60th Anniversary Gala

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023
POWERHOUSE ARTS, BROOKLYN, NY

SIXTY YEARS: ARTISTS FOR ARTISTS
AN EVENING TO BENEFIT THE FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS

A once in a decade celebration

HONORARY CO-CHAIRS
Agnes Gund and Jasper Johns

POWERHOUSE ARTS
322 THIRD AVENUE
BROOKLYN, NY 11215

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023

LEAD PARTNERS, ARTISTIC PROGRAM
A G Foundation (Agnes Gund) and Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

Cocktails: 6:30 pm
Dinner: 8:00 pm

Not black tie

EMCEES
John Kelly, Early Grantee and Emergency Grants Recipient
Autumn Knight, 2022 Grantee

PERFORMANCES
An excerpt from Merce Cunningham's Landrover (1972)
Performed by Chalvar Monteiro and Jacquelin Harris

silver through the grass like nothing, 2023 (World Premiere)
Composed and performed by eddy kwon, 2023 FCA Robert Rauschenberg Awardee

MUSIC CURATED BY
David Grubbs, 2006 Grantee

TABLES AND TICKETS

SUPPORT

60th Anniversary Gala

Co-Chairs:

Sarah Arison
Wendy Waldron Brandow
Sherri Crichton
Anne Dias Griffin
Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman
Marguerite Steed Hoffman
Thelma and AC Hudgins
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Emily and Mitch Rales

Artist Committee:

Cecily Brown, Co-Chair
Vija Celmins
Anne Collier, Co-Chair
Sonia Louise Davis
Robert Gober
Wade Guyton
Jennie C. Jones, Co-Chair
Wyatt Kahn
Glenn Ligon
Richard Maxwell
Julie Mehretu
Dean Moss, Co-Chair
Fred Moten
Zeena Parkins
Ellen Phelan and Joel Shapiro
Pam Tanowitz

60th Anniversary Gala

 eddy kwon performs the world premiere of silver through the grass like nothing (2023). Photo courtesy of Joe Schildhorn/BFA.com.

60th Anniversary Gala

Autumn Knight and John Kelly lead the celebration as emcees. Photo courtesy of Joe Schildhorn/BFA.com.

60th Anniversary Gala

Honorary Co-Chair Agnes Gund, Artistic Program Sponsor Jack Shear, and Daisy Desrosiers. Photo courtesy of Joe Schildhorn/BFA.com.

I hope younger artists will continue to be aware of this unique thing that artists have made, that they will take pride and pleasure in assisting its ongoing development.

– Jasper Johns, Co-Founder