ArtCrush Gala
Aspen Art Museum’s annual ArtCrush summer gala is the culminating event of Aspen ArtWeek which celebrated three visionaries in their fields: architect Shigeru Ban, artist Jacqueline Humphries, and composer and artist Jason Moran.
Featuring a live auction, drinks, dinner, music, and dancing, the ArtCrush summer gala is one of the most anticipated events of the summer in Aspen. Coinciding with the Museum’s 45th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of its current Shigeru Ban–designed building, the 2024 ArtCrush gala marked the first time that multiple leaders working across creative disciplines received the Aspen Award for Art.
Julia Chiang, Sophia Cohen, Sarah Arison, Dana Farouki
ArtCrush Auction
The museum’s auction partner, Christie’s, conducted two auctions—the first taking place live during the ArtCrush gala, led by Adrien Meyer, Global Head of Private Sales and Co-Chairman of Impressionist & Modern Art, and the second taking place online on Christie’s website. In addition the Museum had a spectacular work by Derek Fordjour available for Private Sale. Available works were on view at the museum from July 17 through August 3, and available for online bidding beginning July 25.
All the works were generously donated to the museum by artists and galleries in support of the Museum’s artistic and educational programs. To celebrate 45 years since the founding of the Aspen Art Museum by artists, the Museum is inviting artists to retain a percentage of the value of their works.
About the Honorees
Shigeru Ban (b. 1957, Tokyo) is an architect, educator, and humanitarian with a global perspective. He is the recipient of awards including the Pritzker Prize, L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the National Order of the Legion of Honor in France, the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture, Peter Cooper Public Service Award, and the Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice.
Jacqueline Humphries (b. 1960, New Orleans) is an abstract painter known for her large-scale works combining traditional painterly techniques with both antiquated and emerging technological formats. Her work was included in the 59th Venice Biennale, The Milk of Dreams, in 2022, and was the subject of a major survey at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, in 2021.
Jason Moran (b. 1975, Houston, Texas) is a jazz pianist, composer, and performance artist invested in reassessing and complicating the relationship between music and language. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010 and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022. He is the Artistic Director for Jazz at the Kennedy Center and Curator at the Park Avenue Armory.
