American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Spring Gala! Thursday, April 25, 2013 The Pierre Hotel American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art 36 West 44th Street, Suite 1209 New York, NY 10036 To Dave Genser for the years Congratulations of dedicated leadership Suzanne Landau of the Director and Chief Curator American Friends of the of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Best wishes for great success, Herta and Paul Amir With friendship and best wishes, Herta and Paul Amir American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Spring Gala 2013 Honoring Patron of the Arts Martin Sanders Artist of the Year Tal R Leadership in Public Arts Tsipi Ben-Haim Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:30 pm Cocktails and Silent Auction 7:30 pm Dinner Dance and Live Auction The Pierre Hotel, New York Welcome David Genser AFTAM Chairman Motzi Adam Sanders Address Suzanne Landau Director and Chief Curator Tel Aviv Museum of Art Patron of the Arts Martin Sanders Presented by: Suzanne Landau Director and Chief Curator Tel Aviv Museum of Art Artist of the Year Tal R Introduction by: Anders Kold Curator & Head of Acquisitions Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Presented by: Joan Genser Leadership in Public Arts Tsipi Ben-Haim Presented by: Ambassador Ron Prosor Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Dinner and Dance Performance Burr Johnson Live Auction DawnMarie Kotsonis Auctioneer Musical Program Passacaglia of Handel-Halvorsen 2013 Recipient of the Irving and Mollie Sanders Memorial Juilliard / Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize Dane Johansen, Cellist 2012 Recipient of the Irving and Mollie Sanders Memorial Juilliard / Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize Sean Lee, Violinist Honorary Committee Paul and Herta Amir Mayor and Mrs. Ron Huldai Preston Scott Cohen Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo Leon and Michaela Constantiner US Senator Frank R. Lautenberg US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand George and Amy Roland Arne and Milly Glimcher Christopher Rothko and Lori Cohen Marian Goodman Gallery US Senator Charles E. Schumer Premier Host Committee Jill and Jay Bernstein Tamar Rudich Cheim & Read Gillian and Simon Salama-Caro Joan and David Genser Susan and Martin Sanders Jessica Mitrani Jane and Rabbi Barton Shallat Carol Penn Gala Committee Ellen Berger Marilyn Butler Marta Gucovsky Laura Kruger Jessica Mitrani Artist Committee Lili Almog Izhar Patkin John Baldessari Philip Pearlstein Zigi Ben-Haim Elizabeth Peyton Francesco Clemente Tal R Peter Coffin James Rosenquist Marylyn Dintenfass Michal Rovner Mark Dion Haim Steinbach Nir Hod Donald Sultan Jeff Koons Boaz Vaadia Committees in formation Selected Events Hosted by the American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art • Lecture by Christopher Rothko on the works of • A day in the Hamptons to visit Ellen and Jerome Mark Rothko Stern’s ‘Art Barn’, luncheon at the historic 1844 home of Vered and Janet Lehr to view their private art • Sotheby’s Pre-Auction Tour of Israeli Art with collection, followed by a tour of the Vered Gallery, Jennifer V. Roth, Senior Vice President, Sotheby’s concluding with visits to the studios of Eric Fischl and April Gornik. • “A Day of Art in Westchester County” viewing the collection of two leading American collectors, • Three-day art tour of Berlin led by art historian Sherry and Joel Mallin and Arthur and Carol Goldberg Alard von Rohr. Tour included visits to the homes of collectors Christian Boros, Manuela Alexejew, and • Tour of the art collection in the office and home of Dr. Erich Marx and studio visits with Anselm Reyle Jerry Speyer, one of the two founding partners of the and Rainer Fetting prominent New York real estate company Tishman Speyer • Visit to L&M Arts followed by a luncheon at the home of Dominique Levy and Dorothy Berwin to view their • Cocktails at fashion designer Lisa Perry’s penthouse contemporary art collection to view her Pop Art collection with James Rosenquist as special guest speaker • Cocktail party at the home of Dolores and Ralph Barnett in Chicago to view their contemporary art • Cocktail party hosted by Jo Carol Lauder to view collection. Gary Metzner, Senior Vice-President and Mr. and Mrs. Lauder’s art collection Fine Art Director of Sotheby’s, presented “An Insider’s View into the Auction World”. • A Day Trip to Greenwich, CT to view two private contemporary art collections: the residence of David • Inaugural Gala of the Chicago Chapter of the AFTAM and Jennifer Stockman and the Brant Foundation Art at the Standard Club in Chicago honoring as Patrons Study Center of the Arts: Jeffrey C. Rubenstein, Lewis Manilow and Dolores and Ralph Barnett • An afternoon in the home of Anita Kahn, a major collector of Alexander Calder, to view her collection • Five-day art tour of London led by art historian Alard von