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News Release Carnegie Museum of Art announces Gala Benefit and Preview of Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International March 8, 2008 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…On May 2, 2008, Carnegie Museum of Art holds a festive Gala Benefit and Preview for Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International. The Carnegie International is the oldest invitational survey of contemporary art in North America, and the 2008 installment is the 55th in its 112-year history. Artists, the Friends of the 2008 Carnegie International, art dealers, and art aficionados from around the world will be among the first to see this much-anticipated art event. Support for the evening is provided by The Bank of New York Mellon. The Women’s Committee of Carnegie Museum of Art will coordinate the Gala, which begins at 6:00 p.m. with cocktails, a private viewing of the exhibition, and music by Cellofourte. At 7:30 p.m. attendees will gather for the announcement of the Carnegie Prize and Fine Prize recipients. The Carnegie Prize has been awarded to a Carnegie International artist since the International was established in 1896. The first Fine Prize, established this year by the Fine Foundation in support of the Carnegie International, will be awarded to an emerging artist whose work is represented in the exhibition. At 8:00 p.m., the celebration will continue with a strolling supper and music. Throughout the evening, guests will be free to preview the exhibition. The Gala committee is planning a late night event beginning at 9:00 p.m. with drinks, hors d’oeuvres, music by the New York-based Slavic Soul Party, and an exhibition viewing. The cost for a ticket to the gala, with strolling supper, is $350 per person; the late night event is $75 per person. All funds raised by the event will benefit the exhibition. A high modern, futuristic setting will be the backdrop for suggested Gala attire, which is “creative cocktail.” For information call 412.578.2552 or email ci08gala@carnegiemuseums.org. The Carnegie InternationalThe Carnegie International was first organized in 1896 at the behest of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie established the International to educate and inspire the public as well as to promote international understanding and peace. He intended the International to provide a periodic sample of contemporary art from which Carnegie Museum of Art could enrich its permanent collection. The work of thousands of artists has been exhibited in the Carnegie International, including that of Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Willem de Kooning, Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock, Rene Magritte, Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke, and William Kentridge. Support Carnegie Museum of Art Contact: |
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