2012 Annual Report - The Nasher Museum of Art - Duke University

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Changing the game 2011 Nasher Benefit Gala Featuring Coach Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Men’s Basketball Team Coach K changed the game for basketball; the nasher museum is changing the game for museums. that wonderful connection between art and basketball was cause for celebration at the nasher museum’s annual benefit gala on October 3, 2011. instead of drilling his team in preparation for the season, Coach K and the team spent the evening mingling with guests and taking in contemporary art with a basketball theme. more than 300 friends of the nasher museum—including Duke basketball fans and friends from the triangle and beyond—attended the gala. a one-night-only installation throughout the great hall featured four video works by internationally renowned contemporary artists artigas, mark Bradford, tracey Rose and Robin Rhode. John Brown & the groove Shop Band delighted guests with a special blend of funk, rhythm and blues. in his speech at the gala, Coach K talked about the beauty and greatness of Duke University. “When you have a place like the nasher museum of art, when you have Duke Basketball, when you have John Brown and his group playing music here, we basically take sport, art and music and we say let’s be together one night and feel Duke,” he said. “Let’s put Duke into our hearts.” President Brodhead focused his remarks on what the nasher museum and Duke Basketball have in common—from player Kyle Singler, a graphic arts major, to grant hill’s collection of african-american art on view at the museum in 2006, to the late Raymond D. nasher, the nasher museum’s founder and benefactor, who was captain of the Duke men’s tennis team. “For me this is the real secret of Duke,” Brodhead said. “there might be universities that have great arts in one place, great medicine in one place, great academics in one place, great sports in another place. But at Duke the point is that we have all those things, but they are all tied together.” the 2011 event was generously supported by lead underwriter glaxoSmithKline. honorary co-chairs Blake Byrne (chair of the museum’s Board of advisors), nancy a. nasher (Board of advisors member), and former Duke men’s Basketball players grant hill, Jay Bilas and michael gminski helped to promote the event, and gala planning committee members Jeff Jones and Brad Brinegar devoted many hours of consulting and fundraising to the event. Proceeds from the annual gala help expand the museum’s commitment to education and exhibition programming. See full listing of gala Planning Committee on page 44. Changing the Game 28031_Text.indd 27 12/3/12 8:38 PM 27
LEFT (THIS PAGE): Visitors celebrated Father’s Day on the final day to see the works of Calder, father of the mobile, with putting greens in the museum and a cookout menu in the Nasher Museum Cafe. Photo by J Caldwell. TOP RIGHT (THIS PAGE): Visiting artists Jason Middlebrook and Kristi Lippire pose near their work in Alexander Calder. Photo by Duke Photography. BOTTOM RIGHT (THIS PAGE): In late June, six trucks removed 70 crates of Alexander Calder mobiles and stabiles, and works by seven contemporary artists. Photo by J Caldwell. 28 Montage 28031_Text.indd 28 11/28/12 1:37 AM
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Page 5 and 6: Top: Nancy Nasher, Blake Byrne and
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