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Contents

Foreword: Marcia Tucker, Director 1

Board of Trustees 2

Artist Advisory Board 2

The Staff Exhibitions 2 and Public Programs Upcoming 3-4

Exhibitions 5 5

High School Art Program 5 &

Publications & 7 Development Activities

New Museum Benefactors Benefit

Honorees

Benefit Gala and Art Auction 7-8 0 n the occasion of our 19th Anniversary, it is my great pleasure to welcome our many friends and supporters to The New Museum of Contemporary Art's Benefit Gala and Art Auction. This is a landmark year for our organization. We are delighted that the rest of the building we occupy is being developed by BPM Associates, LP., through whose generosity we have been able to acquire the second floor. We are looking forward to providing the public with a greatly improved and expanded museum facility in the near future. We welcome our new Senior Curator, Dan Cameron, and Curator, Gerardo Mosquera; this extraordinary team will greatly increase the breadth and international scope of our exhibition program and ensure you of access to the most challenging and innovative work being made today.

It is auspicious, then, that this year we honor two pioneer civic leaders whose work and commitment to the arts is unparalleled. Agnes Gund and her daughter Catherine Saalfield exemplify the bond between art and social responsibility; their mission, like ours, is to expand cultural participation in the arts and to strengthen the ties between the arts and the social and civic spheres of our everyday lives.

The New Museum supports the creation and presentation of diverse and innovative works of art; makes this work pu�licly accessible in meaningful ways; encourages independent thought and active debate; and investigates the definitions and roles of art in our society.

The New Museum fulfills this unique role with your help. It is your · support and encouragement above all that enable us to consistently negotiate challenging and unexplored terrain. We are grateful to you for contributing to the Museum's endeavors, and it is our hope that you will continue to enthusiastically participate in The New Museum as we embark on our 20th year of provocative and engaging exhibitions and programs.

Marcia Tucker Director The Board of Trustees The New Museum Staff Henry Luce III Atteqa Ali President Development Assistant! Saul Dennison Membership Programs Vice President and Treasurer Kimball Augustus Dieter Bogner Security Allen A. Goldring Kim Boatner Manuel E. Gonzalez Systems Coordinator Sharon King Hoge Victoria Brown Toby Devan Lewis Assistant, Director's Office James C. A. McClennen Susan Cahan Raymond J. McGuire DeputyDirector Eileen Norton Dan Cameron Steven M. Pesner Senior Curator Carole Rifkind Amy Chen Patrick Savin Director ofFinance and Paul T. Schnell Administration Herman Schwartzman, Esq. Katie Clifford Robert J. Shiffler CommunicationsAssociate Laura Skoler Samuel Clover Marcia Tucker Administrative Associate Laila Twigg-Smith Rika Yihua Feng Vera G. List Accounting Manager Trustee Emeritus Raina Lampkins-Fielder Public Programming Associate TheNewMuseum The ArtistAdvisory Board Melanie Franklin OF CONTEMPORARY ART Doug Ashford Curatorial Administrator Julie Ault Brian Goldfarb Judith Barry Curator of Education Nayland Blake John Hatfield Tony Cokes Registrar/Exhibitions Manager AmyHauft CharlayneHaynes MaryHeilmann Director of Communications Mary Kelly Claudia Hernandez Byron Kim Assistant Educator Inigo Manglano-Ovalle Elon Joseph Pep6n Osorio Security Catalina Parra Patricia Kirshner Judith Shea Operations Manager Carmelita Tropicana Dwayne Langston Nari Ward Maintainer Fred Wilson Gerardo Mosquera Mel Ziegler Curator Jessica Myers Carlin Major Gifts Officer Jose Pagan Security Michael Rechner Security Jennifer Reifsneider Receptionist Maureen Sullivan Special Events Coordinator Patricia Thornley Installation Coordinator Marcia Tucker Director Isabel Venero Curatorial Intern Richard Barr Volunteer Coordinator MarenHensler International Art Tours

