Above: Rashid Johnson | Seascape Reflections in Blue.
The Norton Museum of Artwork’s forty-ninth annual Gala will honor modern artist Rashid Johnson and have a good time the dynamic boxing-focused exhibition Strike Quick, Dance Frivolously: Artists on Boxing. Going down February 1, 2025, the night will characteristic cocktails, dinner, dancing, and a dwell public sale hosted in partnership with Sotheby’s and hosted by EVP | Chairman, Europe Oliver Barker. The public sale, now in its sixth 12 months, will showcase greater than 40 artworks by pre-eminent artists from a few of the world’s main galleries. On-line bidding will probably be accessible to the general public at Sothebys.com starting on January 24 and can shut on February 3. Upfront of bidding, works will probably be accessible to view in individual during the public sale on the Norton Museum of Artwork and on-line beginning January 17. All public sale proceeds profit the Norton’s curatorial, studying, and group engagement packages.
The Norton Museum of Artwork’s choice to honor Rashid Johnson at this 12 months’s Gala marks the primary time the Museum has honored an artist on the occasion. Each the Norton’s Board of Trustees and curatorial leaders are drawn to Johnson’s conceptual modern work and purposeful creation of a singular visible language by way of his combined medium portfolio. Johnson is a strong generational voice, and the Norton is proud to have two main works by him coming into the Museum’s Assortment subsequent 12 months: Bruise Portray “There I Go,” 2022, and Stacked Heads, 2020, a big forged bronze sculpture. Johnson’s If It Ain’t Ruff, 2012, is featured within the exhibition Strike Quick, Dance Frivolously: Artists on Boxing, on mortgage from the Beth Rudin DeWoody assortment.
“Rashid Johnson’s visionary work units an ideal tone for our Gala celebration and makes him the best individual to be the primary artist honored at this occasion,” stated Ghislain d’Humières, Kenneth C. Griffin Director and CEO. “We’re grateful to Gala Co-Chairs Audrey Gruss, Amy Phelan, and Sue Wrigley for his or her management and imaginative and prescient, which has offered the chance to acknowledge Johnson’s contributions to the worldwide modern artwork oeuvre. Whereas only one night, this annual occasion’s proceeds will assist the important work the Norton contributes to the West Palm Seashore group yearly and past.”
A number of heaps will probably be auctioned dwell by Sotheby’s on the Gala on February 1, together with a piece by honoree Rashid Johnson. The dwell and on-line auctions may even embody works by modern artists akin to Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.), Joana Choumali, Awol Erizku, Christiane Feser, Todd Grey, Katharina Grosse, Sol LeWitt, Zanele Muholi, Joel Mesler, Claes Oldenburg, Anastasia Samoylova, Dustin Yellin, and extra. Collectors unable to attend the Gala could bid on the dwell heaps absentee or by cellphone. Absentee and cellphone bidders should register prematurely by emailing [email protected] by January 30. All public sale proceeds assist the Norton in fulfilling its creative and academic mission.
Palm Seashore County has a flourishing artwork scene that has attracted many notable blue-chip artwork galleries and high collectors lately. The Norton’s prior Gala auctions have drawn world curiosity, with bidders and consumers from Saudi Arabia, France, Israel, the UK, South Korea, Hong Kong, and past. The Norton has labored carefully with a number of worldwide galleries all through the historical past of the Gala public sale, with this 12 months’s roster together with Hauser & Wirth, Gagosian, GAVLAK, Marian Goodman Gallery, Lehmann Maupin, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, Tempo Gallery, Tina Kim Gallery, and lots of extra.
The 2025 Gala Co-Chairs are Audrey Gruss, Amy Phelan, and Sue Wrigley. The 2025 Gala Vice Chairs embody Lori Gendelman, Lorna James, Josephine Kalisman, Nicola Marcus, George Frederick Mead Merck, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Lisa Tananbaum, and Silvia Zoullas.
The 2025 Gala Public sale was made doable by the generosity of Sotheby’s.
Further assist was offered by Gander & White and Valentine Designs. This 12 months’s distinctive black and white night will probably be designed and curated by internationally famend occasion producer David Monn.