Exceptional 20th Century Art Collection Donated to the Seattle Art Museum to Honor Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang.

Gifts to SAM and Yale Ensure Public Access to Exceptional Works. An exceptional collection of 20th century art assembled over a decade by late collectors Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang will find permanent homes and be accessible to the public at the Seattle Art Museum and the Yale University Art Gallery.

The Friday Foundation, established to realize the Langs’ passion and philanthropy, today announced gifts of 19 masterworks and $10.5 million in dedicated funds to the Seattle Art Museum. In addition, the Friday Foundation announced a gift of six specifically chosen artworks to the Yale University Art Gallery.

Friday Foundation, February 25, 2021

Seattle Art Museum receives transformative gift of art and funds from the Friday Foundation.

A significant collection of 20th century art and dedicated funds will support the museum’s mission. The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) announced today that it has received a landmark gift of 19 artworks and $10.5 million in dedicated funds from the Friday Foundation, which celebrates the legacy of Seattle collectors Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis. In little more than a decade, they assembled one of the most significant private collections of Abstract Expressionist paintings and sculptures, augmented by two towering artists of post-war Europe.

Seattle Art Museum, February 25, 2021

Yale University Art Gallery Receives Major Gift from Friday Foundation.

The Yale University Art Gallery has received an extraordinary gift from the Friday Foundation honoring the legacy of late Seattle philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang. The Lang collection is one of the most important private collections of 20th-century art in the country, with masterworks by renowned postwar American and European artists and incredible examples of Abstract Expressionism.

Yale University Art Gallery, February 25, 2021

With Love From Dick and Jane.

The Friday Foundation has gifted 19 significant Abstract Expressionist artworks from the Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Collection to SAM. In recognition of this occasion, SAM’s Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Catharina Manchanda, sat down with Lyn Grinstein, President of the Friday Foundation, to discuss the gift’s impact, her late mother and stepfather Jane Lang Davis and Richard Lang, and their love for Seattle and the Seattle Art Museum.

SAM Blog, February 25, 2021

SAM Receives Major Gifts from The Friday Foundation.

Today, the Friday Foundation announced a critical infusion of over $9 million in philanthropist gifts to nine organizations in the Seattle arts community. The Seattle Times reported the good news. The gifts are created to honor the lives and legacies of the late Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang, who were inspired collectors and supporters of the arts. The Seattle Art Museum is among the recipients of the Friday Foundation’s generosity with two incredible gifts, one of which responds to the current moment, and the other which looks to the future of the museum and its collection.

SAM Blog, February 25, 2021

Seattle Art Museum gets major gift: A prized modern-art collection estimated at $400 million.

In a year of attrition and closures for arts spaces, the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is set to welcome a major gift: 19 20th-century abstract expressionist and European masterworks — including those by Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning — from the Lang Collection, once owned by the late Medina philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang. The gift also includes an additional $10.5 million in dedicated funds for the museum.

By Megan Burbank, The Seattle Times, February 25, 2021

A gift of blue-chip Modern art comes to the Seattle Art Museum.

The Friday Foundation, run by the heirs of collectors Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang, has donated 19 works by artists including Bacon, Rothko, Krasner, Pollock, Frankenthaler, Kline, and de Kooning.

By Jori Finkel, The Art Newspaper, February 25, 2021

Seattle Art Museum, Yale Receive ‘Transformative’ Gifts of Modern Art by Rothko, Krasner, More.

Works by Mark Rothko, Helen Frank Frankenthaler, Francis Bacon, and more modern masters are heading to the Seattle Art Museum as a part of a landmark gift. The museum announced on Thursday that it has received 19 artworks from the Friday Foundation, led by the heirs of the late Seattle arts collectors and patrons Jane Lang Davis and Richard Lang. The gift also carries $10.5 million in funds dedicated to the museum’s postwar and contemporary art conservation programs.

By Tessa Solomon, ARTnews, February 25, 2021

Seattle Art Museum receives gift of 19 'exceptional' artworks, $10.5 million in funds.

The Seattle Art Museum has received a landmark gift of 19 exceptional artworks and $10.5 million in dedicated funds from the Friday Foundation, which celebrates the legacy of Seattle collectors Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis.

By KOMO News Staff, February 25, 2021

Yale gets four Kline paintings, two Rothkos in donation

Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven has received a gift of six artworks by abstract expressionists Mark Rothko and Franz Kline, from the collection of late Seattle philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang.

By Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, February 25, 2021

Yale University Art Gallery adds Franz Kline and Mark Rothko pieces to collection

The Yale University Art Gallery received six gifted works by abstract expressionists Franz Kline and Mark Rothko. The gallery’s new additions were acquired through the Friday Foundation which donated the pieces from the private collection of two late Seattle philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang, whose family has ties to the university.

February 25, 2021

'Game changers': Seattle Art Museum receives gift of 19 artworks, worth approximately $400 million.

The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) received a major gift on Thursday: a charitable donation of 19 "exceptional" pieces of artwork from the Friday Foundation which celebrates the legacy of local collectors Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis.

By Callie Craighead, SeattlePI, February 25, 2021

'Game changers': Seattle Art Museum receives gift of 19 artworks, worth approximately $400 million.

The Yale University Art Gallery received six gifted works by abstract expressionists Franz Kline and Mark Rothko. The gallery’s new additions were acquired through the Friday Foundation which donated the pieces from the private collection of two late Seattle philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang, whose family has ties to the university.

February 25, 2021

'Game changers': Seattle Art Museum receives gift of 19 artworks, worth approximately $400 million.

Seattle Art Museum is celebrating a landmark gift from the Friday Foundation, including 19 artworks and $10.5 million in dedicated funds to support SAM's art conservation programs, and more.

