2026 Socrates Gala

Socrates Sculpture Park
2026 Socrates Gala
June 4, 2026   6:30–9:30pm

On June 4, 2026, Socrates Sculpture Park celebrates its 40th Anniversary Gala at Spacetime CC, founder Mark di Suvero’s waterfront studio in Long Island City. The evening unfolds with sunset dinner, dancing, and cocktails against the backdrop of the New York City skyline.

The evening honors artist Chakaia Booker, longtime partner Materials for the Arts, and The Sidney E. Frank Foundation, whose sustained support has helped shape the Park’s history and impact.Marking four decades since artists and neighbors transformed an abandoned riverside landfill into a living center for contemporary art and community life, the Gala celebrates a legacy of creative risk-taking, community partnership, and ecological care. In this milestone year, we embrace the spirit of Begin Again, drawing on our greatest strengths—commitment to artists, investment in community, and belief in the transformative power of place—to imagine a more sustainable and daring future.

Spacetime CC

Spacetime is the studio of the artist Mark di Suvero. The buildings were built in the 1920s and the 1930s and were originally used to unload and store bricks that were manufactured up the Hudson River. By the time di Suvero saw the structures in 1980 they were close to being condemned. He began work to repair the buildings and immediately invited other artists to come work in the space and use his tools. Artists such as Ursula von Rydingsvard, Linda Fleming and Meg Webster made work in the space under the auspices of his Athena Foundation. Five years later, di Suvero and Enrico Martignoni applied to New York City to lease the land that became Socrates Sculpture Park. Artists continue to have studio spaces at Spacetime to this day.

Learn more about Spacetime CC here: https://www.spacetimecc.com