2 PROCRAMS hhibitions an� Public Programs Collecting Contemporaries A panel discussion on collecting contemporary Summer 1995 art, exploring how issues of race, ethnicity, EXHIBITION economics, and new technologies inform Jimbo Blachly: Unperturbed Abstraction collecting practices. With Ronald Feldman, May 27-September 3, 1995 June Kelly, James Luna, Abigail Solomon­ Godeau, and John Kuo Wei T chen. Fusing spiritual practice with art making leavened with humor, Jimbo Blachly created an Meet The New Museum Curators environment that slowed down time and Members and friends were invited to an encouraged reflection within the hectic rush of informal discussion with newly appointed urban life. In an evolving installation with Senior Curator Dan Cameron and Curator performance, Blachly dressed in a monkey suit, Gerardo Mosquera. Moderated by Deputy made ink drawings, and meditated inside the Director Susan Cahan. Museum's Window on Broadway. Day WithoutArt The New Museum presented two projects on December 1, Day Without Art, an international day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis: The New York AIDS Chronicles Jimbo Blachly 1995, a mixed media work including a year's Unperturbed Abstraction, 1995 worth of front pages takenfrom The New York photo: Fernando Barenblit Times to illustrate the dearth of AIDS coverage by the Institute of Cultural Inquiry; and Sex Get Serious, an interactive computer project produced by Jubilee Arts by and about young people discussing sex and AIDS. Fall- Winter 1995 EXHIBITION Te mporarily Possessed: The Semi-Permanent Collection September 15-December 11, 1995 In the first full-scale exhibition of the Museum's Semi-Permanent Collection, Te mporarily Possessed featured over 120 artworks acquired from the Museum's exhibitions since its founding in 1977. In addition, six artists whose works are represented in the Collection were invited to create new projects: Robert Colescott, Janet Cooling, Gran Fury, Jamelie Hassan, Kim Jones, and Martin Silverman, and a performance in the Museum's Window on Broadway by Linda Montano. Installation view TemporarilyPossessed, 1995 photo: Fred Scruton

3 Winter-Spring 1996 Doll Making and Sewing Workshops Artists Larry Krone, Dianna Frid, Lisa Bradley, EXHIBITION and Portia Munson conducted workshops for A Labor of Love adults and children. Dolls made in the January 20-April 14, 1996 workshops were displayed in the gallery and, An exhibition of work by fifty contemporary after the exhibition, donated to children at American artists drawing fromfolk, craft, Sloan Kettering hospital. "outsider," decorative, and fine art traditions. The works are handcrafted and often labor­ intensive incorporating a variety of skills such as beading, glassblowing, painting, woodcarving, embroidery, dollmaking, and drawing.

Doll Workshop photo: Dave Dilly Liza Lou Kitchen (detail), 1991-95 Corporeal Crafts in the Window on Broadway mixed media with beads, A series of body crafts performed for (and on) plaster, and wood. willing visitors included Nail Art, Razor Haircuts, and Middle Eastern Body Decoration.

WINDOW ON BROADWAY EXHIBITION April 18 - May 19, 1996

PROCRAMS Tony Feher April18 - May 2, 1996 Distinctions and Beyond This New York artist amplifies the emotional A panel discussion at the American Craft resonance of everyday objects by carefully Museum exploring the complex arranging chem in emptied or enclosed spaces. interrelationships among folk, craft, and fine The simplicity of a handful of marbles or art. With April Kingsley, Bruce Metcalf, John pennies, a glass jug or a couple of quarts of Perreault, and Mary Shaffer. blue-tinted water becomes, in Feher's hands, Tied to Tradition a functional metaphor for the artist's quest for beauty as well as his articulate plea for art A panel discussion with artists and cultural created out of human intimacy and critics to investigate how class issues and racial unpretentious materials. and ethnic traditions affect folk, craft, outsider, and fine art. With Joanne Cubbs, Michael Anne Deleporte Cummings, Harryette Mullen, and Joanna May 3-19, 1996 Osburn-Bigfeather. As part of "Walk on the Soho Side" organized by Marc Pottier, French artist Anne Musical Performances Deleporte's photo-based window project by Northampton Harmony, Cordelia's Dad, encourages the passing spectator to behave as a and Sacred Harp Sing. voyeur. Placing a large photographic blow-up so chat it covers most of the window surface Performance from the inside, the artist then whitewashes Rene David Chamizo performed with song and the outside of the window on a daily basis, dance De Africaa Cuba: The Myths and Legends, leaving only small "peepholes" chat can be Music and Dance of the Afro-Cuban Culture. enlarged or made anew by running one's finger across the glass. Adding to the air of discovery, Artist Talks the artist has placed a small self-portrait in the with Liza Lou and Raymond Materson. center of the large photo-panel.