By Patti Payne, Puget Sound Business Journal, February 25, 2021

Seattle Art Museum gets major gift: a contemporary art collection worth an estimated $400 million.

In a year of attrition and closures for arts spaces, the Seattle Art Museum is set to welcome a major gift: 19 abstract expressionist and European masterworks from the 20th century – including those by Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning – from the Lang Collection, once owned by the late Medina philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang. The gift also includes an additional $10.5 million in dedicated funds for the museum.

By Megan Burbank, Seattle Times, February 27, 2021

Friday Foundation donates works to Seattle Art Museum.

The Seattle Art Museum has announced a gift of nineteen Abstract Expressionist works from the collection of the late Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis.

Made through the Friday Foundation, which owns the Langs' collection and is dedicated to celebrating the couple's legacy, the gift features sixteen paintings, one drawing, and two sculptures by a number of different artists, including Francis Bacon, Helen Frankenthaler, Alberto Giacometti, Philip Guston, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and Clyfford Still. According to the Seattle Times, the works collectively are estimated by Sotheby's Americas to be worth $400 million.

March 1, 2021

A gift for the Seattle Art Museum and the entire community

Amazing, transformative gifts don’t come along often, but the Seattle Art Museum just landed one, and that means the entire city, region and state are the beneficiaries.

The gift comes from the collection of the late Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang. The Medina residents were avid collectors. The foundation tasked with carrying on their philanthropic work after their deaths has decided to keep 19 of their most important pieces close to home.

March 3, 2021

This Is Big: The Seattle Art Museum Just Received Masterworks from Rothko and Bacon and Mitchell and Krasner and de Kooning and Kline and Still and Giacometti

Last week, Seattle Art Museum announced that they were ready to receive a big-ass gift: 19 excellent 20th-century abstract expressionist and European masterworks from the Lang Collection. The works are courtesy of the Friday Foundation, an organization dedicated to the philanthropic legacy of the late, prolific, Seattle-area collectors Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis.

March 3, 2021

Seattle Arts Organizations Receive $9 Million Infusion at Critical Time.

The gifts, made by the Friday Foundation, honor the legacy of philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang and aim to inspire others.

Friday Foundation, October 20, 2020

New Seattle foundation gives $9 million to arts organizations — mostly for new work.

And now for some good news: This week, the Friday Foundation, a new Seattle entity, gave $9 million to nine Seattle arts organizations — mostly for new work. While some of the money is no-strings-attached or specifically for offsetting COVID losses, $6.5 million of it is dedicated to commissioning or buying contemporary music, opera, dance and art.

By Brendan Kiley, The Seattle Times, October 20, 2020

Seattle arts community gets some welcome $9 million news.

Seattle’s beleaguered cultural community got some welcome news this week when the estate of the late art patrons Jane Lang Davis and Richard Lang announced awards totaling $9 million to nine different arts organizations.

By Marcie Sillman, KUOW, October 20, 2020

New foundation gives $9M to Seattle arts organizations, mostly for cutting-edge works.

The Seattle Opera is about to get some new voices thanks to a

By Patti Payne, Puget Sound Business Journal, October 20, 2020

$1 Million Gift to Seattle Opera

The Seattle Opera is about to get some new voices thanks to a $1 million gift from the Friday Foundation.

Q13 News, October 20, 2020

Friday Foundation Donates $9 Million to Keep the Arts Alive in Seattle

Nine leading Seattle arts organizations have received welcome news at a critical time. On October 20th, 2020 the Friday Foundation announced philanthropic gifts totaling more than $9 million to honor the lives and legacies of late art enthusiasts Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang.

By Alexa Sinclair, Seattle Society Page, October 30, 2020

SAM Receives Major Gifts from The Friday Foundation.

Today, the Friday Foundation announced a critical infusion of over $9 million in philanthropist gifts to nine organizations in the Seattle arts community. The Seattle Times reported the good news.

Seattle Art Museum, October 20, 2020

The Seattle Symphony receives a $1.5 million dollar grant from the Friday Foundation to establish the Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Living Music Program.

Funds will directly support Seattle Symphony initiatives that foster cultural exchange and awareness through ambitious and innovative programming.

Seattle Symphony, October 20, 2020

Henry Art Gallery Receives $1 Million Endowment Fund from Friday Foundation.

Fund will support commission of new works by contemporary artists, first recipient will be Donna Huanca.

Henry Art Gallery, October 20, 2020

Pacific Northwest Ballet announces  million-dollar gift from Friday  Foundation, to endowment.

Jane Lang Davis New Works Fund established to seed creation of new works.

Pacific Northwest Ballet, October 20, 2020

Seattle Opera: $1 million gift cultivates the next generation of opera storytellers.

The newly announced Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab seeks to empower emerging librettists and composers.

Seattle Opera, October 20, 2020

ArtsFund Donor Spotlight: Friday Foundation

ArtsFund and some of Seattle’s longest–serving anchor arts institutions received some welcome news recently. The Friday Foundation announced $9 million in gifts to nine Seattle arts organizations to honor the lives and legacies of late art enthusiasts Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang.

ArtsFund, October 29, 2020

Seattle Rep: We are proud to be recipients of a Friday Foundation grant in honor of Richard E. Lang & Jane Lang Davis.

The grant directly supports new play development, community engagement offerings and online artistic programming.

Seattle Rep, October 20, 2020

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Special thanks to the Friday Foundation for honoring Richard Lang and Jane Lang Davis by supporting a number of local arts organizations, including SCMS!

This gift will support our streaming efforts of the upcoming Winter Festival and other online events

Seattle Chamber Music Society, October 20, 2020

ACT Receives Gift from the Friday Foundation

When you give to the arts, you make communities thrive. We’d like to celebrate an inspiring legacy of generosity and philanthropy.

ACT, October 28, 2020