SCRIBBLE AT THE WATERMILL CENTER REFLECTS THE ENDURING LEGACY OF ROBERT WILSON The Watermill Center’s 2025 Summer Benefit, SCRIBBLE, arrived as a celebration of experimentation, collaboration, and community—but in retrospect, it also became an inadvertent homage to the institution’s founder, Robert Wilson, who passed away just five days later, on July 31, 2025. For over…
SCRIBBLE: THE WATERMILL CENTER’S 2025 SUMMER BENEFIT HONORS ISABELLA ROSSELLINI AND FRANCIS KÉRÉ WITH AN IMMERSIVE CELEBRATION This July, The Watermill Center once again throws open its gates for one of the most anticipated art events of the Hamptons season: SCRIBBLE, the 2025 Summer Benefit presented by Van Cleef & Arpels. Taking place over two…
The Watermill Center hosted its Annual Summer Benefit on its expansive 10-acre Hamptons grounds on July 27th, featuring performance art, installations, and a live auction. This year’s event, “A Laboratory: 100 Years of Experimentation,” honored the legendary dancer and choreographer Lucinda Childs and marked the first collaboration with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.…
The Watermill Center held its annual summer benefit this year titled “the BODY” on July 29th, 2023, celebrating art and creative experimentation in support of the organization’s year-round Artist Residency and Education programming. The event premiered the solo exhibition of artist Regina Jose Galindo, “The Body,” on view through October 15th. A special talkback with…
On November 15th, 2021, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) held its marquee fundraising event, the annual Trophée des Arts Gala, hosted by ARDIAN, Samantha and Nabil Chartouni, Clo and Charles S. Cohen, Betty and Jean-Marie Eveillard, LVMH, and Clémence and William von Mueffling, at the Plaza Hotel in New York. The 2021 Gala recognized the Chairman of…
On Saturday, July 27th, The Watermill Center brought together the world of art, fashion, theater and design for the 26th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction, honoring philanthropist Katharine Rayner and renowned contemporary artist Carrie Mae Weems. This year’s event, titled Tabula Rasa, and sponsored by Van Cleef and Arpels, welcomed over 1,000 guests…
On Saturday, July 28th, The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation welcomed over 1,000 guests to their Water Mill, NY location for TIME BOMB: The 25th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction sponsored by Van Cleef & Arpels. The evening honored the late Pierre Bergé, who was the co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent and a founding benefactor…
Watermill Center’s Annual Summer Benefit and Auction returns on July 28th for its 25th year. TIME BOMB: The 25th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction will be held at the Foundation’s Water Mill, NY location. This event will honor the late Pierre Bergé who was the co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent, a founding benefactor of The Watermill…
View Photo Gallery of The Watermill Center “Fada: House of Madness” benefit (50 photos) On July 30th, the Watermill Center welcomed more than 1,000 guests to the Hamptons for the Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation’s 23rd Annual Summer Benefit & Auction. Themed “FADA: House of Madness,” this year’s event drew its biggest crowd ever, which may…
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…
This past weekend, on the evening of July 26th, 2014, The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation celebrated its 21st annual summer benefit–One Thousand Nights and One Night: Sleepless Nights of Sheherazade–at The Watermill Center. The event was a massive success with the Foundation raising a record setting $2.2 million dollars to support the Center’s International Summer Arts Program and the year-round…
The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation will be celebrating its 21st Annual Summer Benefit – One Thousand Nights and One Night: Sleepless Nights of Sheherazade – honoring art patron, Shaika Paula Al-Sabah on July 26th at The Watermill Center. The event will present new work by more than 65 artists from 30 countries who were…
The latest showcase coming to The Park Avenue Armory is part visual art, part performance art, and all based around artist Marina Abramović. The show, directed by Robert Wilson, is a re-imagining of Abramović’s extraordinary life and work. The show begins with her difficult childhood and chronicles her journey to the present day. Abramović, who plays herself as well…
