The Cheng-Lan Foundation is proud to support UAL’s Decolonising the Arts Institute, founded by artist Sonia Boyce (Professor of Black Art and Design at University of the Arts London) and led by susan pui san lok (UAL Professor in Contemporary Art and Director, Decolonising Arts Institute). Developed in response to urgent calls for action across the arts to address social inequalities and racial injustices, the Institute’s landmark 20/20 programme (2021–24) saw twenty artists in residency with twenty public collections, resulting in new acquisitions and a national print portfolio.

Building on this legacy, 20/20: Futures will take place at London College of Fashion, East Bank, from 6 November 2025 to 15 January 2026. The exhibition and symposium bring together artists, partners, and supporters to reflect on the programme’s outcomes and imagine what comes next. Showcasing the work of twenty emerging and mid-career artists who participated in residencies with UK public collections, 20/20: Futures highlights creative responses that challenge social and racial inequalities and amplify underrepresented voices. Through multiple narratives and diverse media, the exhibition reflects on equity, representation, and the rethinking of dominant perspectives in contemporary art.

The Cheng-Lan Foundation is proud to announce the Cheng-Lan Insights Bursary, supporting undergraduate students across fine art disciplines at University of the Arts London (UAL).

The bursary provides vital support for students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds, with priority given to First Generation students whose parents or guardians have not completed a university degree.

The bursary forms part of UAL’s Insights Programme, which works with 16–18 year olds from underrepresented communities, care-experienced backgrounds, and lower socio-economic households. With living costs in London averaging £16,000 per year and Student Finance covering only around £12,667, the bursary helps bridge this gap and enables students to dedicate more time to their creative studies.

Through this commitment, the Cheng-Lan Foundation reaffirms its mission to expand access to art and design education and to nurture the next generation of artists.

Cheng-Lan Foundation is proud to announce the acquisition of Untitled (Birch Trees) (2010) by Noah Davis, most recently exhibited in The Milk of Dreams at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (April 23 – November 27, 2022), curated by Cecilia Alemani. This acquisition reflects the Foundation’s commitment to supporting artists of global majority heritage and engaging deeply with their practices.

Davis, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 32, was a visionary painter and co-founder of The Underground Museum in Los Angeles. His work is celebrated for its poignant exploration of Black life, blending everyday scenes with surreal and dreamlike elements. Untitled (Birch Trees) exemplifies his unique style, depicting a dense stand of birch trees with a barely visible figure lying among them, rendered in loose brushwork against a textured backdrop. This haunting composition invites contemplation on themes of presence and absence, memory, and the unseen.