Storm King holds its sixth annual gala dinner and live auction on October 1, 2015 at the Four Seasons in New York. The benefit honors The Duke of Devonshire and artist Andy Goldsworthy. The evening features cocktails, dinner and a live auction featuring works by Lynda Benglis, George Rickey, Richard Serra and Joel Shapiro.
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2014 Storm King Fall Gala. Photo by Benjamin Lozovsky: BFA.com.
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Cocktails begin at 6:30 p.m. with dinner served at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $1,500 to $5,000 with tables ranging from $15,000 to $75,000. To purchase tickets, click here.
Honorary chairs of the 2015 Storm King Gala are Sakurako and William Fisher, Sherry and Joel Mallin, Nancy and Steven Oliver, and Emily and Mitchell Rales. Gala chairs are Peter A. Bienstock, Stephen S. Trevor and Stephanie Hunt.
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2014 Storm King Fall Gala. Photo by Benjamin Lozovsky: BFA.com.
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Bids are already being accepted online. Click here to view online and place a pre-bid. Among the offerings are sculptures by George Rickey, Joel Shapiro and Lynda Benglis, whose work is currently the subject of a special exhibition at Storm King Art Center.
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"Lion Paw" by Lynda Benglis, 1983/2015. Cast pigmented acrylic, 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 19 1/2.
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"Beacon II" by George Rickey, 2001. Stainless steel, 24 x 19 x 6 inches.
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A color etching by Richard Serra and a day at Chatsworth with the Duke of Devonshire for up to six people are among the art and times for bid at Storm King's 2015 Gala held in New York City.
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"untitled (blue)" by Joel Shapiro, 2015. Wood and casein, 14 5/8 x 14 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches.
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"Transversal #3" by Richard Serra, 2004. 1-color etching, 90 x 48 inches.
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Storm King Art Center is set on 500-acres of fields and woodlands in the lower Hudson Valley. The outdoor sculpture park presents over 100 sculptures sited to speak to the landscape and to the art around it. The collection includes works by renown sculptors, many who are also Hamptons artists.
Included in the collection (or on long-term loan) are sculpture by Alice Aycock, Dennis Oppenheim, Roy Lichenstein, Joel Perlman, Alexander Calder, Isamu Noguchi, Grace Knowlton, Magdalena Abakonowicz, David Smith, Louise Nevelson, Louise Bourgeois, Nam June Paik, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen and many others.
Storm King also presents new exhibitions and installations each year. On view in 2015 are "Lynda Benglis: Water Sources" and "Outlooks: Luke Stettner".
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BASIC FACTS: Storm King's Annual Gala Dinner & Live Auction takes place on October 1, 2015 at The Four Seasons Restaurant in the Seagram Building, 99 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 p.m. To purchase tickets, click here. For information, email [email protected] or call Amy Zaltzman at 845-534-3115 x7109.
Storm King Art Center is located at 1 Museum Road, New Windsor, NY 12553. Storm King remains open through November. www.stormking.org.
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