, Benefit Event

2022 Gala

The Drawing Center’s 2022 Gala will take place on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at The Lighthouse at Pier 61 in New York City. This year’s event promises to be a joyous celebration of the power of drawing and those who are passionate about the medium.

Honoring
Joan Jonas
Toyin Ojih Odutola
Eric Rudin

Wednesday, May 11, 2022
The Lighthouse at Pier 61
Chelsea Piers, New York City

The Drawing Center’s Gala is the leading fundraiser in support of our organization. Funds generated through this event support our exhibitions, publications, public programs, and education initiatives, furthering our enduring mission to explore the medium of drawing as primary, dynamic, and relevant to contemporary culture, the future of art, and creative thought.

For more information or to make a donation to The Drawing Center, please contact Rebecca Brickman, Director of Development at [email protected] or (212) 219 2166 x217.

Regarding COVID-19

The Drawing Center requests that all gala attendees take a rapid COVID test the day of the event, and email their results to
[email protected].

Rapid tests are available for pickup from The Drawing Center (35 Wooster Street) in advance of the event for any attendee who would like one. We will also be checking for proof of vaccination at the entrance to the event.

2022 Gala Benefit Committee:

  • Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip Aarons
  • Frances Beatty Adler and Allen Adler**
  • Shane Akeroyd
  • Dita Amory and Graham Nickson
  • Sarah Arison
  • John Berggruen
  • Giovanna Bertazzoni
  • Jill and Darius Bikoff
  • Mary Billard
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • Jill Braufman and Daniel Nir
  • James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach
  • Monique and Max Burger
  • Buzz Burlock
  • Valentina Castellani and Gianluca Violante**
  • Lisa Silver and Jean-Christophe Castelli
  • Suzanne and Bob Cochran
  • James Cohan, New York
  • Eileen and Michael Cohen
  • Drs. Barry and Bobbi Coller
  • Ann Cook
  • Andrea Crane and Sam Hoffman**
  • Jessica Barrow Dawson
  • Sandra and Leo DelZotto
  • Beth Rudin DeWoody and Firooz Zahedi
  • Katrina and Kevin Dudley
  • Lonti Ebers
  • Nathalie Kaplan and David Einhorn
  • Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
  • Cheri and Steven Friedman
  • Kathy and Richard Fuld
  • Michèle Gerber Klein
  • Carol Gertz
  • Gladstone
  • Marc Glimcher and Fairfax Dorn
  • Stacey and Rob Goergen
  • Amy Gold and Brett Gorvy**
  • Carol and Arthur Goldberg
  • Susan Gosin
  • Hannah Gottlieb-Graham
  • Greene Naftali
  • Agnes Gund
  • Jane Hait and Justin Beal
  • Lynn and Martin Halbfinger
  • Hilary and Peter Hatch
  • Hauser & Wirth
  • Harry Tappan Heher and Jean-Edouard van Praet d’Amerloo**
  • Steven Holl
  • Priscila Hudgins and Alvin Hudgins III**
  • Grant S. Johnson
  • Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian
  • Karma
  • Kitty Patterson and Tom Kempner
  • Ellen Kern
  • Tina Kim
  • Jill and Peter Kraus
  • Rhiannon Kubicka
  • Jill and Barry Lafer
  • Stacey and Curtis Lane
  • The Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Foundation
  • Raymond Learsy
  • Miyoung Lee
  • Audrey and Henry Levin
  • Jack and Fran Levy
  • Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, Amalia Dayan, and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn of LGDR
  • Dorothy Lichtenstein
  • Lisson Gallery
  • Sueyun Locks, Locks Gallery
  • Jane Lombard
  • Luhring Augustine
  • Iris Z. Marden
  • Eva Presenhuber
  • Ron Mehlman
  • Anthony Meier
  • John Melick
  • Sidney and Hermine Migdon
  • Isaac Mizrahi
  • Judith Levinson Oppenheimer and John Oppenheimer
  • Pace Gallery
  • Paula Cooper
  • Kate and Brad Peck
  • Adam Pendleton
  • Ann Philbin
  • Lisa Phillips and Leon Falk
  • Nancy and Fred Poses**
  • Galerie Eva Presenhuber
  • Great Neck and Elissa Richman
  • Lynn Roberts and Mark Wolfson
  • Clifford Ross
  • Vornado Realty Trust
  • The May and Samuel Rudin Foundation
  • Almine Rech
  • Ed Ruscha
  • Tracey Ryans and Cecile Barendsma
  • Mary Sabbatino
  • Patricia and Douglas Sacks
  • Jane Dresner Sadaka and Ned Sadaka
  • David Salle
  • Peggy Schleiff
  • Laura Skoler
  • Jack Shainman Gallery
  • Jack Shear
  • Lisson Gallery
  • David and Holly Sherr
  • Harvey Shipley Miller
  • Joyce and Ken Siegel
  • Mary and Carl Siegel
  • Amy Sillman
  • Laura Skoler
  • Julie and Barry Smooke
  • Jay and Tracy Snyder
  • Jerry Speyer and Katherine Farley
  • Galia Meiri Stawski and Axel Stawski
  • Jody Falco and Jeffrey Steinman
  • Robert Steinman
  • Pat Steir and Joost Elffers
  • The Straus Family Fund
  • Margaret Sundell and Reinaldo Laddaga
  • Curtis Talwst Santiago
  • Fern and Lenard Tessler
  • Rirkrit Tiravanija
  • Barbara Toll
  • Hannah Traore
  • Waqas Wajahat
  • Dana Wallach Jones and Michael T.M. Jones
  • Dorsey Waxter
  • Candace King Weir
  • Carol and Michael Weisman
  • Isabel Stainow Wilcox
  • Laurie and David Wolfert
  • Candace Worth
  • Linda Yablonsky
  • Betsy Appleton and Dr. Eric Zuckerman

Special Thanks To

Dandelion
ERICA SARLO & COMPANY
Faber-Castell
Massif Central
The wonderful and dedicated staff of The Drawing Center