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New York, NY -- Dia Art Foundation hosted their annual gala
on Monday, November 3, 2014 on West 22nd Street in New York
City. Proceeds from the gala support Dia's innovative
programs, including its long-term installations, commissions
of ambitious new projects, public lectures and readings, and
educational initiatives.
Dia Fall Night was co-chaired by Dia Trustees Marissa
Sackler and Christopher Bass and Dia Director Council member
Andy Spade. The evening commenced with cocktails and hors
d’oeuvres in the former Alcamo Marble Building. A seated
dinner followed in the adjacent building for approximately
370 guests. During dinner, guests experienced a short film,
created especially for Dia Fall Night, by Babette Mangolte
of acclaimed choreographer Steve Paxton performing in the
galleries at Dia:Beacon. Immediately following dinner, an
After Party was held in the former Alcamo Marble Building
that includes a DJ set by Leo Fitzpatrick.
Those in attendance included Dia Chairman Nathalie de
Gunzburg and incoming Director Jessica Morgan as well as Dia
Trustees Christopher Bass, Mark Booth, Frances Bowes, Sandra
Brant, Brice Marden, Genny Nissenbaum, Howard Rachofsky,
Kirk Radke, Marissa Sackler, and Charles Wright.
Collectors, philanthropists, and art world notables in
attendance included Gina Alhadeff and Francesco Pellizi,
Rita and Charles Bronfman, Giovanna Campagna, Constance
Caplan, China Chow, Pippa Cohen, Amalia Dayan and Adam
Lindemann, Rafael de Cárdenas, Lisa Dennison, Fairfax Dorn,
Lonti Ebers and Bruce Flatt, Carla Emil, Kira Flanzraich,
Noam Gottesman, Anthony Grant, Camille Henrot, Marguerite
Hoffman, Rena and Scott Hoffman, Elisabeth Karpidas, Pauline
Karpidas, Dodie Kazanjian and Calvin Tomkins, Jill and Peter
Kraus, Kimberly Light, Patricia Marshall, James Murdoch,
Yana and Stephen Peel, Amy and John Phelan, Natalya and
Nicolas Poniatowski, Polina Proshkina, Diana and Jonathan
Rose, Betsy Ross, Lisa Roumell, Lisa and John Runyon, David
Schrader, Robert Soros, Kate and Andy Spade, BJ Topol,
Encarnita Valdes and Robert Quinlan, Migs and Bing Wright,
Robin Wright, Virginia Wright, and Neda Young, among others.
Gallerists in attendance included Doris Ammann, Douglas
Baxter, Marc Benda, Stefania Bortolami, Jane and James
Cohan, Paula Cooper, Christopher D’Amelio, Peter Freeman,
Barbara Gladstone, Marc Glimcher, Marian Goodman, Michael
Jenkins, Andrew Kreps, Monica Manzutto and Jose Kuri, Alex
Logsdail, Daniella Luxembourg, Fergus McCaffrey, and
Thaddaeus Ropac, among others.
Artists in attendance included Laurie Anderson, Yto Barrada,
George Condo, Moyra Davey, Robert Gober, Hans Haacke, Ann
Hamilton, Louise Lawler, An-My Lê, Vera Lutter, Babette
Mangolte, Josephine Meckseper, Josiah McElheny, Gabriel
Orozco, Tony Oursler, Rob Pruitt, Tim Rollins, Martha Rosler,
Julian Schnabel, Erin Shirreff, Gedi Sibony, Haim Steinbach,
Ian Wallace, Lawrence Weiner, Fred Wilson, and LaMonte Young
and Marian Zazeela, among others.
The After Party was chaired by Laura de Gunzburg and the
Committee included Alex Adler, Fabiola Beracasa, Alessandra
Brawn and Jon Neidich, Lucy Chadwick, Alexandra Chemla,
Kelly Connor, Claire Distenfeld, Aimée Drummey, Stacy Engman,
Ricardo Figeiredo and Edgardo Osorio, Zani Guggleman, Mark
Guiducci, Maria Giulia, Prezioso Maramotti, Emma Hanley,
Amanda Hearst, Caroline Hoffman, Daisy Johnson, Liz
Margulies, Josephine Nash, Hassan Pierre, Lauren Remington
Platt, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, David Rothschild, Mollie
Ruprecht, Roya Sachs, Jessica Schuster, and Lily Snyder.
Champagne courtesy of Pernod Ricard USA, and wine courtesy
of Christian and
Cherise Moueix. Event
design and production by Cait&Jules, and printed materials
by Kloepfer-Ramsey-Kwon.
Dia Art Foundation
Dia Art Foundation, founded in 1974, is committed to
initiating, supporting, presenting, and preserving
extraordinary art projects. Dia:Beacon opened in May 2003 in
Beacon, New York. Dia also maintains several long-term,
site-specific projects including Walter De Maria's The
New York Earth Room (1977)
and The Broken
Kilometer (1979),
Max Neuhaus's Times
Square (1977),
Joseph Beuys's 7000
Eichen (7000 Oaks, 1988),
and Dan Flavin's untitled (1996),
all in Manhattan; the Dan Flavin Art Institute in
Bridgehampton, New York; De Maria's The
Vertical Earth Kilometer (1977)
in Kassel, Germany; Robert Smithson's Spiral
Jetty (1970)
in the Great Salt Lake, Utah; and
De Maria's The
Lightning Field (1977)
in Quemado, New Mexico.
Dia currently presents temporary installations,
performances, lectures, and readings on West 22nd Street in
the Chelsea section of New York City, the neighborhood it
helped pioneer. Plans for a new project space are underway.
For more information:
press@diaart.org / 212.293.5598
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