Brooklyn Museum Honors Titus Kaphar's Work at 2024 Artists' Ball

This week, the Brooklyn Museum honored the work of Titus Kaphar at its Artists' Ball, and GQ hosted an awards ceremony in the financial district.

On Tuesday evening, as joggers wound their way down Eastern Parkway toward Prospect Park, artists from the art world emerged from black cars and paraded past flowering trees to the Brooklyn Museum.

Inside, the institution hosted the Brooklyn Artists Ball, its largest annual fundraiser. The evening paid tribute to Titus Kaphar, the American painter whose works are currently on display at the museum, “Giants: Art From the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys”.

Mr. Kaphar said the night had been "pretty shocking."

“I didn't grow up going to museums,” Mr. Kaphar, remembering the first time he saw an exhibition of painter Kehinde Wiley's work at the Brooklyn Museum when he was a graduate student.

“I don't I never considered the possibility of my work existing in a place like this until I saw this brother doing what he was doing. Then I thought maybe, just maybe. »

ImageFrom left to right, Thomas Doherty, the actor; Kristine Froseth, the actress; Little Simz, the rapper; and Isabelle Fuhrman, the actress.Credit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for the New York Times

ImageThe event included a surprise performance before dinner. Credit... Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for the New York Times

ImageGuests danced at an after-party -party, which featured a DJ set by Swizz Beatz.Credit...Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for the New York Times

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