What better way to inaugurate the New York Fashion Week that with a celebration of everything related to Latin America in the arts? This week, The Neighborhood Museum from New York returned to celebrate his Annual Gala. Attendees ascended the iconic stairs of the Plaza Hotel and headed to a night full of art, creativity and, of course, partying. At the end of the day, this is a celebration of Latino and Latin American art and culture. The dress code, you ask? A colorful and artistic black tie, and the attendees understood the task perfectly.
To start the evening, the executive director of El Museo del Barrio, Patrick Charpenel, spoke about the organization’s progress over the last year, announcing an expansion and noting how crucial the support of the Latin arts community has been to its mission of increasing representation in this space, a point illustrated by the list of co-presidents of the gala, among whom were Tony Bechara, Karla Harwich, Maria Eugenia Maury and Karla Martínez de Salas, from Vogue. This year’s attendees included designers Willy Chavarría, Jonathan Cohen and Ana Khouri, along with models Lineisy Montero and Hiandra Martínez.
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This event is Museo del Barrio’s largest fundraising event of the year, and provides critical support for the museum’s mission and to increase awareness and relevance of Latino and Latin American art and culture locally. National and international.
The evening awarded the artist Coco Fusco for his excellence in the arts and Juan Beckmann for his outstanding work as a patron of the arts. Tribute was also paid to the winner of the first Master Dobel Award for Latinx Art, Carlos Martiel. The Maestro Dobel Latin Art Prize, which is awarded every two years, aims to publicize and expand the cultural production of Latin artists. The Prize includes a $50,000 scholarship and an exhibition in the museum’s galleries in spring 2024. ‘It’s nice to be the first,’ says Martiel, ‘and I want more artists like me to receive this support.’
There was a sense of familiarity in the air: this was a collective of people who not only understand the importance of representation in the arts, but also practice what they preach. The hugs were tight and the greetings were energetic between the patrons and creators of the arts, all of them people who have risen in the industry hand in hand and who help each other with each rung of the ladder they climb. Coco Fusco, who has collaborated with El Museo since 1991, says it better than anyone: Although Latinos are the largest ethnic minority in the United States, we are underrepresented in museums and private art collections,’ she declared shortly after receiving the award. prize. An important part of the solution? The patrons who elevate the artists of this community. ‘We need to strengthen the ties between us and be put where we belong.’
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After dinner, the guests drank Maestro Dobel Tequila and danced the night away to the music of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, winner of a Grammy Award. A silent auction was also held, hosted by Artsy, which will continue online until September 12. Among the invited artists were Bony Ramírez, Ilana Savdie, Farley Aguilar, Felipe Baeza, Justin Favela, Enoc Pérez, Glendalys Medina, Yanira Collado, Liliana Porter, Lizania Cruz, Camilo Godoy, Devin Osorio, José Ortiz Pagán, Darío Escobar and Yvette Mayorga.
Article originally published in Vogue US, vogue.com
2023-09-08 19:42:24
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