On October 21, 2019, Independent Curators International (ICI) celebrated forty-four years of curatorial excellence and innovation with its annual Benefit & Auction, honoring Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Both the silent and live auctions were successful, bringing in $500,000, which will go towards ICI’s ongoing programs in contemporary art around the globe. ICI partnered with Artsy…
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In the United States more than four-million elementary school students do not have access to arts education. Studies show that this can have a detrimental domino affect on school progress for years to come. That’s where ProjectArt comes in! The non-profit organization places after school art classes in public libraries in low income communities across…
In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF), Elin and Michael Nierenberg hosted the nineteenth annual "Collaborating for a Cure" benefit dinner and auction on November 10th at Cipriani Wall Street. Historically one of New York's top fundraising events, this year was no disappointment, raising approximately $2.5 million for SWCRF cancer research programs. The night involved a…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced this week that The Costume Institute’s spring 2017 exhibition will be Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons, on view from May 4 through September 4, 2017. The exhibition will examine Kawakubo’s fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between entities—self/other, object/subject, fashion/anti-fashion—Kawakubo’s work challenges conventional notions of beauty,…
The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation celebrates its 23rd Annual Summer Benefit & Auction with their event entitled, FADA: HOUSE OF MADNESS. On July 30, the Watermill Center will be filled with over 1,000 guests ready to see the installations and performances from the Watermill’s International Summer Program participants that come from over 25 countries to…
Opening Night Reception: The Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street, NYC November 20th, 5:30pm-9:30pm Shopping: Housing Works Chelsea Thrift Store 143 West 17th Street, NYC November 20th, 5:30pm (VIP shopping), 6:oopm (Friend level shopping), 6:30pm (Supporter level shopping) Open To The Public: November 21 – 23, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Chelsea Shop, Friday – Sunday…
K48 Magazine Celebrates its 8th Issue With Hipsters and Spandex on Orchard Street Scotty Hug When Scotty Hug called his K48 Magazine party a “time capsule of New York this year”, he was right. Last Tuesday, the magazine celebrated its eighth issue, Special Kat, in the Nichelle Beauchene Gallery on Orchard street with a silent auction that drew…