PAST HONOREES & SPEAKERS 2022 Honorees: Nancy Olnick & Giorgio Spanu, Co-founders, Magazzino Italian Art Foundation Keynote Speaker: Emily Braun, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY In Conversation: Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director, Whitney Museum of American Art 2019 Honoree: Johnnetta Betsch Cole, PhD, and Mickalene Thomas, artist In Conversation, Moderated by: Lucy Kaylin, Editor in Chief, O, The Oprah Magazine 2018 Honoree: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries Video Introduction: Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Bloomberg LP. New York City Mayor 2002-2013 Introduction by: Patricia E. Harris, Chief Executive Officer, Bloomberg Philanthropies In Conversation with: Ian Cheng, Artist 2017 Honoree: Jeffrey Deitch, Curator and Dealer Introduction by: Jeff Koons, Artist In Conversation with: Josh Baer, Art Advisor, Baer Faxt 2016 Honoree: Frank Stella, Artist Keynote Speaker: Thomas Crow, Ph.D., Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art; Associate Provost for the Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU In Conversation with: Lindsay Pollock, Editor in Chief, Art in America 2015 Honoree: Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Artists, Keynote Speaker: Robert Storr, Dean, School of Art, Yale University School of Art 2014 Honoree: Peter Schjeldahl, Art Critic, The New Yorker Keynote Speaker: Massimiliano Gioni, Associate Director and Director of Exhibitions, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York In conversation with: Ben Brantley, Chief Theater Critic, The New York Times 2013 Honoree: Ai Weiwei, Artist and Activist Keynote Speaker: Ann Temkin, Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art Remarks: Jerome A. Cohen, Professor of Law, New York UniversIty School of Law 2012 Honoree: Linda Nochlin, Professor of Modern Art, Institute of Fine Arts/NYU Keynote Speaker: Tamar Garb, Professor in the History of Art, UCL In conversation with: Elizabeth Baker, Editor at Large, Art in America, NY Remarks: Agnes Gund, President Emerita, Museum of Modern Art 2011 Honoree: Arne Glimcher, Founder and President, Pace Gallery, NY In conversation with: Lindsay Pollock, Editor, Art in America, NY Remarks: Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY 2010 Honoree: Martin Z. Margulies, Collector and Philanthropist, Miami, FL In conversation with: Henry Buhl, Collector and Philanthropist, NY Conversation moderator: Lindsay Pollock, Writer, Reporter, NY Remarks: James Rosenquist, Artist, NY 2009 Honoree: Thomas Krens, Senior Advisor, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, NY Speaker: Jeff Koons, Artist, NY 2008 Honoree: John Richardson, Art Historian and Biographer, NY Speaker: Rosamond Bernier, Art Historian, NY Remarks: Geza von Habsburg, Faberge Curatorial Director, NY Remarks: David Nash, Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, NY 2007 Honoree: Wendell D. Garrett, Senior Consultant, Sotheby’s, NY Keynote Speaker: Carrie Rebora Barratt, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Remarks: Morrison H. Heckscher, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY 2006 Honorees: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Artists, NY Keynote Speaker: Charles Hill, Private Investigator, Hill Art Risk, London Presentation: Dodie Kazanjian, Arts Editor, Vogue Magazine, NY Remarks: Suzanne Smeaton, Gallery Director, Eli Wilner & Co., NY 2005 Honoree: Dr. Susan Weber, Bard Graduate Center, NY Keynote Speaker: Kimberly Camp, Executive Director, Barnes Foundation, PA
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