4 Upcoming Exhibitions 1996-1997 Recent Publications

alt.youth.media Temporarily Possessed: September 6 - November 5, 1996 The Semi-Permanent Collection A media arts exhibition including Web sites, The exhibition catalogue documents the video, zines, and interactive computer projects Museum's exhibition history and the works in by youth artists exploring their perspectives on its collection. Also included are statements by important social and cultural issues. artists, former Museum curators, and collectors, and a timeline depicting significant art market Carolee Schneemann: events and Museum highlights. Co-edited by Up to and Including Her Limits Brian Goldfarb and Mimi Young. November 24, 1996 -January 26, 1997 The first solo Museum exhibition in the U.S. of A Labor of Love this pioneer performance/video artist will The fully illustrated catalogue includes a critical include installations, video, film, photography, and historical essay by Director Marcia Tucker, and assemblage. Schneemann has been one of artists' biographies, and a bibliography. the most significant trailblazers in body-based art forms through her explorations of the universal capacity for sensual experience. Eugenio Dittborn: Remota February 12 - April 20, 1997 An exhibition of Chilean artist Eugenio Dittborn's "air-mail paintings," a form he developed in the mid-80s as a response to the double repression facing his country: a military dictatorship and a cultural boycott. Using Santiago as his home base, Dittborn mails his folded paintings in customized large-format cardboard envelopes to points around the globe.

High School Art Program David Wojnarowicz Where I'llGo If After I'm Gone, 1988-90 The High School Art Program, initiated in Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education 1984, is a -wide collaborative book cover arts program for public and alternative high school students emphasizing an Contemporary Art interdisciplinary, multicultural approach to the and Multicultural Education exploration of contemporary art. The Program The first nationally available publication provides an opportunity for students to come in designed to help educators introduce contact with multiracial, internationally contemporary art into high school curricula. As exhibiting artists/educators and for on-site an educational resource for teachers, art and teachers to develop skills that will sustain the museum professionals, and students everywhere, philosophy and experience behind the program. this fully illustrated book demonstrates how contemporary art relates to everyday life and offers a visionary model of an interdisciplinary approach to multicultural education. Co-edited by Deputy Director Susan Cahan and Zoya Kocur. Co-published with Routledge Press.

