T he (LDF) was founded 20 years ago with the mission of supporting efforts around the world that build climate resiliency, protecꦫt vulnerable wildlife from extinction and restore balance to threatened ecosystems and communities. Having given more than $81.1 million since 1998, the foundation will continue supporting its cause with its on 15 September in Sonoma, California. DiCaprio and Laurene Powell will host the event, whose star-studded group of chairs includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, Madonna, Ellen DeGeneres and Robert Redford.
168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Simon Shaw, Sotheby’s Vice Chairman, Global Fine Arts, will lead the , which includes fine art, luxury accessories and rare experiences, all curated by Lisa Schiff of SFA Advisory. Among the renowned contributing artists are Frank Gehry, Jack Goldstein, 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:David Hockney, Elizabeth Neel, Richard Prince, and 168开奖官方开奖网站查询:Ai Weiwei, who has donated a unique sculpture from his iconic Forever series, Forever (Stainless Steel Bicycles in Silvery).
Generously fa♎cilitated by Acquavella Galleries, Thiebaud’s work on offer, titled , is a rare, recent landscape, which employs the 97-year-old artist’s trademark vibrancy and thick impasto. Thiebaud is also one of the recipients of the benefit auction’s three new awards. He will be receiving the first LDF Art & Environment Award, in recognition of his attention to the Northern Californian landscape throughout his career. As seen in the luminous , Thiebaud’s steep hills and inclines, characterized by dramatic color and radical views, highlight the sub💦limity of nature and the ability of art to transform viewers’ understandings of their surroundings.
LDF is presenting its inaugural annual Lifetime Achievement Award to environmental filmmaker, author and Pace Gallery founder, Arne Glimcher. Glimcher is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the African Environmental Film Foundation (AEFF), which is located in the Tsavo National Park in Kenya. AEFF produces educational film series about environmental issues in Africa, for the people of Africa, in their own languages. Glimcher also produces and directs major motion picture films, including environmentally themed works such as Gorillas in the Mist and White Gold, a film exposé about the ivo⭕ry trade and the survival of elephants across Africa.
and ܫ are being awarded LDF’s first annual Environmental Activist Award. Together, Amazon Frontlines and the indigenous-led Ceibo Alliance are pioneering innovative and holistic approacℱhes to indigenous empowerment and rainforest conservation.
Stay tuned as Sotheby’s covers every aspect of this philanthropic event, fr🎀om the benefit auction and award⭕ recipients to the special performance by Chris Martin of Coldplay.
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