2026 Barnes Art Ball
Friday, October 16
A celebration of Asian American artistry.
About the Art Ball
The Barnes Art Ball is the premier art party in Philadelphia, bringing together a dynamic group of collectors, connectors, and cultural tastemakers for an art-filled celebration of the creative spirit.
The benefit event is a campus-wide party that includes live entertainment, multiple bars, abundant food stations, pop-up performances, and opportunities to explore the Barnes’s permanent collection and special exhibition galleries.
As is our tradition, the Barnes Art Ball draws inspiration from our fall exhibition. This year, the event coincides with Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America, which explores the confluence of art, design, and the natural world that helped shape midcentury design aesthetics in America.
This groundbreaking exhibition reconsiders postwar art and design within the context of two generations of Japanese American artists from the late 1930s to the late 1960s. Showcasing a wide range of artistic practice—from iconic sculpture and furniture design to textile and graphic design—Noguchi to Asawa explores how Japanese American artists transformed the aesthetic landscape of postwar America and demonstrates that Asian American history is foundational to modern art and design.
BEST OF ALL? IT’S FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Art, community, entertainment, and philanthropy. The Barnes Art Ball raises critical funds that ensure the future of the foundation’s educational mission, exhibition program, and collection care, and the wide array of community, artistic, and scholarly projects undertaken by the organization.
The event champions our core belief that art has the power to inspire through shared experiences of the brilliant, the beautiful, and the sublime.
Attire: Artful, creative, chic cocktail.
Questions? Email hluff@barnesfoundation.org.
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2025 Art Ball Recap
Thank you for attending the 2025 Barnes Art Ball. Enjoy this recap of the event:
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Tickets & Sponsorship
Benefactor: $50,000 (FMV $2,160)
- 14 VIP event tickets with early admission to champagne reception and Art Ball at 6pm
- Name and/or logo on all print and digital event collaterals
- Invitation to serve on host committee
- Opportunity to host a private event at the Barnes
- Opportunity for an exclusive curatorial presentation at your choice of location or virtually
- Private tour of Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America for you and up to 14 guests (Oct 2026–Jan 2027)
- Invitation to Art Ball Patron Party
- Acknowledgment in on-site signage, Barnes website, annual report, and donor wall
Underwriting Sponsor: $25,000 (FMV $1,840)
- 12 VIP event tickets with early admission to champagne reception and Art Ball at 6pm
- Invitation to serve on host committee
- Opportunity for an exclusive curatorial presentation at your choice of location or virtually
- Private tour of Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America for you and up to 12 guests (Oct 2026–Jan 2027)
- Invitation to Art Ball Patron Party
- Acknowledgment in print and digital event collaterals, on-site signage, Barnes website, annual report, and donor wall
Event Sponsor: $10,000 (FMV $1,330)
- 10 VIP event tickets with early admission to champagne reception and Art Ball at 6pm
- Invitation to serve on host committee
- Private tour of Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America for you and up to 10 guests (Oct 2026–Jan 2027)
- Invitation to Art Ball Patron Party
- Acknowledgment in print and digital event collaterals, on-site signage, Barnes website, annual report, and donor wall
VIP Ticket Block: $6,000 (FMV $630)
- 6 VIP event tickets with early admission to champagne reception and Art Ball at 6pm
- Invitation to serve on host committee
- Invitation to Art Ball Patron Party
- Acknowledgment in print and digital event collaterals, on-site signage, Barnes website, annual report, and donor wall
VIP Ticket: $1,200 (FMV $100)
1 VIP event ticket with early admission to champagne reception and Art Ball at 6pm
Patron Ticket: $650 (FMV $100)
1 event ticket for 7pm admission
Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities
The Barnes Art Ball offers companies unique and customized brand exposure through various sponsorship opportunities. The fundraiser aligns companies with the Barnes’s mission and supports a larger effort to provide special art and educational programming. To learn more about bespoke corporate sponsorship levels and benefits, contact efriesen@barnesfoundation.org.
