MAKING WAVES, ART FOR CHANGE, A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS...

It is with great pleasure that we present this exciting conversation between two extraordinary pioneering women in contemporary art:Beth DeWoody:Through DeWoody’s passion, vision, and continuing support of emerging artists and galleries, she has redefined the boundaries of collecting. By championing emerging, and at times, overlooked artists, especially in the early stages of their careers, she has amassed a truly unique collection. The Collection is grateful for the opportunity to share these treasures and push beyond “the greatest hits” to show a more complete view of contemporary art today. Beth Rudin DeWoody, art collector and curator, resides between Los Angeles, New York City, and West Palm Beach. She is President of The Rudin Family Foundations and Executive Vice President of Rudin Management. Her Board affiliations include the Whitney Museum of American Art, Hammer Museum, The New School, The Glass House, Empowers Africa, New Yorkers for Children, and The New York City Police Foundation. She is an Honorary Trustee at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and on the Photography Steering Committee at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. DeWoody has curated numerous exhibitions, and the Collection has been the subject of exhibitions featured at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Parrish Museum, Southampton; and the Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, among other institutions. Sarah Gavlak:Since opening her gallery in Palm Beach 14 years ago, Sarah Gavlak has presented pioneering exhibitions including early solo presentations by Wade Guyton, Marilyn Minter, Betty Tompkins, Rob Wynne, Simone Leigh, Sheila Hicks, and others. In 2014 she expanded her gallery to Los Angeles. In 2018 she founded New Wave Art Wknd, a non-commercial art weekend featuring extraordinary private collection visits, dinners, lectures, and robust public programming around the theme of immigration and migration through a cultural lens. NWAW is designed to showcase the contemporary art scene flourishing in Palm Beach. The weekend will follow the Vernissage of Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the most significant art fairs in the world.