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“Presented by” recognition, every salon, co-branding on the report.
iDEA Arts Foundation · Field Study 2026–27
Culture, Capital
and Code
The forces reshaping art ecosystems and
long-term institutions building
30+ CITIES · SEVEN REGIONS · DEC 2026 – JUN 2027
Explore the studyThree lenses. One changing ecosystem.
Where do you want to begin?
Who shapes taste?
Cultural reappreciation, shifting authority and the stories that enter the record.
Beyond the lenses
Where the study goes.
Independent research. Shared conversation.
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Partners
Partners receive intelligence, access and association.
Regional partner
Naming for one region and its salons.
Host partner
Co-host a city’s salon.
In-kind partner
Flights or accommodation, credited across the study.
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The study is editorially independent: partners fund the research but do not approve its findings.
About
Mission
iDEA Arts Foundation discovers, collects and champions the work of generation-defining artists from underrepresented backgrounds, past, present and future, through free-access museums, research and education.
Lead researcher
Drew Acquaye
Drew’s global career spans finance and art, including Morgan Stanley M&A and Shareholder Activism in New York and London, research projects in both fields, and founding the BLK Roark Fellowship. His international network brings together relationships developed through financial work and art engagements across dozens of cities, from the Venice Biennale to Art Basel.
A UNC Kenan-Flagler graduate, he studied business administration alongside philosophy, politics and economics, and entrepreneurship.
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