Barnes Art Ball Committee
Trustee Chairs
John Aglialoro and Joan Carter
John Alchin and Hal Marryatt
Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz
Emily and Michael Cavanagh
Julia and David Fleischner
Margie and Jeffrey Honickman
Cathy Hughes
Sara M. Lomax
Lisa Kabnick and John McFadden
Leslie Miller and Richard Worley
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer
Aileen and Brian Roberts
Honorary Co-Chairs
Judith Broudy
Betsy Z. and Edward E. Cohen
John and Gloria Drosdick
Val (Valerie V.) Gay
Anne and Matt Hamilton
Christine and George Henisee
Hilarie L. Morgan
Cathy Nassau
Megan Maguire O’Hara
Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman
Lyn M. Ross
Adele K. Schaeffer
Brenda and Larry Thompson
Robbi and Bruce Toll
Helene and Archbold van Beuren
Regina and Gregory Annenberg Weingarten
Dalila Wilson-Scott
Honorary Media Co-Chairs
Tamala M. Edwards
Johanna Fateman
Cherri Gregg
Nydia Han
Marni Manko
Breland Moore
Co-Chairs
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Christine and Michael Angelakis
Demi Angelakis
Julie Jensen Bryan
Karen Dougherty Buchholz
Robert J. Cody
Marianne N. Dean
Michelle and Eugene Dubay
Nina and Louis Eni
Katie Flaherty and Paul Landaiche
Alexandra Olsman Frankel and Zachary Frankel
Barb and Jack Hafner
Joseph Kotarski and Federico Mingozzi
Frances Savage and John Dowell
Committee
Carlin Adelson, Marta and Robert Adelson, Nicole Amoroso, Sandy and Bill Annesley, Kristin and Theo Aronson, Diane Cohn Bass and Robert Bass, Richard J. Bleicher, MD, Elaine W. Camarda and A. Morris Williams, Jr., Dr. Jose and Lauren Eni Canseco, Dunham Townend Churchill, Ralph Citino and Lawrence Taylor, Gareth Clark and James Harrison, Hope Cohen, Nina L. Cohen, Rebecca Craik and Mark Haskins, Crystal Cuevas, Marlene and Brian Dooner, Roberta and Carl Dranoff, Barbara Eberlein and Jerry Wind, Helen Drutt English, Josh Fangel, Lily Feldman and Andrew Winig, James Fernberger and Mary Walto, Anna S. Fiorentino and Dr. Rishabh Phukan, Mindy and Thad Fortin, Meghan and Anthony Fotopoulos, Tuesday Gordon Gaines, Deborah E. Glass, Richard Green, Pia and Richard Halloran, Beth C. Hare and John F. Salveson, Liesl Henderson and Jordan Mersky, Daniel and Joan Hilferty, Kristen Holahan, Angela V. B. Hudson, Tac Justi, Andrew Kaplan and Ly Nguyen, Stephen Klein, Shonda Knox, Neal W. Krouse and Karl Fong, Steven and Kristie Lagos, Charisse R. Lillie and Thomas G. McGill, Jr.*, Liddy Lindsay, Marcello Luzi and Gregory Seitter, Sandy and David Marshall, Thomas B. McCabe IV, Jan and Jay B. Minkoff, Judy Munroe, Patricia J. Owens, David and Linda Scribner Paskin, Christine Piven, Leah Popowich and Andrew Holms, Anne S. Ravert, Jennifer Rice and Michael Forman, Amelia Riley, Penelope Riley, Huldah Robertson, Anne and Bruce Robinson, Caro and Bob Rock, Marguerite V. Rodgers and James H. Timberlake, Eileen Rosenau, Cornelia Samara, Nicole Dresnin Schaeffer, Andrea Seltzer, Iris and Greg Shea, Lynn and Howard Shecter, Nancy and Ben Shein, Jed Silversmith, Gail Mosler Singer, Garrett Snider, Lindy Snider, Babette Snyder, Glenna Stone, Judith Sills Swartz and Randy Swartz, Josephine and Sam Switzenbaum, Tiffany Tavarez, Brian P. Tierney, Dan Tropeano and Jaime Pludo, Alexis and Max C. Tuttleman, Megan van Arkel, Harriet and Larry Weiss, Kim Whetzel, Jamese Newsome-Williams and Robert Williams, Jr., Randi Zemsky and Bob Lane
*Posthumous recognition
Event Donors and Sponsors
Benefactors
The Maguire Foundation
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer
Aileen and Brian Roberts
Underwriting Sponsors
John Aglialoro and Joan Carter
John Alchin and Hal Marryatt
Christine and Michael Angelakis
Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz
Betsy Z. and Edward E. Cohen
Marianne N. Dean
Julia and David Fleischner
Mindy and Thad Fortin
Barb and Jack Hafner
Lisa Kabnick and John McFadden
Event Sponsors
N. Judith Broudy
Elaine W. Camarda and A. Morris Williams, Jr.
Emily and Michael Cavanagh
CHANEL
Comcast NBCUniversal
Connelly Foundation
Michelle and Eugene Dubay
GRoW @ Annnenberg Foundation
Anne and Matt Hamilton
Christine and George Henisee
Marjorie and Jeffrey Honickman
Independence Blue Cross
JPMorganChase
Justi Group Inc.
Joseph Kotarski and Federico Mingozzi
LAGOS
Leigh and John Middleton
Leslie Miller and Richard Worley
Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan
Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman
Jennifer Rice and Michael Forman
Lyn M. Ross
Adele K. Schaeffer
Katie and Tony Schaeffer
Brenda and Larry Thompson
van Beuren Charitable Foundation
Van Cleef & Arpels
Janine and Jeffrey Yass
Randi Zemsky and Bob Lane
Supporters
Marta and Robert Adelson
Dennis J. Alter
Brian Communication | Brian Tierney
Alex. Brown | A Division of Raymond James
Comcast Spectacor Foundation
Rebecca Craik and Mark Haskins
Roberta and Carl Dranoff
Nina and Louis Eni
Katie Flaherty and Paul Landaiche
Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center
Firstrust Bank
Glenmede
Liesl Henderson and Jordan Mersky
Highmark Blue Shield
Daniel and Joan Hilferty
Neal Krouse and Karl Fong
Nancy and Ben Shein
Jed Silversmith–Montgomery County Scholarships
Robbi and Bruce Toll
Special Thanks for In-Kind Gifts
Constellation Culinary Group
DAOU Vineyards
Listing as of August 5, 2026
Go Further
The Art of Color
Explore how artists use color to shape meaning, emotion, and structure in this self-paced class.
Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America
Iconic sculpture and design by two generations of Japanese American artists.
Private Collection Tour: Favorite Artists
Choose your favorite artists in the collection for a private one-hour experience for up to ten guests.