Public Art Fund Magazine 2014

Magazine 2014

Exhibitions Exhibitions Lightness Lightness of Being of Being Iran Iran do do Espírito Espírito Santo Santo Playground Playground Katharina Katharina Grosse Grosse Just Just TwoTwo of Us of Us Olaf Olaf Breuning Breuning Clouds Clouds Danh Danh Vo Vo WeWe TheThe People People Public Public Programs Programs & Events & Events Talks Talks at The at The New New School, School, FallFall 2013 2013 IranIran do do Espírito Espírito Santo, Santo, Mark Mark Manders, Manders, Allora Allora & Calzadilla & Calzadilla Talks Talks at The at The New New School, School, Spring Spring 2014 2014 Sam Sam Durant, Durant, Katharina Katharina Grosse, Grosse, Elmgreen Elmgreen & Dragset & Dragset Exhibition Exhibition Openings Openings 2014 2014 Spring Spring Benefit Benefit

Doris C. Freedman Plaza Iran do EspĂ­rito Santo: Playground Sep 10, 2013 - Feb 16, 2014

Olaf Breuning: Clouds Mar 4 - Aug 24, 2014

Rockefeller Center Jeff Koons: Split-Rocker Jun 25 - Sep 12, 2014

The New School Public Art Fund Talks

Fall 2013 & Spring 2014

City Hall Park Lightness of Being Jul 25 - Dec 13, 2013

City Hall Park & Brooklyn Bridge Park Danh Vo: We The People May 16 - Dec 5, 2014

MetroTech Commons Katharina Grosse: Just Two of Us Oct 27 2013 - Jul 13, 2014

Magazine 2014

July 2013 - June 2014

Public Art Fund brings dynamic contemporary art to a broad audience in New York City by mounting ambitious free exhibitions of international scope and impact that offer the public powerful experiences with art and the urban environment.

Board of Directors Jill Kraus

Staff Nicholas Baume

Chairman

Director and Chief Curator

Susan K. Freedman

Micah Bozeman

President

Assistant Project Manager

Andrew R. Brownstein, Esq.

Megan Burns

Vice President

Executive Assistant

Matthew C. Harris

Nora Gomez

Vice President

Lloyd Frank, Esq.

Communications and Digital Media Manager

Secretary

Jesse Hamerman

Charles Short

Senior Project Manager

Treasurer

Andria Hickey

Matthew D. Bass Mickey Cartin Sophie Crichton Stuart Elizabeth Fearon Pepperman Wendy Fisher Sara Fitzmaurice Patricia E. Harris Allen Kolkowitz Linda Lennon Holly Lipton Ronay Menschel Rob Pruitt Linda R. Safran Patty Silverstein Jonathan Sobel Billie Tsien David Wine Jenny Dixon

Associate Curator

Emeritus

Barbara Joelson Fife

Kellie Honeycutt Communications Director

Rachel Nawi

Interns: Elsie Alonso Communications

Emilia Alvarez Development Communications

Devra Freelander Projects

Yvonne Gómez Durand Development

Nicholas Irvin Curatorial Research Assistant Communications

Sarah Parker Curatorial

Catherine Peebles Projects

Anna Poe-Kest Projects & Curatorial

Development Associate Manager

Joni Renee Todd

Another thing I love to see is how differently artists approach the same space. Take Doris C. Freedman Plaza for example. Iran’s work, an elegant and perceptually engaging meditation on the form of a cube, followed Thomas Schütte’s figurative United Enemies (which I’m delighted to report is now in MoMA’s Sculpture Garden). In turn, Olaf’s fantasy of sky blue cartoon clouds at the entrance to Central Park makes us see the space as a picture rather than as a volume.

Of course, many of the artists we work with are at earlier stages in their careers. For example, emerging talents Alicja Kwade and Cristian Andersen were both featured in the group exhibition Lightness of Being at City Hall Park. In fact, that was a multi-generational show, paying tribute to the influence of the late, great Austrian artist Franz West, whose last major outdoor sculpture was shown for the first time.

Alexa Mauzy

Sam Rauch Courtney Stern

At Public Art Fund, it’s always very exciting to offer an artist their first opportunity to conceive a major public work for New York City. Looking back on the past twelve months’ exhibitions and programs, I’m struck by the number of firsts. Iran do Espírito Santo, Katharina Grosse, and Olaf Breuning each presented ambitious and remarkable new commissions. Iran, Katharina and Olaf are well-established international artists with impressive exhibition histories, yet creating a significant new public work in New York City is no easy task. Each of them drew on years of experience to pull off this “debut” with such distinction.