Rohr. Private tour of White Cube Gallery, Saatchi • Visit to the residence of Beth Rudin DeWoody to Gallery and home of Lord and Lady Rogers and the view her collection of contemporary art Collection of Pauline Karpidas • An evening lecture at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Gallery • “Queens for a Day” included visits to the studios with an open discussion by Leon Constantiner on of two emerging artists Georgi Tushev and Marianne “Building a Collection in Any Market, Any Time” Vitale, lunch at MoMA PS 1’s M. Wells Dinette and a private docent tour of the Museum • Private docent tour of John Baldessari retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art followed by dinner • “Art Day in Philadelphia” included a private docent in the Trustee’s Dining Room tour of the newly re-opened Barnes Foundation, luncheon at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Granite • A day excursion to view works from the collection Hill Restaurant, and a visit to the personal collection of Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy who are of Eileen Rosenau in her Bryn Mawr home and a tour among the top 200 art collectors in the world, of her four acre sculpture garden followed by a luncheon at Charlotte’s Restaurant in Millbrook, N.Y. and a private docent tour of • Two cocktail receptions and two dinner parties Dia:Beacon composed “Artful Evenings with the Tel Aviv Museum of Art” in Chicago. Hosts were artist Jeffrey Breslow • Cocktail party in the Chicago home of Sandi and the and Ginna Frantz, Dalia Ratner with honored guest late Tom Kully to view their collection of contemporary Hannah B Higgins, Yael and Howard Scott Silverman art. Works by Dubuffet, Jim Dine and Picasso, among with special guest Lincoln Schatz and Ellen Soren with others, were seen as well as an assemblage of art architect and designer Scott Himmel glass David Genser Welcome to the Annual Gala of the for the past twenty years. In addition American Friends of the Tel Aviv to making gifts of significant works of Museum of Art. We are gathered here art to the Museum’s permanent this evening to show our friendship collection, he established the Tel Aviv and support for the Tel Aviv Museum Museum/Juilliard Prize in 2009 in of Art, one of Israel’s leading honor of his parents, Irving and Mollie museums of contemporary art and Sanders. The prize winner, chosen by home to the largest collection of Juilliard, performs at the Tel Aviv Israeli art in the world. Museum of Art each year. Martin’s Tonight we are privileged to be steadfast friendship and support presenting Martin Sanders with reflects the true meaning of AFTAM’s “Patron of the Arts” award. philanthropy in its many forms. A philanthropist and collector, an It is an honor to present Tal R with ardent Zionist and devoted husband, AFTAM’s “Artist of the Year” award. father and grandfather, Martin has Tal R’s canvases have gained him been a member of the AFTAM Board international recognition for his unique vision of depicting shifting realities, nearly 200 art projects in New York hovering between dream and and around the world. Four “Peace nightmare, fantasy and reality. He is Walls” were created by young people represented in prestigious galleries in in Harlem, Pakistan, Tel Aviv-Jaffa and Europe and at Cheim & Read in New London. A fifth “Peace Wall” is York. Tal R was born in Tel Aviv and scheduled for Berlin. moved to Denmark with his parents In the Gala Journal you will see when a child where he still works and many beautiful images drawn from the lives. He is our first “Artist of the Year” Museum’s outstanding permanent to create two limited editions of collection. It will give you some idea eighteen impressions for which we of the breadth and depth of the are very grateful. Museum’s holdings, a treasure for the We are proud to award Tsipi people of Israel and a gift to the Ben-Haim AFTAM’s "Leadership in world. Public Art" Award for her tireless work Have a wonderful evening! as Executive and Creative Director of CITYarts. Tsipi is a passionate David Genser supporter of youth engagement and Chairman the arts. She has brought together over 100,000 children, 500 professional artists and 500,000 volunteers to work together creating murals and mosaics whose aim is to promote peace and understanding. She has spearheaded the creation of Suzanne Landau Dear Friends, It is a pleasure to bring greetings from Tel Aviv to all the Museum’s American Friends. It has been six months since I have officially begun my role as Director and Chief Curator of the Museum, an intensive period of transition filled with many ideas, hopes, and dreams. Presently, we are in the midst of an exceptionally fruitful and vibrant moment, with a record-breaking 750,000 annual visitors who have viewed the broad spectrum of our exhibition program of international art including: Douglas Gordon, John Stezaker, as well as Israeli artists, Pinchas Cohen Gan, Naftali Bezem, and Angelica Schatz.