Barbara and Martha Fleischman
Glenn Ligon and Byron Kim
Kate Haw and Barbara Fleischman with 2017 Honorees
Lauren Layne and Jessica Strothers
Sharon Percy Rockefeller and Agnes Gund
Sharon Percy Rockefeller and Rusty Powell
Thelma Golden, Glenn Ligon, and Jennifer Loh
Tomás Ybarra-Frausto and Chon Noriega
Tomás Ybarra-Frausto and Josh Franco
Annual Gala
Join us at our Annual Gala in New York City to celebrate the unique contributions of significant artists, collectors, dealers, historians, and philanthropists in the American art world.
Your participation in this event offers critical support for the Archives’ mission while recognizing the accomplishments of our remarkable honorees.
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The 2018 Annual Gala will take place on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 583 Park Avenue in New York. Please check back soon for more details.
Past Honorees
The Archives of American Art Medal honors distinguished members of the American art community
2015 Ford Foundation
Robert Gober
2014 Robert E. Meyerhoff
Claes Oldenburg
2013 James Turrell
Alice Walton
2012 Richard Serra
Melva Bucksbaum & Raymond Learsy
2011 Cindy Sherman
The Leadership of Ann L. Gund,
Jo Carole Lauder, Wendy W. Luers, Carol Price, &
Eden Rafshoon of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies
2010 Mark di Suvero
Sheila Hicks
Donald & Mera Rubell
2009 Richard Artschwager
Douglas S. Cramer
Jack Lenor Larsen
2008 Ellen Phelan
Joel Shapiro
Joan T. Washburn
Virginia M. Zabriskie
2007 John Baldessari
2006 Paula Cooper
2005 Barbara G. Fleischman & the Fleischman Legacy
2004 Eli Broad
2003 Rita Fraad & Margaret & Raymond Horowitz
2002 André Emmerich
2001 Wayne Thiebaud
2000 Salute to the Founders of the Archives of American Art
1999 Ellsworth Kelly
1998 Robert Hughes
1996 Chuck Close
1994 Agnes Gund
1993 Frank Stella
1991 Roy Lichtenstein
1990 Richard Manoogian
1988 Benjamin D. Holloway
The Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History originated in 1998 by Trustee Barbara G. Fleischman as a tribute to her late husband, who founded the Archives in 1954
2017 Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
2016 Thomas Crow
2015 William H. Truettner
2014 Teresa A. Carbone
2013 Richard J. Powell
2012 Morrison H. Heckscher
2011 Dore Ashton
2010 William H. Gerdts
2009 Klaus Kertess
2008 Neil Harris
2007 H. Barbara Weinberg
2006 Wanda Corn
2005 Helen A. Cooper
2004 Robert Storr
2003 Barbara Haskell
2002 Linda Ferber
2001 Jules Prown
2000 John K. Howat
1999 Barbara Novak
1998 John Wilmerding
Archives of American Art Award for Philanthropic Leadership
2014 Terra Foundation for American Art