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The American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Annual Gala
05/07/2009 - By The Plaza Hotel

The American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Annual Gala

On Thursday May 7th at the Plaza Hotel, The American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art held their annual Gala honoring gallerist Marian Goodman with the 2009 Visonary Award and John Baldessari with the Artist of the Year Award.

Jennifer Roth, Senior V.P. of Sotheby’s conducted a live auction. Gala Chairmen were David and Joan Genser of Boston and Palm Beach on the AFTAM Board of Trustees and deeply involved in the art community; Honorary Chair was Dafna E. Schmerin, Vice Chair on AFTAM Board of Trustees.

The American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (AFTAM) is a non-profit organization founded in 1974 to raise funds for the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel and to seek notable works of art for its collections.

Among the attendees: Artists James Rosenquist, Lawrence Weiner, Marylyn Dintenfass, Zigi Ben Haim, Yigal Ozeri, Izhar Patkin; Christiane Fischer of AXA Art Insurance- underwriters; Benefactors Michaela and Leon Constantiner, Virginia and Herbert Lust; Mary Rower, Alexander Calder’s daughter; Livia Straus co-founder of the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art; Gallerist Andrea Meislin; Collector Anita Kahn; Founder and CEO of Delphi Management Company Scott Black; Founder of EJM Development Co. Jerry Monkarsh; Philanthropists Elaine and Gerald Schuster; Gerald Fineberg of The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University; and Tel Aviv Museum of Art Director and Chief Curator Professor Mordechai Omer.

Photos: Frank Bajraktari from Photo Bureau


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