{"id":3458,"date":"2016-03-16T16:18:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T16:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2016-03-16T18:21:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:21:42","slug":"the-bronx-museum-gets-wild-at-annual-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/the-bronx-museum-gets-wild-at-annual-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bronx Museum Gets “Wild” at Annual Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, the Bronx Museum<\/a> hosted its\u00a0annual benefit and auction, Wild Noise: Bronx\/Havana<\/a>. <\/em>The event took place at the Conrad hotel and guests enjoyed bites and dinner by Union Square Events. The evening honored Ella Fontanals-Cisneros,\u00a0<\/strong>founder of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, a non-profit which fosters understanding and appreciation of contemporary artists from Latin America,\u00a0Cristina Garc\u00eda,<\/strong> a Cuban-born American journalist and author of six novels\u2014including National Book Award-nominated Dreaming in Cuban, and most recently King of Cuba. Los Carpinteros,\u00a0<\/strong>a Havana-based collective formed by artists Marco Castillo and Dagoberto Rodriquez were also honored alongside\u00a0Ben Rodriguez-Cube\u00f1as<\/strong>,\u00a0the program director for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s New York City program.<\/p>\n

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Holly Block, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Marco Castillo, Cristina Garcia, Ben Rodriguez-Cubenas<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The evening kicked\u00a0off with Laura Blanco, Chairwoman of the Board, announcing the creation\u00a0of the museum’s new young patrons group Y@BxMa. “We have started to look to the future for our museum’s patronage and announcing tonight the formation of Y@BxMa, our young patrons committee,” Blanco\u00a0told the audience.<\/p>\n

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Kristina Lopez, Alejandro Santana, Gabriel Santana Avila, David Schloss, Stacey Lyons, Adam Klein, Eric Blair-Joannou<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The evening continued with a live auction led by Sotheby’s auctioneer, Gabriela\u00a0Palmieri. Guests also had the opportunity to bid on works by Jos\u00e9 Parl\u00e1, Deborah Kass and Roy Lichtenstein via Paddle 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Guests in attendance included Holly Block,\u00a0Arturo O’Farrill, Jos\u00e9 Parl\u00e1,\u00a0Teresita Fernandez, Laura de Palma, Mike Bindra, Donald Rubin, Angela Godding,\u00a0Helio Campos, Yaz Hernandez, and Franklin Yap.<\/p>\n

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Mike Bindra, Laura de Palma, Franklin Yap<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Photos \/\/ Zach Hilty\/BFA.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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