Storefront for Art and Architecture 2015 Spring Benefit

Transfigured, transparent, translucent, transsexual, transatlantic, transcendent. Transversally transform transactions of generosity and capital at the 2015 Spring Benefit.

Last Tuesday, April 21st, 2015, Storefront for Art and Architecture celebrated over three decades of advancing innovative positions and providing a platform for dialogue and collaboration across disciplinary, ideological, and geographic boundaries.

Storefront’s 2015 Spring benefit was the first public event to be held at 432 Park Avenue designed by Rafael Viñoly , prior to the official opening of the building. The event honored artist Do Ho Suh and architect Thom Mayne, internationally recognized figures who have participated in Storefront programming throughout the years.

Carol Burton, Pati Nuñez, Antoni Muntadas & Andrés Jaque

This year’s theme, TRANS, focused on particular aspects within the work of the honorees, including including transcultural and transparent aspects of Do Ho Suh’s materialization of architecture elements, as well as Thom Mayne’s transgressive form making.

A silent auction featuring TRANS-themed works by artists, architects, and designers allowed benefit guests to take home artworks with transformative power while supporting and benefiting Storefront for Art and Architecture’s mission and programs.

Eva Franch & Do Ho Suh

Among the guests there were many international figures from the art and architectural world. Catalan artist Atoni Muntadas, Steven Holl, Andrés Jaque, Charles Renfro (Diller Scofidio + Renfro).

Art auction included works by:

Vito Acconci
Lindsey Adelman
David Adjaye
Diana Al-Hadid
Grimanesa Amorós
Benjamin Aranda
Erieta Attali
Iwan Baan
David Benjamin
Brett Beyer
Tatiana Bilbao
Sebastiaan Bremer
Bec Brittain
Rafael de Cárdenas
Craig Dykers
Mary Ellen Carroll
Sebastian Errazuriz
Ramak Fazel
Tony Feher
Fausto Fontana
Future Perfect
Terence Gower
Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam
Wade Guyton
Robert Herman
Steven Holl
Bjarke Ingels
Andres Jaque
Arcady Kotler
Andrew Kovacs
Jimenez Lai
Leong Leong
Michael Loverich
Leslie Lyons
Thom Mayne
Christina McPhee
Patrick Meagher
Carlos Motta
Shirin Neshat
Sarah Oppenheimer
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Ariel Rojo
Sagmeister & Walsh
Bayeté Ross Smith
Alex Schweder
Denise Scott Brown
Amie Siegel
Katrin Sigurdardottir
Kiki Smith
SO-IL
Do Ho Suh
Janaina Tschape
Bernard Tschumi
Rafael Viñoly
Lawrence Weiner
JB Wilson
Dustin Yellin
Michael Young
Joe Zaldivar