Notable guests gathered in celebration of Serpentine Architecture Pavilion’s 25th anniversary …
Hosted by Michael Bloomberg, Chairman of Serpentine’s Board of Trustees; Bettina Korek, Serpentine CEO; Hans Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Artistic Director; and actor, producer and humanitarian Cate Blanchett, Serpentine’s most important fundraiser of the year brought together patrons and luminaries in Kensington Gardens in London. Serpentine features a year-round, free programme of exhibitions, architectural showcases, education, live events and technological activations, in the park and beyond the gallery walls.
Bettina Korek, Isha Ambani, Michael Bloomberg, Marina Tabassum, Patricia Harris and Hans Ulrich.
Highlights from the summer programme include the Giuseppe Penone exhibition, Thoughts in the Roots, and the Play Pavilion designed by Sir Peter Cook in partnership with the LEGO® Group. The centrepiece of the event was A Capsule in Time, designed by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum. Cate Blanchett said: “Supporting our cultural institutions and their power to illuminate the world at large and our place within it is of paramount importance. I’m honoured to co-chair the Serpentine party and its summer festivities where so many creative forms – architecture, performance, music, science and digital narratives – intersect. To come together around a pavilion created by Marina Tabassum, whose socially driven work particularly in her home country of Bangladesh to meet the challenges faced by Rohingya refugees, is an inspirational opportunity.”
Click into the gallery to see some of the guests in attendance.
Photography: Getty, BFA and Rowben Lantion.
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