Voluptuous Panic: The 18th Annual Watermill Summer Benefit

The Watermill Center will once again bring together the worlds of theater, art, fashion, design, and society for Voluptuous Panic : The 18th Annual Watermill Summer Benefit. Benefit artists and Watermill International Summer Program Participants from over 30 different countries will create six acres of installations and performances throughout the grounds of Watermill during the event. The funds raised will support The Watermill Center's International Summer Program and Fall / Spring Residency Program, providing a unique environment for young and emerging artists to explore and develop their work.

Beginning at 6pm, the evening will include cocktails, courtesy of Bacardi USA, a silent auction, performances, art installations, dinner, dancing and a live auction hosted by auctioneer Simon de Pury, Chairman, Phillips de Pury & Company. The evening will end with guests dancing under the stars in the auction tent. This year’s silent and live auction will include over 75 lots from emerging and established artists including Marina Abramovic, Hans Arp, Mary Heilmann, Arturo Herrera,Robert Longo, Christian Marclay, Adam McEwen, Malcolm Morley, Olivier Mosset, Robert Lazzarini, Tim Rollins + K.O.S., David Salle, Andres Serrano, Taryn Simon, Philippe Starck , and Robert Wilson, with special lots created in celebration of Robert Wilson’s 70th Birthday. 

Voluptuous Panic will be fearless this summer and will inspire the fashion, as it is the dress code for the evening. It will be a true festival of the arts and performance all to benefit Watermill and it’s mission to provide a unique environment for young and emerging artists to explore new ideas and foster their career development. Summer Participants will include Carrie McGrath, Molly Weiss,Olga Generalova, Gjorje Jovanovik, and Santiago Taccetti.

Honorary Chairs: Marina Abramovic, Jane Adams, Pedro Almodóvar, Laurie Anderson, David Bowie & Iman, Steve Buscemi, Chuck Close, Bob Colacello, Alan Cumming, Willem Dafoe, Christophe de Menil, Jimmy Fallon, Jonathan Safran Foer & Nicole Krauss, Frank Gehry, Philip Glass, Nan Goldin, Zaha Hadid, Antony Hegarty, H.R.H. Princess Caroline of Hanover, Anjelica Huston, Jenny Holzer, Bianca Jagger, Norah Jones, Harvey Keitel, Kylie Minogue, Jessye Norman, Mary-Louise Parker, Charlotte Rampling, Lou Reed, Charles Renfro, Isabella Rossellini, Sharon Stone, James Turrell, Viktor & Rolf, Dita von Teese, Rufus Wainwright.

Benefit Chairs:  Shaikha Paula Al-Sabah, Lisa Anastos, Wallis Annenberg, Lisa de Kooning, Steven DeLuca, Carla Emil & Rich Silverstein, Wendy & Roger Ferris, Anke & Juergen Friedrich, Barbara Goldsmith, Anne Hearst McInerney & Jay McInerney, Calvin Klein, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Lisa & Richard Perry, Maria Pessino, Tatiana & Campion Platt, Leila & Melville Straus, Christine Wächter-Campbell & William I. Campbell.

Tables start at $10,000, dinner tickets at $1,000. For tickets, please call (212) 253-7484.