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Madison Avenue Gallery Walk
Presenting the
Second Annual Madison Avenue Gallery Walk
Saturday May 16th, 2009, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
to benefit The Fund for Public Schools
Fifty of the world’s most prestigious art galleries on Madison Avenue will open their doors for the Second Annual Madison Avenue Gallery Walk to raise funds for arts education in New York City public schools. Showcasing the breadth and depth of the collections represented by the world-renowned gallery community on Madison Avenue located between 57th and 86th Streets, New Yorkers and visitors can get a close-up experience of fine art. Highlights of the festivities planned will be free guided gallery tours for families and art lovers conducted by art teachers from New York City’s public schools, artist appearances and presentations, family programs and a silent auction of notable works of artdonated by the participating galleries. Organized by the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District (BID), and sponsored by HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and New York magazine, the Gallery Walk will benefit The Fund For Public Schools , a nonprofit organization chaired by NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Vice-Chaired by Caroline Kennedy and Mortimer Zuckerman.
Gallery Tours depart from 11 to 4, on the hour, from the Event Information Centers located at the Fuller Building, 41 East 57 Street (at Madison Avenue) and Arader Galleries, 1016 Madison Avenue (between East 78 and East 79 Streets). Each tour runs two hours, and includes visits to approximately four galleries. Reservations are not required and the tours are free and open to the public.
Also at the Event Information Centers, receive a kid-friendly Art Scavenger Hunt sheet, complete with easy to find works of art in participating galleries. Find five of the artworks on the scavenger hunt, and return the sheet to the Whitney Museum of American Art and receive 2 for 1 admission to the Museum for May 16, 2009.
Madison Avenue Gallery Walk Artist Appearances and Talks
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Kush Fine Art, 24 East 64 Street, Second Floor
Meet artist Vladimir Kush and view his current exhibition titled “Metaphorical Realism.”
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Mireille Mosler, Ltd., 35 East 67 Street
Meet Artist Nathania Rubin and view the group exhibition “Surveillance from the Dollhouse”, with videos by Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Karen Yasinsky and Nathania Rubin.
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Hollis Taggart Galleries, 958 Madison Avenue
Meet artist Bill Scott.
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Nohra Haime Gallery, 41 East 57 Street
Meet artist Adam Straus.
4:00 PM
Mireille Mosler, Ltd., 35 East 67 Street
Artist Nathania Rubin will deliver a talk regarding her exhibition titled “Surveillance from the Dollhouse.”
Event Honorary Committee: Caroline Kennedy, Richard and Ronay Menschel, Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner
Participating Galleries: Click here for a printable location map of participating galleries
Adelson Galleries, Adler & Conkright Fine Art, Anita Friedman Fine Arts, Arader Galleries, Armand Bartos Fine Art, Art Finance Partners, Bjorn Ressle Gallery, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, Dalva Brothers, Inc., Danon, DeLorenzo Gallery, Didier Aaron, Inc., E & J Frankel, Ltd., Florian Papp Gallery, Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., Friedman & Vallois, LLC, Gagosian Gallery, Gemini G. E. L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, Guild Antiques II, Hollis Taggart Galleries, Howard Greenberg Gallery, Hubert Gallery, Jacobson Howard Gallery , James Graham & Sons, Jan Krugier Gallery, Jane Kahan Gallery, Karl Kemp Antiques, Keith de Lellis Gallery, LLC, Knoedler & Company, Kush Fine Art, L & M Arts, Leila Taghinia Milani Heller Gallery, Leo Castelli Gallery, Leonard Fox, Ltd., Leslie Feely Fine Art, LLC, Macklowe Gallery, Mireille Mosler, Ltd., Nathan Bernstein Gallery, Neuhoff Gallery, Nicholas Brawer Gallery, Nohra Haime Gallery , Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art, LLC , Skarstedt Gallery, Soufer Gallery, Stuart Levy Fine Art, Van de Weghe Fine Art, Virginia Di Sciascio Antique Textiles, Zabriskie Gallery, Zwirner & Wirth
For More Information:
Click here to learn more about the Madison Avenue Gallery Walk Silent Auction, which will take place within participating galleries during the Madison Avenue Gallery Walk. |
