef Albers: Meditations,” Villa Panza, Varese, Italy, photo courtesy Villa Panza; 2) Installation of “Josef Albers: Duets,” David Zwirner Gallery, photo courtesy David Zwirner. © 2026 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ARS, NY..

04/03/2026

Announcing The Nicholas Fox Weber Prize

Fifty years ago, Nicholas Fox Weber was appointed to work officially for the Albers Foundation. Saturday, March 27, 1976, was the day of Josef’s funeral. Following Mass at the Holy Infant Church and burial in the town cemetery in Orange, everyone returned to 808 Birchwood Drive. Lee Eastman and Anni Albers had a conversation after which Lee asked Nick if he would begin work the following Monday as a paid employee of the Estate of Josef Albers. Nick, having been introduced to Anni and Josef by Ruth Agoos in 1971, had by then become a close friend to both and had worked on a range of projects concerning their art.

In Nick’s honor, the Trustees of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation have established the Nicholas Fox Weber Prize. It will be awarded annually, with a stipend of $25,000, to an individual selected by Nick—a writer, curator, filmmaker, or anyone who has helped advance the appreciation of painting, sculpture, architecture, or design. The recipient might be someone who has taken one of these art forms in new and original directions; equally, it might be someone whose way of presenting or writing about art enhances the pleasure of being alive.

Nominations, including for oneself, are welcome; each should give examples of the candidate’s work and be accompanied by a statement of no more than 500 words describing the nominee’s contribution to the visual arts and the reasons it merits recognition.

For more information and how to submit a nomination, please visit the link in our bio or albersfoundation.org/news. The deadline is June 12, Anni Albers’s birthday.

The awarding of the prize will be celebrated publicly with a short text by Nick explaining the reasons for which the recipient has been selected.

—Charlotte Fox Weber and Rupert Taylor
Trustees of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
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Image: Nick Weber with Anni Albers, 1981. Photo by Faith Haacke
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03/24/2026

Ruth Agoos Villalovos / 1928–2026

Ruth Agoos Villalovos died on March 23 at age ninety-eight. Dynamic and courageous, she was an absolutely wonderful friend. She and Herb Agoos were among the first people ever to collect Anni’s work along with many of Josef’s masterpieces, including “Young Prediction,” the painting shown here, a painting that embodies much of Ruthie’s radiance and beauty.

03/19/2026

Happy birthday to Josef Albers, who was born in Bottrop, Germany, on March 19, 1888. ..
Image: Josef Albers, 1930, photographer unknown © 2026 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ARS, NY..

03/08/2026

“We learn courage from art work. We have to go where no one was before us. We are alone and we are responsible for our actions.”

—Anni Albers, “We Need the Crafts for their Contact with Materials.” Design 46, no. 4 (December 12, 1944) ..
Image: Anni Albers, “Red Meander,” 1954, cotton. Private collection © 2026 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ARS, NY..

01/15/2026

“Josef Albers: Duets” is on view at David Zwirner, Paris. The exhibition explores the artist’s fascination with dualities, presenting significant paintings and works on paper from the 1930s through the 1970s. Organized in collaboration with the Albers Foundation, the exhibition includes key works from Albers’s best-known Homage to the Square series, as well as examples of his Variants and Structural Constellations. On view through March 21...
Image: Josef Albers, “Study for Homage to the Square: Budding,” 1958, and “Study for Homage to the Square: Spring Out,” 1962. Photo courtesy David Zwirner. © 2026 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ARS, NY..

01/14/2026

“Anni Albers: Constructing Textiles” is now available in the US! ..
A beautifully illustrated look at the works of Anni Albers, with a focus on the architectural dimensions of her work. The book’s essays include essential writings by Albers herself on the making and meaning of textiles, as well as new essays by Glenn Adamson, Karis Medina, Amy Jean Porter, and Jeffrey Saletnik. Among the book’s hundreds of beautifully reproduced images are works held in private collections that have never before been published...
The book is published in conjunction with the major traveling exhibition, “Anni Albers. Constructing Textiles,” curated by Brenda Danilowitz and Fabienne Eggelhöfer and organized by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern (November 7, 2025–February 22, 2026), in collaboration with the Belvedere, Vienna (April 30–August 16, 2026)...

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation
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Anni Albers, Study for “Do III,” 1973, gouache and diazotype on paper © 2026 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ARS, NY..

12/01/2025

We are saddened by the death of Tim Prentice. His lively and imaginative architecture, so rhythmic and beautiful, graces our lives every day in Bethany, and he was a warm and supportive friend...

Tim Prentice in his studio, 2019.

Tim Prentice was a kinetic sculptor who trained as an architect at Yale, where he took courses with Josef Albers. He designed the Albers Foundation’s beautiful offices.

08/29/2025

The wonderful new children’s book about Anni, published by MoMA, has Pulaar and Wolof editions that are now being enjoyed in Senegal.

06/12/2025

Happy birthday to Anni Albers, who was born on June 12, 1899. ..
Image: Anni Albers in Hawaii, 1954. Photo: Josef Albers © 2025 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ARS, NY

06/11/2025

"The Sum of the Parts: The Complete Portfolios of Josef Albers" is the first exhibition dedicated solely to Albers’s complete print portfolios, all made during the latter decades of his life, using lithography, silkscreen, inkless intaglio, and embossing.

Exhibition opening on Wednesday, June 11, with a talk by Nicholas Fox Weber at 6:00 pm, at Cristea Roberts Gallery, London. Link in bio for more information...
Image: Installation view of Josef Albers, "White Line Squares (Series I and II)," 1966, courtesy of Cristea Roberts Gallery © 2025 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/ARS, NY..
https://cristearoberts.com/exhibitions/272-the-sum-of-the-parts-the-complete-portfolios-of-josef-albers/

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