2017 Fall Gala

2017 Fall Gala
2017 Fall Gala Honoring Tony Kushner
2017 Fall Gala
Bille Tsien with Janet C. Ross
2017 Fall Gala
Calvin Tsao with Karen Stein
2017 Fall Gala
Nancy Novogrod, Susan Nitze, and Gala Guest
2017 Fall Gala
Dan Barasch with Cary Davis
2017 Fall Gala
Suzanne Bocanegra with David Lang
2017 Fall Gala
Bruce Horten, Barbara Diamonstein-Spielvogel, and Sharon Davis
2017 Fall Gala
Micaela Varricchio with Ambassador Armando Varricchio
2017 Fall Gala
Dame Jillian Sackler, Carolina Herrera, Bob Cocacello, and Gala guest
2017 Fall Gala
Oskar Eustis with Mark Harris
2017 Fall Gala
Chuck Close, Adam Weinberg, Fairfax Dorn, and Marc Glimcher
2017 Fall Gala
Tiffany Bell, Richard Gluckman, E.V. Day, and John Ochsendorf
2017 Fall Gala
Jack Livings and Enrico Riley
2017 Fall Gala
Mary Margaret Jones with Doug Argue
2017 Fall Gala
Kyle DeCamp and David Reinfurt, Suzanne Bocanegra
2017 Fall Gala
AAR Director John Ochsendorf, Trustee David Kertzer, Gala Co-Chair Suzanne Deal Booth, Gala Honoree Tony Kushner, Gala Co-Chair and Trustee Mary Frank, Board Chair and Trustee Mary Margaret Jones, Gala Co-Chair John F.W. Rogers, AAR President Mark Robbins
2017 Fall Gala
Board Chair and Trustee Mary Margaret Jones welcomes the Gala attendees
2017 Fall Gala
Saz Borghese, Richard Olcott, and John Danzer
2017 Fall Gala
Gala Guests in The POOL
2017 Fall Gala
Guido Forentino, Deborah Lehr, Kara Mangone, Riccardo Mastranegeli, John F.W. Rogers, Marisa May Metalli, Leonardo Metalli, Carolina Herrera, Tony May, and Bob Colacello
2017 Fall Gala
Caroline Smith, Cary Davis, Dan Barasch, Tad Smith, Robert Marc, and Steve Ells
2017 Fall Gala
Kenneth Gaulin, Tony Kushner, and Michael Putnam
2017 Fall Gala
Guests of Blake Middleton and Martha Eddy
2017 Fall Gala
John Ochsendorf addresses the Gala attendees
2017 Fall Gala
Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem
2017 Fall Gala
AAR President Mark Robbins addresses Gala attendees
2017 Fall Gala
Martha Eddy with Blake Middleton
2017 Fall Gala
Tony Kushner
2017 Fall Gala
Mary Frank and Howard Frank
2017 Fall Gala
Rachely Rotem, Phu Hoang, Stella Nair, John Ochsendorf, Jack Livings, E.V. Day, Bryony Roberts, John Lansdowne, Andrew Horne, William Cheramie, Kristi Cheramie
Rachely Rotem, Phu Hoang, Stella Nair, John Ochsendorf, Jack Livings, E.V. Day, Bryony Roberts, Mark Robbins, John Lansdowne, Andrew Horne, William Cheramie, Kristi Cheramie, and Enrico Riley
2017 Fall Gala
Simon D. Mordant AM
2017 Fall Gala
Gala Guest, Suzanne Deal Booth, William Fain, Jr., and Jennifer Fain
2017 Fall Gala
Gala Guests with Vincent Buonanno
2017 Fall Gala
Lawrence Schwimmer, Lisa Mignone, Joy Connolly, and Jackie Murray
2017 Fall Gala
Matt Borowick, Mikelle Rindflish, Brielle Mordant, and Angus Mordant
2017 Fall Gala
Sharon Davis with Anne Patterson
2017 Fall Gala
Charles Price with Jessie Price and John Ochsendorf
2017 Fall Gala
Sukanya Rajaratnam and Gala Guests
2017 Fall Gala
Deborah Kass with Patricia Cronin
2017 Fall Gala
Tony Kushner with David Kertzer
2017 Fall Gala
Gala Guests dancing in The POOL
2017 Fall Gala
Gala Guests dancing in The POOL
2017 Fall Gala
Kristi Cheramie with Mark Robbins
2017 Fall Gala
Gala Guests

Last November, 250 guests gathered to honor Tony Kushner and returning Rome Prize Fellows at the American Academy in Rome’s Fall Gala in New York. Luminaries from the worlds of art, fashion, business, politics, and academia enjoyed cocktails and music in The Grill, followed by a candlelit dinner in The Pool, in the famed Seagram Building.

In addition to a video created by Michael Rock (2000 Fellow) with music by David Lang (1991 Fellow), the highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Centennial Medal by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and AAR Trustee David Kertzer (2000 Resident) to Tony Kushner. Known for his work on stage and in film (Angels in America, Philadelphia, and Lincoln, among many others), Kushner literally brought the house down with a monologue on his initial resistance to Rome.

The evening continued with dancing in The Grill.

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