Art & Commitment,
by Thanks for Nothing
With Ilaria Conti (Executive Director and Chief Curator, La Nueva Fábrica),
Charlotte Fox Weber (President of the Board of Trustees of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation),
Louis Norval (Founder and Chairman of the Norval Foundation)
& Marine Van Schoonbeek (Founder Thanks for Nothing)
Thanks for Nothing is a French non-profit organization founded in 2017 that aims at bringing together artists, cultural institutions, associations and diverse audiences through artistic projects that address major social, educational, and environmental issues. Our work is rooted in the belief that art can, and should, be a powerful space not only for dialogue, but also for participation and collective action.
Since our foundation, we have developed more than 150 artistic and solidarity-driven projects in French and internationally, reaching over 600,000 participants, the vast majority of whom are audiences traditionally considered “distant from culture”. We have supported more than 60 organizations working in the fields of human rights, access to education, and environmental protection, and have raised as well as directly donated more than €3 million to these causes.
Ilaria Conti is Executive Director and Chief Curator of La Nueva Fábrica (LNF), a US–Guatemalan nonprofit contemporary art organization based in Antigua Guatemala. LNF encompasses an exhibition space, an international residency program for artists and curators, and educational initiatives engaging diverse communities.
Charlotte Fox Weber is a psychotherapist, writer and President of the Board of Trustees of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. She is the author of ”What We Want, a book about twelve universal desires”. Her next book, ”Sacred Monsters: A Book About Love & Cruelty”, will be published by Viking in 2027. Her work brings a psychological perspective to art, desire and human relationships.
Louis Norval is a global investor and an avid art collector. With a desire to share his collection, to educate and to promote making art available to all people, he established and developed the Norval Foundation, in Cape Town, which opened its doors as a Museum and Sculpture Garden in 2018. The Norval Foundation has established itself as a platform for art and culture, dedicated to the preservation and promotion of modern and contemporary African art.