Pace Gallery's newly inaugurated 8-floor townhouse Chelsea location opened this past September 12th with a champagne bar, a series of exhibitions, and surprise concerts. The 19-foot-high ceilings gallery hosted an impressive multi-sensory experience composed of contrasting art, video, sculpture gardens, installations and music. A surprise concert by The Who and a a jazz performance by…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is launching a design contest to celebrate the Museum's upcoming 150th anniversary in 2020. From April 12th, The Met invites the public to submit original designs that draw inspiration from Open Access images of works in the Museum's collection. Entries will be revealed on June 14, from which six winning…
On April 24th, the Whitney Museum of American Art hosted its grand opening night party, sponsored by Max Mara, to celebrate the Museum’s downtown move to its new home in the Meatpacking District. The event also acted as a preview for the current exhibition, America Is Hard to See. In addition to Adam D. Weinberg, the Alice Pratt Brown…
Building SculptureCenter Maccarone NY, 98 Morton Street, NY February 3 - 5, 2015 Building SculptureCenter is an exhibition and sale to benefit the SculptureCenter's recent expansion and renovation. On view only from February 3-5, all of the proceeds will be invested in future SculptureCenter programming. Hosted by Maccarone NY, The Building SculptureCenter exhibition caps a $5…
GROUNDED Pace Gallery 534 West 25th Street New York NY 1000 January 17 - February 22 Pace Gallery announces Grounded, an exhibition featuring a dynamic selection of floor-based sculpture by seminal figures in modern and contemporary art. The exhibition will present work from 1967 to 2013 by artists including Carl Andre, John Chamberlain, Tara Donovan, Tom Friedman,…
Dia Art Foundation held Dia Fall Night, an annual gala and after party to benefit its exhibitions, programs, long-term sites, and public and educational programs, raising over $700k. The evening began with a DJ performance by DJ Baby Dee of Gramsci Monument. Following the dinner, electronic music duo Matmos performed a new piece especially commissioned…
Sculpture Center honored artist Fred Wilson and curator Susanne Ghez at the 2013 SculptureCenter Benefit Gala. Top names in art celebrated the accomplishments of Wilson and Ghez at the historic Edison Ballroom, with remarks given by SculptureCenter Director Mary Ceruti and artist Dahn Vo. The 2013 SculptureCenter Annual Benefit Gala featured a performance by Korakrit…
