Archives of American Art 2018 Gala
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
583 Park Avenue, New York City
Honoring:
Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
Sam Gilliam
Cécile Whiting
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Join us on Tuesday, October 23, at 583 Park Avenue in New York City, as we present the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation and Sam Gilliam with the Archives of American Art Medal, honoring distinguished members of the American arts community.
The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation has contributed to the study and appreciation of the art of Roy Lichtenstein and his time for the past twenty years with grants to museums, foundations, and other nonprofit organizations. In June 2018, the Foundation announced landmark gifts of its enormous archive to the Archives of American Art, and works of art to the Whitney Museum of American Art, ensuring that scholars and art lovers will continue to learn about Lichtenstein’s work in public institutions for generations to come.
Artist Sam Gilliam has made major contributions to the American art world since the 1960s, breaking boundaries with his renowned signature draped canvases, beveled-edge paintings, and other trailblazing work. In 1972, he was the first African American artist to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale; today Gilliam has a solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel and is featured in the 2018 Unlimited program at Art Basel. He continues to make his mark as an artist worldwide after more than 50 years. Gilliam was interviewed in 1984 and 1989 for the Archives' oral history program, and donated his archives in 1989.
The Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History will be conferred on Cécile Whiting. The Award was originated in 1998 by Trustee Barbara G. Fleischman as a tribute to her late husband, who founded the Archives in 1954, and is presented every year to a distinguished scholar.
Cécile Whiting is a Chancellor’s Professor of Art History and Professor of Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Whiting’s research focuses on American art of the mid-twentieth century, a subject on which she has published numerous books and articles, including Pop L.A.: Art and the City in the 1960s, which won the 2009 Charles C. Eldredge Prize from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
We look forward to celebrating with the following friends on October 23, 2018:
Amy Bermingham and Charles Wilson
Evelyn Day Lasry
Swann Auction Galleries (Nicho Lowry)
Sueyun Locks
Wechsler Foundation
Jan & Marica Vilcek
Katherine Degn
Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan & Dr. Louis D. Kaplan
Mr. & Mrs. Norman R. Bobins
Dr. & Mrs. R. Perry Robinson
Martha J. Fleischman
Barbara G. Fleischman
The following friends cannot join us but have provided their generous support:
Ruth Appelhof
Mrs. Susan Conway Oliphant & Mr. Patrick Oliphant
Agnes Gund
Harvey S. Shipley Miller
Past Honorees
The Archives of American Art Medal honors distinguished members of the American art community.
2017 Sharon Percy Rockefeller
Glenn Ligon
2016 Steve Martin
Catherine Opie
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
Don & 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
