“Experimentation is to ask what is it? This question shall remain throughout the life of an artist. It is the reason we work as artists.”
THE WATERMILL CENTER’S ANNUAL SUMMER BENEFIT
A Laboratory: 100 Years of Experimentation
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Founded in 1992 by Robert Wilson, The Watermill Center is an interdisciplinary laboratory for the arts and humanities situated on ten acres of Shinnecock ancestral territory on Long Island’s East End, offering year-round artist residencies and education programs. With an emphasis on creativity and collaboration, Watermill integrates contemporary artistic practice with resources from the humanities and research from the sciences to provide a global community with the time, space and freedom to create and inspire.
the BODY: The Watermill Center Annual Summer Benefit - A celebration of art that will center on the body's role in art making.
The 2023 Summer Benefit will introduce UBU directed by Robert Wilson — originally presented at the Es Baluard Museum in Palma de Mallorca, Spain — and 19 artist installations and exhibitions including Regina José Galindo's "The Body," Alessandro di Pietro's "Ghostwriting Paul Thek: Time Capsules and Reliquaries," with a performance by Ola Maciejewska. This year the Watermill Center will be honoring American artist Simone Forti and the late philanthropist, Baroness Nina von Maltzahn. The evening welcomes 500+ distinguished guests from the worlds of art, performance, theater, fashion, film, and more and is an international celebration of art in support of the organization's year-round programming.
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Presented by Van Cleef & Arpels. Additional Generous Support Provided By PFRANKMD By Dr. Paul Jarrod Frank, Prada, Aperol and Campari America.
Featuring: Thomas Anderson (United States), Yunseo Choi (Republic of Korea, Germany), Afra Al Dhaheri (United Arab Emirates), Evelyn Dugan (United States), Cecilia Xuetong Feng (China, Germany), Regina José Galindo (Guatemala), Ola Maciejewska (Poland, France), Casilda Madrazo (Mexico), Katimari Niskala (Finland), Alessandro Di Pietro (Italy), Sorin Prodea (Romania, Germany), Johan Rasumussen Sterner (Norway, Denmark), Ismael Reyes Romero (Chile), Anthony Roques (France), Dovydas Strimaitis (Lithuania, France), Lyuba Todorova (Bulgaria), Robert Wilson (United States), and Agathe Vidal (France)
Curated by: Robert Wilson and Noah Khoshbin
Founded in 1992 by Robert Wilson, The Watermill Center is an interdisciplinary laboratory for the arts and humanities situated on ten acres of Shinnecock ancestral territory on Long Island’s East End, offering year-round artist residencies and education programs. With an emphasis on creativity and collaboration, Watermill integrates contemporary artistic practice with resources from the humanities and research from the sciences to provide a global community with the time, space and freedom to create and inspire.
STAND: The Watermill Center Annual Summer Benefit celebrates the work of international artists through an engaging and dynamic evening. Described as “an enchanted forest” and ”performance art extravaganza,” the Annual Summer Benefit unites the worlds of art, theatre, design, and fashion to raise funds in support of our year-round programming. This summer, invited artists will fill The Watermill Center’s property with installations for guests to explore while enjoying cocktails and refreshments across our scenic campus. Presented by Van Cleef & Arpels.
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Don’t miss the highlight of the summer in the Hamptons and join Bob and get inspired by nature, art, installations, people. More information here.
The Watermill Center Winter Gala is an intimate evening hosted by Robert Wilson in the private dining room of Legacy Records in NYC’s Hudson Yards neighborhood. This celebration of our Artists-in-Residence and the 2019 season features a 4-course dinner by Chef Ryan Hardy and a special performance by an artist from our international community.
All proceeds benefit our year-round Artist Residency and Education Programs, enabling us to continue to support an international group of artists and visionaries throughout the year.
To purchase tickets online, please follow the links below. Otherwise, tickets can be purchased by credit card using the order form here, emailing benefit@watermillcenter.org or calling +1 (212) 253-7484 x119.
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Video by Brune Charvin and Jérémy Tran; Music composed by Michael Galasso; Production: The Watermill Center & Lovis Ostenrik
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Discover Watermill Day is an afternoon of art installations, performances, workshops, tours and family activities.
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The Watermill Center will once again bring together the worlds of theater, art, fashion, design, and society for The 23rd Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction. Watermill International Summer Program Participants come from over 25 countries to create installations and performances throughout the eight and a half acres of grounds during the event. The funds raised will support The Watermill Center’s year round Artist Residency and Education Programs, providing a unique environment for young and emerging artists to explore and develop new work.
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The Watermill Center’s eight acres of landscaped grounds will be open for the public to freely experience site-specific installations and performances interspersed amongst outdoor sculptures and artifacts. Tours of The Center and The Watermill Collection will take place throughout the day. You will be able to see open rehearsals of selected upcoming productions directed by Robert Wilson.
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The Watermill Center will once again bring together the worlds of theater, art, fashion, design, and society for The 22nd Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit. Watermill International Summer Program Participants come from over 25 countries to create installations and performances throughout the eight and a half acres of grounds during the event. The funds raised will support The Watermill Center's year round Artist Residency Programs, providing a unique environment for young and emerging artists to explore and develop new work.
More information and tickets can be found here.
Discover Watermill is a unique opportunity to meet artists from over 30 countries all participating in The Watermill Centers' International Summer Program. Tours of the Center, Robert Wilson's Watermill Collection, and the six acres of beautifully landscaped grounds featuring outdoor sculptures and artifacts will take place throughout the day. Enter the grounds through the formal entrance on Water Mill Towd Road and enjoy many of the installations and performances created for "One Thousand Nights and One Night | Sleepless Nights of Sheherazade," the 21st Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit on July 26th.
Admission is free and open to the public
No reservation required!
The Watermill Center will once again bring together the worlds of theater, art, fashion, design, and society for The 21st Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit. Watermill International Summer Program Participants come from over 25 countries to create installations and performances throughout the eight and a half acres of grounds during the event. The funds raised will support The Watermill Center's year round Artist Residency Programs, providing a unique environment for young and emerging artists to explore and develop new work.
More information and tickets here.
Opening at the 21st annual Watermill Center gala benefit on July 26, 2014, the Video Portraits of Lady Gaga represent the recent work done by Robert Wilson, featuring Lady Gaga. These portraits originally opened at the Musée du Louvre in the fall of 2013.
Curated by Noah Khoshbin
July 26, 2014 through September 14, 2014 at The Watermill Center
Photograph © Julian Mommert
