A $15,000 grant from the French-American Fund for Contemporary Art will help the Harn Museum of Art commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall in an exhibit set to debut in February.
The fund awarded the Harn Museum the grant for its "Project Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible" exhibit.
The show will depict the tie between art and politics and the promise of a "New Europe" in the years following the fall of the Berlin Wall, said Kerry Oliver-Smith, the museum's curator of contemporary art.
The exhibit will feature 50 pieces, including video, photography, sculpture and wall paintings from 20 artists around the world.
The fund awards 14 grants each year to museums promoting French and American culture, said Tami Wroath, Harn director of public relations and marketing.
Smith said she hopes the exhibit will be a catalyst for discussion about American democracy and the similarities between American history and the history of the wall.
"In terms of unification and democracy, artists have really responded," Smith said. "Their work hits on both politics and poetry."
The exhibit will also be funded by an Andy Warhol Foundation grant, the C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation and several UF organizations.