Lillian Chen

Development Director Project Manager

Letter from the Director and Chief Curator

Roxanne Sluszny Development

Emma Wells Communications

Finance and Human Resources Manager

Publication Executive Editor Kellie Honeycutt Deputy Editor Nora Gomez Contributors Nicholas Baume, Andria Hickey, Kellie Honeycutt

Emeritus

This spring, Brooklyn Bridge Park and City Hall Park became twin venues for Danh Vo’s brilliant installation of elements from his monumental, multi-part work, We The People. Shown publicly for the first time in New York, the exhibition is something of a homecoming for the piece, which is based on the Statue of Liberty.

The best-attended, most successful event in the history of Public Art Fund, our spring benefit broke all records, raising more than $950,000. Special thanks to Olaf Breuning, David Colman, Liz Glynn, Rob Pruitt, Ugo Rondinone, and Erin Shirreff for this year’s terrific artists’ projects.

The summer is now off to a dazzling start with the launch of Jeff Koons’ breathtaking SplitRocker at Rockefeller Center. It’s on view through September 12th to coincide with his retrospective at the Whitney Museum. I hope you’ll join millions of visitors to see the flowering follow-up to Puppy, which we brought to Rockefeller Center back in 2000.

Thank you for your enthusiasm, engagement, and support this year! Do join us at Metrotech Commons on July 30th for the opening of our spectacular new exhibition, Sam Falls: Light Over Time.

Cheers,

Public Art Fund is a nonprofit organization supported by contributions from individuals, foundations, corporations and, in part, with funds from government agencies, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Nicholas Baume

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Lightness of Being

Cristian Andersen, James Angus, Olaf Breuning, Daniel Buren, Evan Holloway, Alicja Kwade, Sarah Lucas, Ugo Rondinone, David Shrigley, Gary Webb, Franz West City Hall Park Bordered by Broadway, Chambers Street, Centre Street, and Park Row, Manhattan July 25 - December 13, 2013

This group exhibition brought together a multigenerational, international group of eleven artists whose works share a playful and irreverent attitude toward the formal ideals of classical sculpture. Everyday objects shifted in scale to become larger than life or lose their functionality altogether; art historical references were transformed with a sense of wit and whimsy; and brightly colored objects and unusual forms brought a sense of levity to the show. At once lighthearted and enigmatic, the exhibition featured several works intended for public interaction as well as a weekly performance.

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Curated by Nicholas Baume & Andria Hickey This exhibition is made possible by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Special thanks to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, LMDC Chairman Avi Schick, and LMDC President David Emil.

Major support is provided by the Kraus Family Foundation.

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Additional support is provided by David Teiger, the National Endowment for the Arts, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Special thanks to the Office of the Mayor, Office of the Manhattan Borough President, Department of Cultural Affairs, and Department of Parks & Recreation.

1. Gary Webb, Buzzing it Down, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Bortolami Gallery, NY. 2. David Shrigley, Metal Flip Flops, 2001. Private Collection, USA. Courtesy of the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery and Anton Kern Gallery, NY. 3. Alicja Kwade, Journey without arrival (Raleigh), 2012/2013 Courtesy of the artist.

4. Evan Holloway, Willendorf Wheel, 2013. Courtesy of the artist and Harris Lieberman Gallery.

5. Ugo Rondinone, dog days are over, 1996/2013. Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, NY. Photo: Liz Ligon.

6. Cristian Andersen, inverse reverse obverse, 2013. Courtesy private collection.

7. Sarah Lucas, Florian and Kevin, 2013. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels and Sadie Coles, London.

8. Franz West, Untitled, 2012 (finished posthumously). Franz West Foundation, courtesy Gagosian Gallery.

9. Olaf Breuning, The Humans, 2007. Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures.

Daniel Buren. Photo Souvenir: Suncatcher, 2013. Š DB & ADAGP Paris.

10. James Angus, John Deere Model D, 2013 Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise All photos: Jason Wyche except where noted.

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Iran do Espírito Santo Playground Doris C. Freedman Plaza Central Park, 60th Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan September 10, 2013 - February 16, 2014

In his signature minimalist style, Iran do Espírito Santo’s 13-foot-square work Playground subtly played with the idea of perception versus reality. At first glance it appeared to be a massive cube made from large stone blocks, several of which were missing at the corners. However, on closer examination, it became evident that the work was not constructed out of individual elements but was cast in stone-like concrete as a unified form. The deliberately fragmented openings allowed transparency into the cube and formed seats for visitors at the busy southeast entrance to Central Park.

Curated by Nicholas Baume Made possible by Itaú BBA, with support from Itaú Cultural in association with Be Brasil.

Public Art Fund exhibitions are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Special thanks to the Office of the Mayor, Office of the Manhattan Borough President, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Parks & Recreation, and Central Park Conservancy.

Playground is courtesy of Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, and Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo.

Scan the QR to relive the exhibition through the passing of the seasons, and watch some of our younger visitors take the work’s title quite literally.

Iran do Espírito Santo, Playground, 2013 Courtesy of Aleks Braz, the artist, Sean Kelly Gallery, and Fortes Vilaça Gallery. Photos: Jason Ewing.

