WHITECHAPEL GALLERY ART PLUS DRAMA PARTY 2011
Thursday 24 March 2011, 8pm – late
The Whitechapel Gallery’s Art Plus Drama Party celebrates the fusion of art and drama in an exceptional one-off event on Thursday 24 March.
Whitechapel Gallery Director, Iwona Blazwick OBE, Art Plus Chair, Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst and Harper’s Bazaar Editor-in-Chief Lucy Yeomans and the committee of leading figures from the arts, fashion, film and theatre worlds, invite guests to an evening of live performance, art and drama to raise funds for the Gallery’s Education and Community programme.
Artist Vito Acconcis, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Barbara Kruger, and Lawrence Weiner have each scripted five minute monologues to be performed live by leading actors.
Nan Goldin
Celebrity DJs will get the party started with live sets throughout the Gallery and guests will also have the opportunity to bid on specially commissioned artworks during an auction. Artists include Angela de la Cruz, Nan Goldin, Philip Lorca di Corcia, Robert Morris, Julian Opie and Paula Rego.
The Art Plus Drama Party Committee includes:
Charlotte Appleyard, writer and curator; Iwona Blazwick OBE, Director, Whitechapel Gallery; Fran Cutler, party planner; Mollie-Dent Brocklehurst, curator; Rachel Halliburton,Deputy Editor, Time Out; Whitney Hintz McDonald, curator; Elliot McDonald, curator;Dominic Palfreyman, Whitechapel Gallery trustee; Jasmin Pelham, Director, Pelham PR;Lauren Prakke, Prakke Contemporary Art; Nicole Rodriguez, Iris PR; Stan Stalnaker, Director, Hub Culture; Christopher Taylor, Director, Museum 52; Julian Vogel, Director, Modus Publicity; Bettina von Hase, Director, Nine AM; Bina von Stauffenberg, collector,Lucy Yeomans, Editor-in-Chief, Harper’s Bazaar.
Paula Rego
The Art Plus Drama Party 2011 will raise vital funds for the Whitechapel Gallery’s Education and Community programme that works with over 3,000 children and 30 diverse community groups each year. Guests can support this important work by buying tickets at £145, with advance tickets at £125 if purchased before 23 December 2010.Â
Last year’s Art Plus Music Party saw glamorous guests including Kate Moss, Johnny Borrell,Jefferson Hack, and Tracey Emin enjoying live performances by Primal Scream’s front manBobby Gillespie, accompanied by special guest Jamie Hince (The Kills); artists Tim Nobleand Sue Webster with punk band S.C.U.M; twice Mercury Music Prize & multiple Brit Award nominee Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes); and the London premiere of Sol is going home… by artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and composer Ari Benjamin Meyers featuring a 28-piece orchestra.
Tickets
Tickets are on sale now. £145/advance tickets £125 if purchased before 23 December 2010. T: +44 (0)20 7522 7863/ E: artplus@whitechapelgallery.org
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