WHITE BOX SPRING BENEFIT 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | 6 – 10 PM
HONORING AI WEIWEI
with the 1st Richard J. Massey Foundation/White Box
Arts and Humanity Award
Hosted by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
Live Auction conducted by Phillips de Pury & Company Celebrity Auctioneer, CK Swett
White Box is pleased to announce its Spring Benefit 2012, honoring the extraordinary work of artist, architect and activist Ai Weiwei with the 1st Richard J. Massey Foundation/White Box Arts and Humanity Award. White Box invited internationally renowned artist Ivan Navarro to create a unique artwork to be presented to Ai Weiwei in conjunction with a monetary award. Award presenters will be Jerome A. Cohen, Eleanor Heartney and Richard J. Massey. At 9pm, Ai Weiwei will appear LIVE via Skype to accept the award and will make a brief statement. A LIVE VIDEO WEBCAST of the entire event can be viewed on www.ustream.tv/channel/whiteboxny from www.whiteboxny.org, our Facebook page and www.facebook.com/djspooky.
Artists featured at White Box will include Vito Acconci | Ida Applebroog | Dara Birnbaum | Ross Bleckner | Jaime Davidovich | Leon Golub | Dan Graham | Gary Hill | Alfredo Jaar | Alison Knowles | Joseph Kosuth | Kim Levin | Marcos Lopez | Komar & Melamid | Paul D. Miller | Adrian Piper | Lucio Pozzi | Barbara Rosenthal | Andres Serrano | Pat Steir | Robert Storr