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Katharina Grosse Just Two of Us MetroTech Commons Between Jay Street and Flatbush Avenue at Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn October 27, 2013 - July 13, 2014

For Just Two of Us, Katharina Grosse’s first outdoor work in the United States, the artist placed eighteen large, irregularly shaped sculptures in two separate clusters among the trees of MetroTech Commons. These masses of jutting, brightly spraypainted forms transformed the space into an undulating sculptural landscape; its craggy peaks calling to mind unearthly forms like a jagged Technicolor quarry or piles of meteor debris. In contrast to their monumental scale and brutal shape, the ridges and valleys of each object created a delicate interplay of depth, movement, and light.

Curated by Andria Hickey Katharina Grosse: Just Two of Us at MetroTech Commons is part of an ongoing program organized by Public Art Fund, and sponsored by MetroTech Commons Associates and MetroTech companies including Forest City Ratner Companies, JPMorganChase, National Grid, WellChoice, and Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Special thanks to Forest City Ratner Companies and First New York Partners.

Public Art Fund exhibitions are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

@PublicArtFund #JustTwoOfUs Katharina Grosse, Just Two of Us, 2013 Courtesy of the artist and Johann KĂśnig, Berlin.

Photos: James Ewing

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Olaf Breuning Clouds

Doris C. Freedman Plaza Central Park, 60th Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan March 4 - August 24, 2014

Olaf Breuning’s installation, Clouds, towers nearly 35 feet above Doris C. Freedman Plaza. Held aloft among the trees of Central Park by rudimentary steel supports, the six bright blue clouds are made of polished and painted aluminum and were cut to match a hand drawing by the artist. Calling to mind the set design of a school play or child-like drawings of the sky, the idea for this work is inspired by one of the artist’s staged photographs. Blending reality with fiction and refined forms with a do-ityourself aesthetic, this new work is a whimsical addition to the Midtown Manhattan skyline.

Curated by Andria Hickey This exhibition is generously supported by Elizabeth Fearon Pepperman & Richard C. Pepperman II and Wendy Fisher.

Additional support is provided by Linda Lennon & Stuart Baskin; Holly & Jonathan Lipton; the Ringier Collection, Switzerland; and Linda & Andrew Safran.

Public Art Fund exhibitions are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Special thanks to the Office of the Mayor, Office of the Manhattan Borough President, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Parks & Recreation, and Central Park Conservancy.

Clouds is courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures.

Olaf Breuning, Clouds, 2013 Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures.

Photo, top: Liz Ligon bottom: James Ewing

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Danh Vo We The People

Brooklyn Bridge Park , Pier 3 Uplands, Brooklyn City Hall Park, Bordered by Broadway, Chambers Street, Centre Street, and Park Row, Manhattan May 17 - December 5, 2014

Danh Vo’s We The People is a life-size copper replica of the Statue of Liberty in more than 250 individual parts, fabricated over the course of three years using the original techniques and materials. While components have been shown in exhibitions across the globe, this major dual-site exhibition features more than 50 pieces of the work and marks its largest public presentation to date. A poetic gesture as much as a sculptural feat, Vo’s multipart copy of the Statue of Liberty is a metaphor for the circulation of cultural values. Like a monumentally-scaled puzzle, these forms ask us to reconsider liberty as it exists globally and locally.

Curated by Andria Hickey Danh Vo: We The People is presented as part of the Public Art Fund at Brooklyn Bridge Park Program, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

The Leadership Committee for the exhibition is gratefully acknowledged, including Jill & Peter Kraus, founding members; Billie Tsien & Tod Williams; Marcia Dunn & Jonathan Sobel; Agnes Gund; Sonia & Christian Zugel; Wendy Fisher; Patricia & Howard Silverstein; Mickey Cartin; Carlo Bronzini Vender & Tanya Traykovski; Linda Lennon & Stuart Baskin; James Keith Brown & Eric Diefenbach; Robert Soros; Maureen & Cyrus Deboo; and anonymous.

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The exhibition is also generously supported by the AllianceBernstein Foundation and The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, with additional support provided by Outset USA, Bank of America, and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy.

We The People (detail) (2011-14) is presented with the generous support of Galerie Chantal Crousel. Danh Vo’s new garden commission on view in City Hall Park is presented with the generous support of Marian Goodman Gallery.

Public Art Fund exhibitions are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Special thanks to the Office of the Mayor, Office of the Manhattan Borough President, Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Parks & Recreation, and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

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Danh Vo, We The People (detail), 2011-14 2, 5. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris 1, 3, 4. Collection François Odermatt, Montreal Photos: James Ewing

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Jeff Koons Split-Rocker

Rockefeller Center Plaza, Between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and 49th and 50th Streets, Manhattan June 25 - September 12, 2014

This June, Jeff Koons’ Split-Rocker, the spectacular planted form towering more than 37 feet in height and featuring some 50,000 flowering plants, made its New York City debut at Rockefeller Center to coincide with the opening of the artist’s retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. This is the second time one of the artist’s topiary sculptures has graced the plaza; in the summer of 2000, Puppy became a beloved fixture at the site for just over 13 weeks and in 2009 was named “Artwork of the Decade” by New York magazine.

