AO On Site Photoset – New York: Brooklyn Museum Annual Gala ‘The Brooklyn Artists Ball’ April 18, 2012

April 19th, 2012


Janaina Tschäpe’s table installation, a giant squid with condom roe. All photos on site for Art Observed by Samuel Sveen.

The Brooklyn Artists Ball took place last night, the annual fundraising gala hosted by the Brooklyn Museum. A number of artists and celebrities were in attendance, including Judy Chicago, Aurel Schmidt and Dustin Yellin, as well as those honored with the Asher B. Durand Award: Martha Rosler, Amy Sillman, Mickalene Thomas. Between a lively cocktail hour and an after party sponsored by W Magazine sat an elegant dinner with one-night-only 40-foot-long “table environments,” created by 16 Brooklyn Women artists. The event was the fifth anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, with Ms. Elizabeth A. Sackler present to receive the Augustus Graham Medal for strong commitment to the arts and the Brooklyn Museum.


Guests posing for the interactive video installation by Nicole Cohen


Judy Chicago and Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole


Mickalene Thomas


Elizabeth Streb


Morris Shuman


Artists Joey Frank and Dustin Yellin


Aurel Schmidt and Donald Cummings of the Virgins


Faye Wattleton, right


Swoon’s table installation


Works by Tara Donovan and Alex Prager at auction


DJ Mia Moretti


Artist Andrea Mary Marshall and Susi Kenna


Artist Martha Wilson, right


Toni Morrison


After party sponsored by W Magazine

—S. Sveen

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Event Site [Brooklyn Museum]