The Kress Foundation's mission centers on supporting scholarly projects aimed at promoting the appreciation, interpretation, preservation, study, and teaching of European art from antiquity to the early 19th century.
The Digital Art History Grants program aims to support the exploration of new forms of research and collaboration in art history, specifically focusing on pre-modern European art. It encourages projects that involve the digitization of visual resources and primary texts pivotal to European art history, initiatives in online publishing, and groundbreaking experiments in digital art history. These grants are competitive, underscoring their focus on projects that demonstrate innovation and potential for significant impact in the field.