Curated by Nicholas Baume Presented by Gagosian Gallery and organized by Public Art Fund and Tishman Speyer

Jeff Koons, Split-Rocker, 2000 Stainless steel, soil, geotextile fabric, internal irrigation system, and live flowering plants 446 7/8 x 483 1/8 x 427 5/8 inches 1,135.1 x 1,227.1 x 1,086.2 cm Edition of 1 plus 1 AP (c) Jeff Koons. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery and Public Art Fund. Photography by Tom Powel Imaging

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P ublic P rograms

Public Art Fund Talks Square Pegs, Round Holes: From White Cube to Public Sphere Fall 2013 at The New School Iran do Espírito Santo, Mark Manders, Allora & Calzadilla Encounters: Artists, Cities and Communities Spring 2014 at The New School Sam Durant, Katharina Grosse, Elmgreen & Dragset

The Fall 2013 Talks at the New School series was titled Square Pegs, Round Holes: From White Cube to Public Sphere. As we all know, approaching public spaces can prove both challenging and incredibly rewarding for artists and audiences alike. Our season invited artists to shed light on how they work through the process of moving from the gallery to the public sphere.

The season began with a talk by Iran do Espírito Santo, occasioned by his new commission, Playground, at Doris C. Freedman Plaza. One of Brazil’s most accomplished contemporary artists, he shared examples of projects that revealed the connections between his discrete objects that investigate different materials and his more immersive installation works, showing how both explore the limits of perception and illusion.

Dutch artist Mark Manders presented the second talk last fall, sharing personal anecdotes and unexpected references for the varied, often humorous, visual vocabulary that recurs throughout his practice. Although primarily a studio-based artist, Manders made it clear that a consideration for public context always drives him: “When I make a work, I tend to imagine it for

myself, not for others. But I also want it to be a part of the real world. So every time I finish a work, I imagine it in a supermarket. I test if it can survive there, without a museum or gallery, without the label of ‘artwork.’”

Allora & Calzadilla presented the final talk of the season. Collaborators since 1995, the duo cross myriad boundaries between public and private space throughout their practice. Their talk focused on how their work has used music and sound to investigate current and historical sociopolitical subjects. Calzadilla concluded: “Our journey into the subject of how music

functions in the public sphere has ultimately been an exploration of a series of relations, which are sketched out in different ways throughout our work. These are: the relations between proportions and disproportions; harmony and disharmony; commensurable and incommensurable relations.”

The Spring 2014 series, Encounters: Artists, Cities and Communities, focused on artists’ engagement with the cities and sites they encounter when presenting work in public space. These talks vividly illustrated how considerations of place and people are always paramount when working in the public realm.

The season began with Sam Durant, who provided important contexts for works that have created unexpected encounters in both public spaces and traditional galleries. With political conviction and good humor, Durant proposed a pragmatic way of engaging audiences: “It’s the

non-initiated audience – people who have no training in contemporary art, or any kind of art – that are my ideal viewers. There are no assumptions – they just look at what’s there. And they get it. I think we often get hung up on this idea that you need to know so much about art to ‘get’ the artwork… I think the less one knows, the more interesting the work is.”

Katharina Grosse presented the second talk on the occasion of Just Two of Us, her monumental New York debut, which was on view at MetroTech Commons in Downtown Brooklyn this past year. The talk traced her work’s trajectory, from her first experiments in painting unconventional surfaces, found objects, gallery spaces, and personal belongings, to her most recent large-scale installations. Discussing the MetroTech work, Grosse expressed its site-responsiveness: “I was

hoping to have the trees pierce through the work… People would walk through, and there were light reactions, different weather conditions… So while the work was artificial, all the rest of the world would shine through it… The community would react, and between all these forces there have been incalculable reactions that have been amazing to see.”

Elmgreen & Dragset concluded the season, punctuating it with a lively discussion of their approach to art in the public realm, which has included curatorial projects, actions, and outdoor sculptures in cities across the globe. Their remarkable sensitivity to local contexts and the challenges of civic engagement shared a new dimension of public art with our audiences.

We are looking forward to another exciting season of talks. Please check our website for details on the fall lineup.

Andria Hickey, Associate Curator (Exhibitions & Public Programs)

Public Art Fund Talks at The New School are organized by Public Art Fund in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.

