Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the New Museum spring gala honoring Mickalene Thomas and George Condo.
. The evening was honoring visual artists George Condo and Mickalene Thomas, but Ross was eager to show off a different piece of art: her dress, designed byThe actress walked to one side of the stage and slowly turned in a circle, and then shuffled to the other side of the stage for another spin. The blue hand-painted gown featured a high neck and drop armholes that revealed a cyan leotard underneath.
“This award makes complete sense,” said author Jacqueline Woodson, onstage to present Thomas with her honor. “The New Museum has been a home for radical imagination, and Mickalene has used her own radical imagination, radical generosity and radical connections to change the world,” she added. “And I would be remiss to not shout out her amazing fashion. We could spent a good half hour deconstructing the eyewear alone.
Onstage, Thomas gave shout-outs to many of her friends in the crowd that have supported her throughout the years: New Museum director Isolde Brielmaier, Emil Wilbekin, Derrick Adams, Robert Verdi, Mckenzie Liautaud, Darrell Walker and Michael Chuapoco. “One of my missions is to create a platform that allows me to challenge society norms and create space for voices that aren’t often heard,” said Thomas. “Let’s continue to create a world that celebrates our differences, that amplifies our voices and that inspires us to be our authentic selves.
“We want to right the wrongs in the world,” said Condo of the collective artist mindset. “If politicians would just think like painters, they might be able to figure out how to get over some of this division,” he added. “We as artists take the most disparate tones and colors, and work with the most crazy and outrageous mismatched materials, and we put them together in such a way that there is unification of those things, and the outcome is beautiful.
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