Guggenheim

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Carrie

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Artists, collectors and supporters at Thursday night’s gala at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum made a case for public art and raised $2.3 million for the Guggenheim Foundation.

The black-tie event honored Jack and Susy Wadsworth and artist Carrie Mae Weems for advancing the Guggenheim New York’s initiatives. The artist-heavy crowd included Mariko Mori, Derrick Adams, Sarah Sze, Taryn Simon, Fred Tomaselli, Hank Willis Thomas, John Edmonds, Alteronce Gumby, Oded Halahmy, Sheree Hovsepian, Libby Wadsworth and Mickalene Thomas. Other creative thinkers like Marianne Boesky, Gavin Brown, Jane DeBevoise, RoseLee Goldberg, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Yasufumi Nakamori and Paul Peppis were also in the mix at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building.