The Drawing Center's 2024 Gala

The Drawing Center Gala
Monday, May 13, 2024
The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers

Honoring Hilton Als, Julie Mehretu, and Jane Dresner Sadaka

6:30PM Cocktails

7:30PM Dinner and Honoree Awards
Featuring Hilton Als introduced by Jacqueline Woodson, Julie Mehretu introduced by Richard Tuttle, Jane Dresner Sadaka introduced by Frances Beatty Adler and more.

Festive Attire

Private Tour & Lunch
With KAWS & Laura Hoptman
Join Laura Hoptman, TDC’s Executive Director and KAWS for a private tour of the forthcoming exhibition The Way I See It: Selections from the KAWS Collection at The Drawing Center in Fall 2024, followed by lunch at Frenchette.

Studio Visit & Lunch
With Eddie Martinez & Curator Claire Gilman
Join Claire Gilman, TDC’s Chief Curator for a visit to Eddie Martinez's studio in Ridgewood followed by lunch nearby at TONG.

Downtown Gallery Walk & Lunch
With Curator Olivia Shao
Join Olivia Shao, TDC’s Burger Collection & TOY Meets Art Curator on a guided downtown Manhattan gallery walk, followed by lunch at Dim Sum Go Go.

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

2024 Gala Benefit Committee:

• Katie Adams Schaeffer
• Frances Beatty Adler and Allen Adler
• Judy Hart Angelo
• Dita Amory and Graham Nickson
  
• Sarah Arison
  
• Milton and Jena Berlinski
  
• Bloomberg Philanthropies
• Jill E. Braufman and Daniel Nir
  
• James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach
• Valentina Castellani and Gianluca Violante
• Brad Cloepfil
• Eileen and Michael Cohen
• Bobbi and Barry Coller
• Ann Cook and Charley Moss
• Andrea Crane and Sam Hoffman
• David Kordansky Gallery
• David Zwirner
• Sandra DelZotto
• Emmanuel and Christina Di Donna
• Frederick Doner
• Maryann Dresner
• Lonti Ebers
• Cindy and David Edelson
• Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
• Gemini G.E.L.
• Cheri and Steven Friedman
• Kathy and Dick Fuld
• Michèle Gerber Klein
• Stacey and Rob Goergen
• Amy Gold and Brett Gorvy
• Thelma Golden
• Jacqueline Green
• Jane Lombard Gallery
• Judd B. Grossman
• Agnes Gund
• Harry Tappan Heher and Jean-Edouard van Praet d'Amerloo
• Jane Hait and Justin Beal
• Martin Halbfinger
• Leslie Harwood
• Hilary and Peter Hatch
• Hauser & Wirth
• Marieluise Hessel
• Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian
• Karma
• KAWS and Julia Chiang
• Tina Kim
• Jill and Peter Kraus
• Rhiannon Kubicka
• Stacey and Curtis Lane
• Fran and Jack Levy
• Dominique Lévy
• Glenn Ligon
• Iris Z. Marden
• Marian Goodman
• Marianne Boesky
• John Melick
• Lori Moore
• Sam Moyer and Eddie Martinez
• Laura and Andrews Newby
• Jill Newhouse
• Judith Levinson Oppenheimer and John Oppenheimer
• Pace Gallery
• Paula Cooper
• Adam Pendleton
• Nancy and Fred Poses
• Rachel Uffner
• Great Neck and Elissa Richman
• Fiona and Eric Rudin
• Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso
• Peggy Schleiff
• Joyce and Ken Siegel
• Steve Shane
• Holly and David Sherr
• Silberman Zaretsky PC
• Amy Sillman
• Lisa Silver and Jean-Christophe Castelli
  
• Laura Skoler
• Sperone Westwater
• Galia Meiri Stawski and Axel Stawski
• Suzanne Slesin and Michael Steinberg
• Michael Straus
• Margaret Sundell and Reinaldo Laddaga
• Howard and Michelle Swarzman
• Fern and Lenard Tessler
• Rirkrit Tiravanija
• Alice and Tom Tisch
• Barbara Toll
• Nicola Vassell
• Venus Over Manhattan
• Teri and Barry Volpert
• Waqas Wajahat
• Dana Wallach Jones and Michael T.M. Jones
• Mary Weatherford
• Candace King Weir
• Carol and Michael Weisman
• Terry Winters and Hendel Teicher
• White Cube
• Isabel Stainow Wilcox
• Laurie and David Wolfert

*List in formation as of April 18, 2024