The Phillips Collection 2026 Annual Gala
The Phillips Collection Annual Gala
Friday, May 8, 2026
The Phillips Collection’s Annual Gala celebrates the Phillips’s commitment to advancing art, fostering creativity, and strengthening community engagement.
For more information about The Phillips Collection Annual Gala, please contact:
AnnualGala@PhillipsCollection.org
2025 Annual Gala: Powered by Artists
McArthur Binion, Marta Pérez García, Jarl Mohn, Jonathan Binstock, Dindga McCannon, Mariana Levinas Huberman, Beatriz Bolton, Pamela Kaplan
Molly Gilbane, Kathryn Minor Jones, Sarah Mills
Roxanne Roberts, Kiyomi Buker, H.E. Shigeo Yamada, Ambassador of Japan to the United States, Robert Heggestad.
Zoe Charlton and Dr. Harrine Freeman
The Music Room decorated for the Annual Gala.
Robert Hur, Cara Hur, Josh Eastright, Sarah Eastright, Tony Chan
2025 Annual Gala
Thank you for celebrating with us!
Gala Honorees
The Phillips Collection is proud to recognize this year’s esteemed honorees, whose dedication to the arts has transformed the contemporary art world and our community. Their lasting impact reflects the core of our vision—to create “a beneficent force in the community.”
Mirella and Dani Levinas, In Memoriam
Chair Emeritus and Champions of Contemporary Art
Dindga McCannon
Philadelphia-based Artist and Founding Member of Where We At Black Women Artists Collective
Jarl Mohn, 2025 Duncan Phillips Award Recipient
President Emeritus at NPR, Art Collector, and Philanthropist
Artist Committee
McArthur Binion
Marta Pérez García
Sir Isaac Julien KBE RA
linn meyers
Pepón Osorio
Diplomatic Committee
H.E. Laurent Bili, Ambassador of France to the US
H.E. Ralf Heckner, Ambassador of Switzerland to the US
The Right Honourable Lord Mandelson PC, His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States
H.E. Ángeles Moreno, Ambassador of Spain to the US
H.E. Dr. Kevin Rudd AC, Ambassador of Australia to the US
H.E. Miloslav Stašek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the US
H.E. Shigeo Yamada, Ambassador of Japan to the US
H. E. Mariangela Zappia, Ambassador of Italy to the US
Gala Committee
Beatriz Bolton & Pamela Kaplan, Co-Chairs
Connie Carter, Zoë Charlton, Tami Conetta, Julie Garcia, Soledad Guerra, Barbara Hawthorn, Mariana Levinas Huberman, Matthew Indre, Jennifer Lavinbuk, Gail Lione, Jane Lole, Judy Pomeranz, Brandi Saunders, Beth Smithson, Courtney Toomath-West, Serena Ziskroit
The Phillips Collection thanks members of the 2025 Annual Gala Committee for their time, creativity, and generous commitment to the museum’s initiatives in education and community engagement.
2025 Annual Gala Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Champion
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Beatriz and Graham Bolton & Dosal Family Foundation
Jarl and Pamela Mohn
Partner
The Garcia Family Spotlight Foundation
Total Wine & More
Benefactor
Anonymous
Altria Group
Brown Advisory
Ednah Root Foundation
Stephanie and Greg Guyett
Daniel W. Hamilton
Christy Kavulic and Akio Tagawa
Kramer Levin
Jane Lole and Steven Sumberg with Randy Zwirn and Russell Katz
Northern Trust
PwC
The Embassy of the State of Qatar in the United States
Risk Strategies Company
Estate of Toni A. Ritzenberg
George Vradenburg
Reid Walker
Supporter
The Alper Family Foundation, Inc
ArentFox Schiff LLP and JM Zell Partners, LTD
Lisa Barry and James Gale
The Burns Group Merrill Lynch
Connie Carter, CØMPASS Real Estate
Chevy Chase Trust
Lindsay and Henry Ellenbogen
GRF CPAs & Advisors
Barbara Hawthorn and Robin Phillips
Bonnie and Harold Himmelman
Gail Lione and Barry Grossman
Mr. Ebrahim and Mrs. Sara Maghsoud
Roger Sant and Doris Matsui
WC Smith
Friend
JM Brignolo
Barbara Brown and Robert Berish
John and Gina Despres
Ms. Martha Dippell and Mr. Daniel Korengold
Pamela Gwaltney
Barbara and Bob Hall
Richard and Pamela Hinds
Nancy Meakem and Arkadi Gerney
Mariana Levinas Huberman
Joan and Dan Mulcahy
Pathstone
Judy and John Ritz
Julia Spicer and Kevin Sheehan
Courtney Toomath-West and Kenneth West
Judy and Leo Zickler
For more information about The Phillips Collection Annual Gala, please contact:
AnnualGala@PhillipsCollection.org
Unable to attend The Phillips Collection’s Annual Gala but would still like to support? Please click here.