Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts makes project-based grants to individuals and organizations and produces public programs to foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. As a Presenting Partner of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the Graham Foundation hosted the exhibition Barbara Kasten: Stages. The first major survey of the work of Chicago artist Barbara Kasten, the exhibition was on view from October 1, 2015 to January 9, 2016.