High School site visit with Artist German Perez

5 Develo�ment Activities July 1, HU-March 30, 1915 The unique exhibitions and programs at The New Museum Benefactors New Museum of Contemporary Art simply could not take place if we did not have the Allen Adler George P. Mills support of dedicated individuals. The New American Express Morgan Guaranty Trust Museum looks forward to presenting Walter Annenberg Company innovative exhibitions and educational Anonymous Elisabeth Luce Moore programs, with sustained support, well into Gertraud and Dieter Bogner National Endowment the Tw enty-first Century. Bozell Worldside Inc. forthe Arts C. Henry Buhl III New York City Department During the past two years, support for the Donatella and Jay Chiat of Cultural Affairs Museum has come in several forms- artwork Michael and Anne-Marie New York State Council donations, foundation and government grants, Crichton on the Arts membership dues, annual fund contributions, Rebecca Cooper and NYNEX and corporate gifts. We would like to express our Michael Waldman New York Times Foundation gratitude to the committed group of individuals Chase Manhattan The Peter Norton Family who provide strong leadership and continued Colgate-Palmolive Company Foundation commitment to the Museum, the Board of Consolidated Edison Eileen and Peter Norton Trustees. We welcome new Board members Toby The Cowles Charitable Trust Paterno Imports Devan Lewis and Steven Pesner, and we thank Culpeper Foundation Pei-Yuan Han Arthur Goldberg and Penny McCall for the Nathan Cummings Philip Morris Companies guidance and support that they provided as Foundation Carole and Richard Rifkind trustees and for their continued support. Lynne Darcy Mr. & Mrs. Laurance The Membership Program and Special Events Ellyn and Saul Dennison Rockefeller continue to offer unique opportunities that Zoe and Joel Dictrow The Rockefeller Foundation encourage open dialogue between members, Jean Digne Derald H. Ruttenberg Patrick Savin artists, curators, and critics. Exciting trips, tours, Enterprise Press talks, and events have created a forum for an Forbes Inc. Joanne and Paul Schnell ongoing exploration of art. Art salons with Foundation for Carol and Eric Schwartz critics and artists, such as Jerry Saltz, Anthony Contemporary Marilyn and Herman Haden-Guest, and Robert Colescott; trips to PerformanceArts Schwartzman major exhibitions, notably the Venice Biennale, Gannett Communities Fund Renate and Sidney Shapiro Carnegie International, and the White House Carol and Arthur Goldberg Robert J. Shiffler Sculpture Garden; visits to artist studios, Lola and Allen Goldring Dorothy and Abraham Siegal including Sowon Kwon, Donald Lipski, To ny Horace W Goldsmith Laura Skoler Oursler, Elaine Reichek, among others; and Foundation The Starr Foundation insights into the private collections of Olga Agnes Gund Nell J. Stone Hirshhorn, Barbara and Howard Morse, Augusta Cooie and Paul C. Harper, Jr. South Pass Transart and Arnold Newman are some of the events Keith Haring Foundation Regina Szeto members participated in this year. The New Barbara S. Horowitz Time Warner Inc. Group continued to organize dynamic events for Susan and Michael Hort Tr acy White young people interested in the arts, chiefly a Institute of Museum Services Laila Twigg-Smith screening and tour of the film/exhibition IBM Carolyn and Robin Wade Cremaster, by Matthew Barney, a tour and Jerome Foundation Robert W Wilson summer beer tasting at Chelsea galleries, a Mock Harry Kahn Norman and Rosita Winston Auction hosted by Christie's, and a Spring Lucille and Martin Kantor Foundation Benefit Party. The Annual Benefit Gala and Art The Lannan Foundation Auction remains our most vital event where we Toby Devan Lewis honor individuals who have made sig-nificant Vera List contributions to the arts and raise funds for the Mary and Robert Looker Museum's exhibitions and programs. Leila and Henry Luce III The Henry Luce Embarking on a new phase in the Museum's Foundation, Inc. history, with plans to expand and renovate Penny and David McCall exhibition space, we look forward to working Stephania and James C. A. with current benefactors and gaining new McClennen supporters of our programs and events. Raymond J. McGuire

6 The New Museum 19th Anniversary Benefit Gala Honors Agnes Gun� an� Catherine Saalfiel�

photo: Dave Dilly

As President of The , Both women have made enormous and Agnes Gund has been a consummate advocate inimitable contributions to American cultural for young and emerging artists, women's issues, life on a national as well as local level. We are and other worthy social causes, and a leading proud to celebrate their achievements and philanthropist in the area of arts education. support of The New Museum on the occasion Catherine Saalfield, a community activist of our 19th Anniversary. involved in gay and lesbian rights, AIDS awareness, and cultural education, works as a video producer, writer, and teacher. Catherine is also actively involved in The New Museum's fall exhibition alt.youth.media.

