2018 Guggenheim International Gala to Honor the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation and Philanthropists Dimitris Daskalopoulos and Alice Walton
Guggenheim Museum to host Pre-Party with special performance by Jorja Smith on November 14 and benefit dinner on November 15.
The 2018 Guggenheim International Gala is made possible by Dior.
(NEW YORK, NY—September 21, 2018)—The 2018 Guggenheim International Gala (GIG) takes place on November 14 and 15 in the museum’s landmark building and celebrates the generosity of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations and philanthropists Dimitris Daskalopoulos and Alice Walton. The festive events begin with the Pre-Party on Wednesday, November 14, featuring a special performance by R&B singer-songwriter Jorja Smith in the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda. The benefit dinner on the following evening, Thursday, November 15, pays tribute to the 2018 honorees in recognition of their longstanding and dedicated commitment to supporting the arts. The 2018 Guggenheim International Gala is made possible by Dior.
The 2018 Guggenheim International Gala is the museum’s signature fundraising event, providing essential support for its world-renowned exhibition and educational programming, and stewardship of the building and unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary works of art.
Gala cochairs are Christina and Robert Baker, Pietro Beccari, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Valerie and Charles Diker, Wendy Fisher and Dennis Goodman, Christine and Richard Mack, Phyllis and William Mack, and Denise and Andrew Saul.
Tickets to the Pre-Party go on sale September 21, and include a performance by Jorja Smith, an open bar, and a viewing of select paintings in Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future, the first major museum exhibition of the Swedish artist in the US. Tickets are $225 for members and $250 for general admission. A one-year membership to the Young Collectors Council (YCC) (valued at $600) may be combined with an individual ticket to the Pre-Party for the discounted price of $750. The event has limited capacity. For further information and to purchase tickets, visit guggenheim.org. For information on tickets to the GIG dinner on November 15, contact [email protected].
About Jorja Smith Since the release of her debut single, “Blue Lights,” in 2016, English R&B singer-songwriter Jorja Smith has received critical acclaim from media outlets including Complex, NPR, New York, New York Times, Pitchfork, and Vogue. In 2017, Smith joined Bruno Mars for the US portion of his world tour and collaborated with Drake on his mixtape More Life. She and Kendrick Lamar cowrote her single “I Am,” which was included on the Black Panther soundtrack. Winner of the BRITs Critics’ Choice award and shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2018, Smith will follow her recent appearances at Coachella, and on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with her fourth and largest US headlining tour in support of her debut album, Lost & Found, this fall.
About the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Founded in 1937, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of art, primarily of the modern and contemporary periods, through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The Guggenheim constellation of museums that began in the 1970s when the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, was joined by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, has since expanded to include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (opened 1997) and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi (currently in development). The Guggenheim Foundation continues to forge international collaborations that celebrate contemporary art, architecture, and design within and beyond the walls of the museum, including the Guggenheim Social Practice initiative, the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, and The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative. More information about the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation can be found at guggenheim.org.
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