This program is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Elmgreen & Dragset It’s Never Too Late To Say Sorry, 2011/2012 Part of Public Art Fund’s Common Ground exhibition, May 24, 2012 – Nov 30, 2012 Courtesy: Sculpture International Rotterdam Photo: Jason Wyche

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Playground Iran do Espírito Santo

Lightness of Being Preview & Reception (July 24, 2013)

Viewing & Luncheon (September 10, 2013) 1 Nicholas Baume, dog days are over performance, Ugo Rondinone 2 Glenn Fuhrman, Susan K. Freedman 3 Lisa Roumell, Mark Rosenthal 4 Max Falkenstein, Barbara Gladstone, Ugo Rondinone 5 Nancy Cutler, Anita Contini, Malia Simonds 6 Yayoi Sakurai, Beth Campbell, Martin Basher 7 Jenny Dixon, Susan K. Freedman, Karen Freedman 8 Nicholas Baume, Matthew Higgs

1 Patty Silverstein, Susan K. Freedman, Jill Kraus, Sara Fitzmaurice, Lori Reinsberg 2 Susan K. Freedman, Linda Safran, Nicholas Baume 3 Nicholas Baume, Sean Kelly, Iran do Espírito Santo, Cecile Panzieri 4 Alessandra d’Aloia, guest Photos: Liz Ligon

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Just Two of Us Katharina Grosse Preview & Reception (October 27, 2013) 1 Susan K. Freedman, Nicholas Baume, Katharina Grosse, David Berliner, Andria Hickey 2 Linda Genereux, Katharina Grosse, David Berliner, Betsy Jacobs, Timur Galen Photos: Liz Ligon

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Clouds Olaf Breuning Viewing & Luncheon (March 4, 2014) 3 Helene Winer, Olaf Breuning, Nicholas Baume, Janelle Reiring, Tom Heman 4 Nicholas Baume, Elizabeth Fearon Pepperman, Stephen Fearon, Sarah Fearon 5 Tanya Traykovski, Carlo Bronzini Vender, Gianni Jetzer 6 Nicholas Baume, Patty Silverstein, Lori Reinsberg 7 Crowd 8 Matthew & Erin Bass 9 Julia Fowler, Linda Lennon 10 Sean Johnson, Olaf Breuning 11 Andria Hickey, Allison Card

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We The People Danh Vo Previews & Reception (May 15 & 16, 2014)

1 Chantal Crousel, Susan K. Freedman, Regina Myer, Nancy Webster 2 Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, Guest, Jessie WashburneHarris, Christian Rattemeyer 3 Linda Yablonsky, Katrin Sigurdardottir, Frederick Janka 4 Nicholas Baume, Chet Krayewski, Andria Hickey, Charles Short 5 Monica Manzutto, Alberto Bremermann 6 Oliver Hirt, Thea Westreich, Ethan Wagner 7 Tanya Traykovski, Danh Vo, Carlo Bronzini Vender 8 Eric Diefenbach, Jill Kraus, James Keith Brown 9 Danh Vo, Rose Lord, Peter Currie 10 Linda Lennon, Susan K. Freedman, Elizabeth Fearon Pepperman 11 Susan K. Freedman, Tom Finkelpearl 12 Peter & Jill Kraus

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Split-Rocker Jeff Koons Viewing & Luncheon (June 25, 2014)

1 Larry Gagosian, Jeff Koons 2 Justine Koons, Nicholas Baume 3 Harvey Sawikin, Andrea Krantz, Nicholas Baume 4 Jill Kraus, Susan K. Freedman 5 Agnes Gund, Jeff Koons 6 Brice Marden, Mirabelle Marden

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7 Patricia Harris, Jerry Speyer, Marie-Josée Kravis 8 Chrissie Erpf, Leelee Sobieski 9 James Keith Brown, Scott Rothkopf, Nicholas Baume 10 Patricia E. Harris, Adam Weinberg, Susan K. Freedman 11 Andrew & Elise Brownstein, Charles Short 12 Edythe & Eli Broad

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2014 Spring Benefit April 10, 2014 Center548 On April 10, more than 500 guests joined Public Art Fund to celebrate an extraordinary year of exhibitions and public programs. Guests were treated to artist projects by Olaf Breuning, David Colman, Liz Glynn, Rob Pruitt, and Ugo Rondinone.

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Benefit Co-Chairs Ben Fink Shapiro Sara Fitzmaurice Desiree Gruber & Kyle MacLachlan Patricia E. Harris & Mark D. Lebow Jill & Peter Kraus Linda Lennon & Stuart Baskin Ugo Rondinone Patty & Howard Silverstein 4 1 Tony Oursler, Brad Cloepfil, Lisa Strausfeld 2 Tom Slaughter, Mark Lebow, Patricia E. Harris, Wendy Fisher 3 Nicholas Baume, Thelma Golden, Steve Henry 4 Nicholas Baume, Jennifer Harris, Matthew Harris 5 Caroline Safran, Lori Zabar, Linda Safran, Andrew Safran 6 Lloyd Frank, Beatrice Frank, Norman A. Jenkins 7 Thessaly La Force, Rob Pruitt 8 Nicholas Baume, David Wine 9 JD Samson 10 Matthew & Erin Bass 11 Katie Parfenoff, Mickey Cartin, Walton Ford, ZoÍ Lescaze 12 Ben Fink Shapiro, Lindsay Cohen, Katy Zinn, Nikki Cohen 13 Patty & Howard Silverstein 14 Ariel Nathanson, Alexis Stoudemire, Desiree Gruber 15 Erana Stennett, John Reddick 16 Harvey Sawikin, Linda Lennon, Andrew Brownstein, Elise Brownstein 17 Alice Weiner, Emma Fernberger, Alex Logsdail, Lawrence Weiner 18 Robert Soros, Helen Warwick, Tracey Ryans, Sara Fitzmaurice 19 Jill & Peter Kraus Photos 1,2, 4, 5, 6 ŠPatrick McMullan Photos 2, 7-19 BFA NYC

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Director’s Circle The Director’s Circle is a dynamic membership group that ensures that Public Art Fund has the resources needed to advance its mission and present remarkable exhibitions across New York City. Members enjoy special access to artists, private collections, art fairs, and more.

Over the past year, members had intimate art encounters and gained rich insights into the practice of some of the most exciting artists working today. Events included:

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A first-look tour of artist Ugo Rondinone’s remarkable new studio.

Dinner with the artist duo Allora & Calzadilla.

A tour of Tony Oursler’s studio and the collection of fascinating objects he features in his work.

A celebratory luncheon with artist Olaf Breuning.

A tour of the JP Morgan Chase Art Collection.

A cocktail reception with artist Danh Vo. A tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park with renowned landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh.

Complimentary access to Public Art Fund Talks, an artist lecture series.

VIP access to international art fairs and special programming at Art Basel Miami Beach.

With a gift of $5,000, you can join other art enthusiasts in the Director’s Circle and take part in a year of special events. Your dues—$4,800 of which are tax-deductible— will provide vital funds that support the realization of innovative exhibitions in public spaces across New York City.

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Public Support Lower Manhattan Development Corporation; National Endowment for the Arts; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York State Council on the Arts

Contributors $100,000 & Above Bloomberg Philanthropies; Gagosian Gallery; Jennifer & Matthew Harris; Itaú BBA & Itaú Cultural; Sean Kelly Gallery & Galeria Fortes Vilaça; Jill & Peter Kraus $50,000-$99,999 AllianceBernstein Foundation; Galerie Chantal Crousel; Marcia Dunn & Jonathan Sobel; Wendy Fisher; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Metro Pictures; The Silverweed Foundation; Vital Projects Fund, Inc. $25,000-$49,999 Erin & Matthew Bass; Elise & Andrew Brownstein; Mickey Cartin; Charina Endowment Fund; Elizabeth Fearon Pepperman & Richard C. Pepperman II; Marian Goodman Gallery; Agnes Gund; Linda Lennon & Stuart Baskin; Holly & Jonathan Lipton; Lisson Gallery; Ronay & Richard Menschel; Outset USA; Patricia & Howard Silverstein; Sheryl & Daniel Tishman; Billie Tsien & Tod Williams; Sonia & Christian Zugel $10,000-$24,999 Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.; Roland Augustine; Bank of America; James Keith Brown & Eric Diefenbach; Sophie Crichton Stuart; Beatice Bonnet Dian; Katherine Farley & Jerry Speyer; Sara Fitzmaurice; Amanda & Glenn Fuhrman; Gladstone Gallery; Courtney & Joe Goldsmith; Liz & Steve Gruber; The Marc Haas Foundation; Hauser & Wirth; Barbara J. Fife; Chet Krayewski & Charles Short; Sarah & Eric Lane; Lawrence Luhring; Michael MacElhenny & David Wine; Elin & Michael Nierenberg; Red Crane Foundation; Ringier Collection, Switzerland; Linda & Andrew Safran; Robert Soros; Peggy & David Tanner; Tanya Traykovski & Carlo Bronzini Vender; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Lise & Jeffrey Wilks