7 Gala Chair Artists Cathleen Lewis Laura Skoler Marina Abramovic Micah Lexier Afrika Adam Licht Gala Co-Chairs Jim Anderson Liza Lou Ellyn Dennison Luis Cruz Azaceta David Lowe Lola Goldring Txomin Badiola Robin Lowe Joanne Schnell John Baldessari Larry Mantella Jose Bedia Rica McBride Gala Commitee Dawoud Bey David McGee Madeleine Bennett Jean Blackburn Marilyn Minter Sunny Goldberg Paul Bloodgood Pieter Laurens Mo! Sharon King Hoge Barbara Bloom Vik Muniz Paula Krulak Luca Buvoli Todd Murphy Sally Lubell Mary Ellen Carroll Elizabeth Murray Stephania McC!ennen James Casebere Paul Myoda Karen Niedzielski Rene David Chamizo Nie Nicosia Michele Pesner Anne Chu Elizabeth Olbert Renate Shapiro Victoria Civera Yoko Ono Robert Colescott Tony Oursler Dealers Steering Ford Crull Catherine Owens Karin Davie Laura Owens TheNewMuseumOF CONTEMPORARY ART Committee George Adams Agnes Denes Paul Pagk Martina Baran Thornton Dial Roxy Paine 19th Anniversary Michael Black Jane Dickson Alix Pearlstein Tanya Bonakdar Lesley Dill Pierre et Gilles BENEFIT Russell Calabrese Eugenio Dittborn Liliana Porter Mark Fletcher Willie Doherty L.M. Post l Sandra Gering Roy Dowell Richard Prince Jay Gorney Marlene Dumas Steve Rand gaa Jeanne Greenberg Arturo Elizondo Jim Richard Frederika Hunter Tony Feher Faith Ringgold Wendy Osloff Teresita Fernandez Joana Rosa Ann Schaffer R. M. Fischer Sally Ross Jill Sussman Sylvie Fleury Thomas Ruff mART Maureen Gallace Aleya Saad Director Leon Golub Peter Saul Marcia Tucker Lee Gordon David Scher Tad Griffin Beverly Semmes AUCTION Auctionneer Joseph Grigely Andres Serrano Christophe Burge Freya Hansell Amy Sillman Chairman of Christie's Lyle Ashton Harris Claude Simard America Paula Hayes Joan Snyder Maxine Haye Peter Soriano Senior Curator Rachel Hecker George Stoll Dan Cameron Tony Hernandez Carol Szymanski Jose Antonio Jorge Tada Special Events Hernandez-Diez Kazumi Tanaka Coordinator Oliver Herring Mark Tansey Maureen Sullivan James Hill Jocelyn Taylor Jim Hodges Wolfgang Tillmans David Humphrey Fred Tomaselli Nene Humphrey Donald Traver Jacqueline Humphries Julian Trigo Prudencio Irazabal Nicola Tyson David Ivie Ike Ude Cisco Jimenez Dennis Kardon Juan Usie KCHO Douglas Wada Martin Kippenberger Kara Walker Jutta Koether John Waters Igor Kopyscianski William Wegman Svetlana Kopyscianski Matthew Weinstein K. K. Kozik Steven Westfall Guillermo Kuicca Allan Wexler Steve Kursh Daniel Wiener Greg Kwiacek Neil Winokur Sowon Kwon Thomas Woodruff Stephen Lack Rob Wynne Sang Nam Lee Lisa Yuskavage Zoe Leonard Nola Zirin Lauren Lesko Sol Lewitt

