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Madison Square Park Conservancy
2012 Gala |
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Adam Glick, honoree Martin Friedman, Madison Square Park Conservancy President Debbie Landau.
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On Thursday, May 31, 2012, more than 300 guests gathered at New York City’s Prince George Ballroom to celebrate Martin Friedman’s lifelong commitment to contemporary art and artists. Hosted by the Madison Square Park Conservancy's Mad. Sq. Art with event chairs Adam D. Weinberg, Agnes Gund, Chuck Close, Toby Devan Lewis, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Mark di Suvero, the evening was a reunion of artists and art world leaders whose lives and work have intersected with Martin throughout his 60-year career from his directorship at the Walker Art Center, to his ongoing role as influential advisor of the Park’s Mad. Sq. Art Committee.
Guests enjoyed a three-course dinner catered by SD26 and celebrated restaurateurs Tony and Marisa May amidst a program of tributes by special guests. Madison Square Park Conservancy President Debbie Landau and Chairman of the Board David Berliner shared remarks, followed by Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art Adam D. Weinberg, artist Claes Oldenburg, Executive Director of the Walker Art Center Olga Viso, artists Frank Stella and Christo, Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Richard Koshalek, and artists David Hockney, Chuck Close, and Ursula von Rydingsvard.
The evening also included a special performance by composer Philip Glass who performed Metamorphosis No. 2 as introduced by Kate D. Levin, Commissioner of New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. An interactive light installation by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, inspired by the physical heartbeat of its participants, then closed the evening with the participation of the evening’s honoree, Martin Friedman. The benefit raised $1 million in support of the Martin Friedman Endowment Fund, established to provide permanent support to Mad. Sq. Art and the newly founded Martin Friedman Curator position.
More than 300 artists, curators, museum directors, philanthropists, and friends and fans of Martin Friedman came together to celebrate this historic occasion, including:
Artists: Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Christo, Chuck Close, Rachel Feinstein, Teresita Fernandez, Orly Genger, David Hockney, Charles Long, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Claes Oldenburg, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Alison Saar, Joel Shapiro, Cindy Sherman, Frank Stella, Mark di Suvero, Leo Villareal, Lawrence Weiner; Dealers: Barbara Gladstone, Gladstone Gallery; Arne and Milly Glimcher, Pace Gallery; Paul Kasmin, Paul Kasmin Gallery; Museum Directors and Curators: Richard Flood, Director of Special Projects and Curator at Large, New Museum; RoseLee Goldberg, Founding Director, PERFORMA; Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem; Claudia Gould, Director, The Jewish Museum; Richard Koshalek, Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Lisa Phillips, Director, New Museum; Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator, Museum of Arts and Design; Yvonne ForceVillareal, Co-Founder, Art Production Fund; Olga Viso, Director, Walker Art Center; Art World Leaders and Philanthropists: Deborah Berke, Architect; Linda Blumberg, Executive Director, Art Dealers Association of America; Frank Gehry, Architect; Dakota Jackson, Designer; J. Tomilson and Janine Hill; Raymond Learsy and Melva Bucksbaum, Art Collectors and Philanthropists; Sherry and Joel Mallin, Art Collectors and Philanthropists; Danny Meyer, CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group; and more.
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Debbie Landau, David Berliner.
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Roselee Goldberg.
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Paul Kasmin.
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Cindy Sherman, Yvonne Force Villareal.
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Philip Glass.
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Martin Friedman, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.
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Frank Stella.
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Peter McCann, Deborah Berke, Maitland Jones.
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Ivan Navaro, Nick Olmey.
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