$1,000-$4,999 Anonymous; 303 Gallery; Diane Ackerman; Ades Foundation; Nancy & Ziggy Alderman; Carolyn Alexander; Peggy & Keith Anderson; Ark Restaurants Corp.; Jackie Barth & Jay Nydick; Paul Beirne; Miriam Bender Birge & Jon Birge; Melissa & Dan Berger; Toni & Seth Bernstein; Todd Bishop; Blum & Poe; Marianne Boesky & Liam Culman; Tanya Bonakdar; Brookyln Bridge Park Conservancy; Gavin Brown’s enterprise; Angela & Jacob Buchdahl; Gabriel Catone; Jim Chanin; Cheim & Read; Lori & Alexandre Chemla; James Cohan Gallery; Pippa Cohen; Tami & Larry Cohen; Consulate General of the Netherlands; Anita Contini & Stephen Van Anden; Tomas Daniel; Hester Diamond; Michael DuPont; Joan Feeney & Bruce Phillips; Karen J. Freedman & Roger E. Weisberg; Hugh Freund; Mr. & Mrs. Jim Gingrich; Suzanne Gluck & Thomas Dyja; Jay Gorney; Paula Grant Berry; Great Island Foundation; Great Performances; The William and Mary Greve Foundation; The Grodzins Fund; Eleanor Grosz; Mimi and Peter Haas Fund; Lynne & Harold Handler; Michele Hirschman & Russell Pearce; Manuela Hoelterhoff; Richard J. Jacobs; Samita & Howard Jacobs; Randye Kaplan & Gerald Blitstein; Rochelle & Barry Kaplan; Stuart Katz and Jane Martin Fund; Herbert J. Kayden; Kate & Robert Keith; Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation; Ellen Kern; Shahriar Khan; Allen Kolkowitz & Chris Kusske; Andrew Kreps; Krzysztof Latocha; Galerie Lelong; The Lemberg Foundation - Usdan Family; Traci & Mark Lerner; Frances and Jack Levy Foundation; Judith Lewis; Dorothy Lichtenstein; Lizbeth Marano & Mel Bochner; Matthew Marks; Lori & John Massad; Lisa R. Messinger & Aaron D. Panken; Laura Mitterrand; Lori & David Moore; Kara & James Moore; Daria Myers-Schrage; Simon Preston; Sue Ellen Rittmaster; Amy & Richard Ruben; Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin; Fiona & Eric Rudin; Andrew Ruth; Caroline Safran; Joanne & Paul Schnell; Jody Schwartz; Laura Skoler; Erana Stennett; Lisa Strausfeld & Brad Cloepfil; Nicki & Harold Tanner; Times Square Alliance; Troutman Sanders LLP; Gordon VeneKlasen; Andrea & Paul Vizcarrondo, Jr.; Helen & Peter Warwick; Jane & Phil Waterman; Dorsey Waxter & Richard Armstrong; Elaine & Alan Weiler; Roby & Joshua Weinreich; Allison Weisberg & Peter Barker-Huelster; Todd Welsch; Audrey & Richard Zinman; Dana Zucker & Brahm Cramer $500-$999 Paul Arnhold; Abby & Matt Bangser; Laurie Beckelman; Liddy Berman; Bortolami Gallery; Nikki Laura Cohen; The Commonwealth Fund; Gordon J. Davis; Maureen & Cyrus Deboo; Charlotte Feng Ford; Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman; Hope Friedland; Pamela Friedlander & Steve Yesner; Nancy & Dennis Gilbert; Marieluise Hessel; Jewish Communal Fund; Gary Kahn; Birgit Kurtz; Brenda Levin; Patty Newburger & Brad Wechsler; Laura Paulson; Javier Perez; Galerie Perrotin; Platt Byard Dovell White Architects LLP;

