Wednesday, May 21, 2025
12:00 – 2:00 PM
583 Park Avenue
NYC
On Wednesday, May 21st, the American Federation of Arts will host its 2025 Spring Luncheon, featuring interdisciplinary artist Jeffrey Gibson in conversation with Jane Panetta, Aaron I. Fleischman Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This annual gathering brings together artists, scholars, collectors, museum leaders, and cultural advocates to celebrate Gibson’s groundbreaking work and support the AFA’s mission of expanding access to world-class art through touring exhibitions and public programs.
As we look ahead to an exciting year of exhibitions and initiatives, we invite you to join us in championing the power of art to inspire and connect communities. Your support of this event plays a vital role in advancing the AFA’s efforts to bring transformative artistic experiences to audiences everywhere.
Spring Luncheon Leadership
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Chairs Elizabeth Belfer Martha Macmillan Ellen & Bill Taubman |
Co-Chairs Sara Arison Lee White Galvis & Sergio Galvis Elizabeth Madigan Jost Barbara & Richard S. Lane Mary Lapides Christian Levett Kimerly Rorschach Betsy Pinover Schiff & Edward Schiff Belinda Tate
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Host Committee
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The Art Students League of New York Audmers Piguet Betsy Shack Barbanell Colin Stair Galleries Laura Bardier, James Howell Foundation Renee Belfer Paige Betz Annette Blaugrund Jonathan P. Binstock Bonhams Auctions Janis Gardner Cecil Anne E. McCollum Maggie Costello Tina Daniels Beth Rudin Dewoody Jocelyn Dimsey Diana Elghanayan Brian J. Ferriso Vida Foubister Leslie & Tom L. Freudenheim Judith A. Garson Elizabeth Goldberg Elaine Goldman Alva G. Greenberg Ellen Grimes Gurr Johns Heritage Auctions Anthony Hirschel Alexandra Kelly Roya Khadjavi |
Elaine Kones Arnold L. Lehman Stephanie Loeffler NancyJane & Jeffrey M. Loewy Clare E. McKeon Claire Marmion Peg Mastrianni One Stop Arts Phillips Auctions Judith Pineiro, Judith Pineiro Consulting Stephen Reily Margo Ressa Tyler Rollins Alexandra Rose Capera Ryan Barbara Madsen Smith James S. Snyder Susan Taylor Ian Taylor Joyce Tsai Thomas Vecchione Alice Walton Monique Schoen Warshaw Sandra Warshawsky Daniel Weiss Allison Whiting Julián Zugazagoitia
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ABOUT JEFFREY GIBSON
Jeffrey Gibson (American, b. 1972) has evolved an aesthetic that examines our armatures of meaning, from language and text to pattern and music, and how they act as interlocutors with the world around us. Gibson is celebrated for his work in painting, installation, video, and performance, which combine vibrant color, complex pattern, and both sourced and original text, with found objects and sound, to create layered compositions that reference global histories and interrogate the distinctions between craft and fine art. His multidimensional practice also emphasizes collaboration and forges new platforms for Indigenous voices and makers.
Gibson received international acclaim for his 2024 exhibition, the space in which to place me, which debuted at the 60th Venice Biennale, where, as a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, he was the first Indigenous artist to represent the United States with a solo exhibition. The exhibition will make its U.S. debut at The Broad Museum in Los Angeles on May 10, 2025. In 2024, Gibson was selected for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2025 Genesis Facade Commission. He will create four figurative sculptures for the Fifth Avenue Facade niches that will debut on September 12, 2025.
Gibson lives and works near the Hudson Valley region of New York State. He holds a MFA from the Royal College of Art, London (1998), a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1995) and was awarded honorary Doctorates from the Institute of American Indian Arts (2023) and Claremont Graduate University (2016). Gibson is currently an artist-in-residence at Bard College.
ABOUT JANE PANETTA
Jane Panetta was recently named the Aaron I. Fleischman Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with special interests in American and European modern and contemporary art. Prior to this, Panetta spent the past decade at the Whitney Museum of American Art as a curator and most recently, as Director of the Collection. In addition to her extensive collection work, at the Whitney Panetta organized myriad solo and group exhibitions ranging from the 2019 Whitney Biennial to solo projects with artists Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Willa Nasatir, Jennifer Packer and Rose Simpson, among others. Panetta also worked at The Museum of Modern Art and has lectured, taught and written widely on contemporary art and sculpture, in particular, and is a member of Madison Square Park’s Public Art Consortium. Upcoming at the Met, Panetta will curate the 2025 Met Facade Commission with artist Jeffrey Gibson and is working closely with the Modern and Contemporary team on the forthcoming Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing.