Thursday 15 March 2012

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Whitechapel Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick OBE,  Art Plus Chair Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst, and the committee of leading figures from the arts, fashion, film and music worlds, invite guests to an extraordinary evening of live performance, art and opera to raise funds for the Gallery’s Education and Community programme.

Art Plus is a unique event, which explores the dynamic fusion of the visual arts with other mediums including drama, dance, film or music - culminating each year in a one-night only, unforgettable party and performance event; a celebration of creativity. 

This year’s Whitechapel Gallery Art Plus Opera will celebrate the fusion of art and opera in an exceptional one-off event on Thursday 15 March.

The Art Plus Auction will be run by Sotheby’s Oliver Barker, including artworks by: Darren Almond, Vija Celmins, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Martin Creed, Mona Hatoum, Alan Kane, Cristina Iglesias, Gabriel Kuri, Gabriel Orozco, Simon Starling and Franz West, and of course a party with music, a stellar line-up of celebrity DJs, canapés created by Smart Hospitality with Angela Hartnett, Wright Brothers oyster bar and bubbly.

Ticket sales and the auction raise vital funds for the Whitechapel Gallery's Education and Community Programme that works with over 3,000 children and 30 diverse community groups each year. Help support the next generation of artists. 

2011’s TOD’S Art Plus Drama Party featured specially commissioned scripts written by artists Lynda Benglis, Ryan Gander, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Barbara Kruger and Lawrence Weiner. Performed by actors Benedick Blythe, Helen Bradbury, Claire Foy, Tom Hiddleston, Jake Maskall, Hywel Morgan, Juliet Oldfield, Maxine Peake, Jonathan Pryce and Ashley Walters, directed by Rupert Goold.

The evening saw the world exclusive of Teatro alla Scala's collaboration with TOD'S with a solo performance by Marta Romagna, prima ballerina, Teatro alla Scala, created by Gianluca Schiavoni, and the screening of An Italian Dream.
Click here for a video of the event