In-Kind Charles Renfro; Brooke Richman; Fran & Eric Rosenfeld; Nicole Russo; Judy and Warren Tenney Foundation; Jean & Raymond Troubh; Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; Cecily von Ziegesar & Richard Griggs; Jessie Washburne-Harris & Michael Lieberman; Tamara Weg; Daniel Weisberg; Lori Zabar & Mark Mariscal $100-$499 Anonymous (6); E.B. Alexander; Enid & Jerome Alpern; Helena Anrather; Judith & Alan Appelbaum; Karen & Gregory Arenson; ArtTable; Alice Aycock; Judith Balick-Fried; Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund; Staci & John Barber; The Doreen and Gilbert Bassin Family Foundation; Amanda Bauer; Nicholas Baume; Sarah Bell & Gregg Trueman; Jessica & Kenneth Berkowitz; Dorothy Beskind Foundation; Adam Blumenkrantz; Sara Bryant; Jane Burton; Ann & Lawrence Buttenwieser; Jill C. Birinyi; Ellen Cantrowitz; Leslie Cecil & Creighton Michael; Jack Ceglic; Rameet Chawla; Jim Clark; Carter Cleveland; Phyllis & Steven Cohen; Lindsay Cohen; Anita Cooney; Avery Corman; Covidien Employee Matching Gift Program; Darby Curtis & Mark Ginsburg; Nancy & Richard Davis; Delphine de Causans; Susan & Stephen Delman; Zoe & Joel Dictrow; Cody Disch; Margaret Doyle; Alexandra Duffee; Alma Egger; Eleven Rivington; Dendy Engelman; Laura Ensler & David Rivel; Rosa Esman; Geraldine Fabris; Matt Feig; Ben Fink Shapiro; Judith & Samuel Florman; Ruth & Daniel Frankfurt; Patrice & Louis Friedman; Jonathan Garfield; Alice & Bruce Geismar; Jennifer George; Mark Ginsburg; Laurel Gonsalves; Margaret & Bennett Goodman; Google; Desiree Grace; Gradian Health Systems; Florence & Malcom Graff; Taymour Grahne; Manuel Grajo; Mary Greene; Mr. & Mrs. Nigel Greig; Barbara Grodd; Liz Gwinn; Orly Halpern; Barbara Hansin & William Josephson; Hugh Hardy; Annie Harleman; Katherine Harrington; Alexandra & Paul Herzan; Henry Hsiao; Elissa & Joseph Iberti; Jenny Isakowitz; Gabriela Jimenez; Kristen & Brian Josephs; William Josephson; Tara Kalmanson; Martin Karamon; Linda Lee Karas; John Kaufman; Sara Stocker Kendall; Susi Kenna; Melissa Kim; Sherry King; Wu-Kwan Kit; Peter W. Knell; Aaron Komtreger; Johann König; Ben Krall; Suzanne Kraus; Liz Kurnetz & Jim Stahl; Deborah & Rocco Landesman; Anne & Mark Landman; Allison Lang; Rose Lansbury; Miyoung Lee; Donatella & Jacques Lennon; Elisabeth Levin; Nancy & Stephen Lipmann; Bobye List; Alan Longino; Susan & Glenn Lowry; William M. Lynch; Julie Macklowe; Mark Manley; Elizabeth & Michael Mayers; Brian McCormick; Blue Medium, Inc.; Marjorie & Morgan Miller; Susan D. Milmoe; Shayna Mizrahi; Jennifer Mora; Regina Myer; Morris Orden; Nadine M. Orenstein; Jessica Palmer; Mel Pekarsky; Michelle Perlin; Amy Pollack & Richard Newman; Katherine Powers; Susan & Randolph Randolph; Steve Reedich; Nancy & Jim Reinish; Marc Rofsky; Sheri & James Rosenfeld; Sheri & Robert Rosenfeld; Franklin Ross; Scott Rothkopf; David Rothschild; Lisa Roumell; Jennifer Sage & Nicholas Grabar; Jeanne & Robert Savitt; Ann & Mel Schaffer; Linda & Dick Schapiro; Janet & Benjamin R. Schute Jr.; Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz; Barbara Schwartz; Ajay Sharma; Mr. & Mrs. David Sherman; Barbara Shuster; Kitty & John Simonds; James Stahl; Abbe & Peter Steinglass; Linda & Bruce Stern; Nancy Stillpass; Nina Sundell; Sunness Family Charitable Fund; Nicholas Fjellberg Swerdlowe; Rachel Tenney; Nancy B. Tieken; Dorothy & Arnold Turtz; Ursula von Rydingsvard; Jacqueline Wachter; Jessica Wallen; Katrina Weber; Idell & Lawrence Weisberg; Liza Weisberg; Judith Weller; Saul Wenegrat; Arthur Weyhe; Mollie Wichtel; Dayna Wiener; Francis H. Williams; Lary Wolf; Judith Wolfe; Catherine & Thomas Wornom; James Young; Janice Yu; Katy Zinn; Sharón Zoldan

303 Gallery; Absolut Vodka; Altour; Francis Alÿs; James Angus; Uri Aran; Arup; Darren Bader; Huma Bhabha; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery; The Bowery Hotel; Martin Boyce; Joe Bradley; Frédéric Brenner; Olaf Breuning; Gavin Brown’s enterprise; Matteo Callegari; Shane Campbell Gallery; Valentin Carron; Casa Dragones Tequila; Cheim & Read; Chihuly Studio; Dan Colen; Sadie Coles HQ; David Colman; Conrad New York; Ann Craven; Verne Dawson; Durham Press; Latifa Echakhch; Iran do Espírito Santo; Sam Falls; Angelo Filomeno; Ben Fink Shapiro; Gagosian Gallery; John Giorno; Gladstone Gallery; Liz Glynn; Howard Greenberg Gallery; Katharina Grosse; Kavi Gupta; Mary Heilmann; Hannah Hoffman Gallery; Thomas Houseago; Wyatt Kahn; Alex Katz; Sean Kelly Gallery; William Kentridge; Anton Kern Gallery; Galerie Johann König; Jeff Koons; David Kordansky; Andrew Kreps Gallery; Alicja Kwade; Galerie Lelong; Andrew Lord; Sarah Lucas; Maccarone; The Maritime Hotel; Robert Melee; Bjarne Melgaard; Metro Pictures; The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd.; Andrew Moore; Naik Consulting Group, P.C.; Pace Gallery; Adam Pendleton; Elizabeth Peyton; Jack Pierson; Galerie Eva Presenhuber; Rob Pruitt; Ramiken Crucible; Scott Reeder; Yancey Richardson Gallery; Ugo Rondinone; Salon 94; JD Samson; Mark Seliger; Erin Shirreff; David Shrigley; Sikkema Jenkins & Co.; Tom Slaughter; Slavs and Tatars; Rirkrit Tiravanija; UNTITLED; Phil Wagner; Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; David Zwirner

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