8 Participating Galleries Honorary Committee Jane Lombard Sponsor Tables 303 Gallery Mary Lea Bandy Leila and Henry* Luce III Agnes Gund and AC Project Room Stefano Basilico Gracie Mansion Daniel Shapiro ACA Galleries Clyde A. Beswick Curt Marcus Vera G. List George Adams Gallery Jackie and Irving Blum Richard Martin The Henry Luce Alexander and Bonin Gertraud and Dieter* Bogner Loring McAlpin Foundation, Inc. American Fine Arts Tanya Bonakdar Stephania and James C. A. * Richard Anderson Fine Arts Jean Carey and Max Bond McClennen Patron Tables Boeskyand Callery Gallery Louise Bourgeois Raymond McGuire* The Buhl Foundation, Inc. Tanya Bonakdar Gallery Wendy Brandow Ruth Messinger Ellyn and Saul Dennison Janet Borden, Inc. Karin Bravin and Paul Morris Stephania and James C. Paula Cooper Gallery John Post Lee Eileen* and Peter Norton McClennen and Jill Cotter Management Edye and Eli Broad Andrew Ong Penny and David McCall CRG Art C. Henry Buhl III Anne Pasternak Eileen and Peter Norton Deitch Projects Christine Burgin and Michele and Steven* Pesner Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro Andre Emmerich William Wegman Ann Philbin The Sister Fund Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Patti Birch Cadby Carole* and Richard Rifkind Time Warner Inc. Rosamund Felson Galleries Catherine Cahill and Terence Riley Sandra Gering Gallery William Bernhard Andrea Rosen Sponsor Seats Barbara Gladstone Gallery Colin Cathcart Mary Sabbatino Patti Cadby Birch Caren Golden Fine Art Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Barbara Sahlman Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cullman Jay Gorney Modern Art Cullman Patrick Savin* Ann and Graham Gund Greene NaftaliGallery Dr. Yael Danieli Magdalena Sawon Dorothy and Abraham Siegal Morris Healy Gallery David Deitcher Ann and Mel Schaffer Pat Hearn Gallery Cristina Delgado Joanne and Paul* Schnell Patron Seats Hirschi & Adler Modern Ellyn and Saul* Dennison Barbara Schwartz Mrs. Phelps-Cisneros Rhona Hoffman Gallery Zoe and Joel Dictrow Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz Elaine T. Cooper Paul Judelson Carol Dorsky and Harold Schwartz Elizabeth Enders Casey M. Kaplan Susan Dunne Marilyn and Herman * Lombard Freid Fine Arts June Kelly Gallery William S. Ehrlich Schwartzman Patricia Green Sean Kelly Gallery Eileen and Richard Anna Marie Tom Healy and Fred Kent Gallery, Inc. Ekstract and Robert Shapiro Hochberg Phyllis Kind Gallery Elizabeth Enders Daniel Shapiro Toby Devan Lewis Michael Klein Gallery Stephanie French Robert J. Shiffler* Leslie and Ron Rosenzweig Margo Leavin Gallery Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dorothy and Abraham Siegal Herman and Marilyn Bravin Post Lee Gallery Ganek Ingrid Sischy Schwartzman Lombard/Freid Fine Arts David Geffen Laura Skoler* Luhring Augustine Sunny and Brad Goldberg Jan Staller Special Contributions M-13 Howard Scott Gallery Caren Golden Ellen and Jerome Stern Margot and Norman Marlborough Gallery Thelma Golden Mr. and Mrs. Richard Talmadge Freedman Curt Marcus Gallery Barbara Goldfarb Frederieke S. Taylor David GeffenFoundation Bill Maynes Contemporary Art Lola and Allen A. and Tom Zollner Maren and Guenrer Hensler Metro Pictures Goldring * Phyllis and Alvin S. Trenk Emil Jennie Robert Miller Gallery Linda and Dr. William Laila Twigg-Smith* Mary Looker Nolan/Eckman Goldstein Gordon Veneklasen Philip Morris Companies, Inc. PaceWildenstein Gallery Manuel E. Gonzalez* Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Laurance Rockefeller Foundation Friedrich Petzel Gallery Alexander Gray and Joel Wachs Chassie Post Gallery David Padilla Cabrera Carolyn Wade ...and thanks for the generosity Postmasters Gallery Geoffrey Gund Angela Westwater of everyone who attended the Gala. P.P.O.W Penine Hart and David Leiber Max Protetch Gallery Helen M.Z. Harwood Terri Wolfe-Hirsch Quartet Editions Maren and Guenter Hensler I. Peter Wolff Arthur Roger Gallery Tom Healy and Fred Andrea Rosen Gallery Hochberg Galerie Samia Saouma Sharon King Hoge* Jack Shainman Gallery Melanie Hope Edition Schellmann Susan and Michael Hort Holly Solomon Gallery Barbara Jakobson Sonnabend Gallery Philip Johnson Sperone Westwater Gallery and David Whitney Carla Stellweg Gallery Paul Judelson Texas Gallery Sean Kelly Jack Tilton Gallery Dara Meyers Kingsley TZ'Art & Company and Evan Kingsley John Weber Gallery Nicole Klagsbrun Wessel O'Connor Michael Klein Elga Wimmer Gallery Phyllis and Edward Lauren Wittels Gallery Kwalwasser Wooster Gardens Margo Leavin David Zwirner Gallery David Leigh Toby Devan Lewis* Vera G. List*

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