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TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION RAISES $1.5 MILLION
AT FOURTH TRIENNIAL ARTISTS DINNER
Over 40 artists honored at gala attended by
385 guests to support Foundation’s acquisition of
art from the Americas for the Tate
May 4, 2016, New York—On Tuesday,
May 3, art world luminaries from South America to
London gathered at the IAC building in New York City
for the Tate Americas Foundation’s
fourth triennial Artists Dinner. Sponsored by Oscar
de la Renta, LLC and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, the
evening honored more than 40 artists from
the Americas whose works are represented in
the Tate’s permanent collection.
The evening, which included a live auction led by Oliver
Barker and an after party with a DJ set by Rachel
Chandler, celebrated the opening of the
expanded and re-hung Tate Modern in June, and
resulted in a total of $1.5 million raised for the
Tate Americas Foundation. Funds raised from the
Artists Dinner will be used to procure North and
South American art for Tate, allowing the Foundation
to continue its strong legacy of expanding and
diversifying the Tate’s collection through the
acquisition of works by artists of the Americas.
The Artists Dinner was attended by 385 guests,
including event co-chairs Estrellita
Brodsky (New York),Kira Flanzraich (Miami), Pamela
Joyner (San Francisco), Komal Shah (San
Francisco), Robert Sobey(Stellarton,
Canada), Christen Wilson (Dallas),
and Juan Yarur Torres (Santiago,
Chile).
David Stark Design transformed the IAC building with
décor inspired by the sharp geometry and twisting,
pyramid-like shape of Herzog & de Meuron’s new
building for Tate Modern. Dinner guests were greeted
by a cocktail hour of fine Chilean wines from Viña
Morandé before sitting down to a dinner by Canard,
Inc, featuring a blanched vegetable velouté with
garden purées, eggplant caviar, and mustard cream
and an entrée of fennel pollen coated Arctic char,
followed by a variety of petite sweets, coffee, and
tea.
A live auction led by Oliver Barker, Chairman,
Sotheby’s Europe, featured items generously donated
by supporters of the Tate and raised over $100,000.
Packages included: A Weekend
for Two in Napa, featuring a three-night
stay at the Kramlich Residence and Collection, a
welcome dinner hosted by Pamela and Richard Kramlich,
private tour of the Collection, and visits to
private collections and vineyards; The Best
of Great Britain, including a tour of Tate
Modern with Director Frances Morris, tea with artist
Paul Smith at his studio, lunch at The Wolseley,
four stall seats and dinner at Glyndebourne’s 2017
season, and a chauffeur-driver Rolls-Royce for the
day; and Behind the Scenes with Oscar de la
Renta, featuring a tour of the Oscar de la
Renta Atelier with Creative Director Peter Copping,
a $5,000 gift certificate to the Madison Avenue
boutique, and two tickets to the Oscar de la Renta
Fall 2017 Runway Show in February 2017.
The evening honored artists from North and South
America, including honorees in attendance: Lynda
Benglis, Walead Beshty, Carol Bove, Andrea Bowers,
Mark Bradford, Cecily Brown, George Condo, Abraham
Cruzvillegas, Alexandre da Cunha, Moyra Davey,
Leonardo Drew, Mitch Epstein, Ellen Gallagher,
Theaster Gates, Sam Gilliam, Nan Goldin, Beatriz
González, Paul Graham, Rodney Graham, Guerrilla
Girls (Frida Kahlo and Kathe Kollwitz), Tamar
Guimarães, Neil Jenney, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Jac
Leirner, Glenn Ligon, Christian Marclay, Helen and
Brice Marden, Teresa Margolles, Kerry James
Marshall, Josiah McElheny, Julie Mehretu, Bruce
Nauman and Susan Rothenberg, Gabriel Orozco, Laura
Owens, Miguel Angel Rojas, Mark Ruwedel, Joan Semmel,
Stephen Shore, Amie Siegel, Lorna Simpson, Melanie
Smith, Michael Snow, Valeska Soares, Frances Stark,
Carrie Mae Weems, James Welling, Judi Werthein, Jack
Whitten, and David Zink Yi.
Major patrons, artists, museum directors, and
gallerists in attendance at the fourth triennial
Artists Dinner included:
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