The New Yorker's Fourth Annual Passport to the Arts Event

A Benefit for Friends of the High Line

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, November 8, 2008, the New
Yorker Promotion Department hosts its fourth annual Passport to the Arts
event, featuring a self-guided tour of twenty-eight leading Chelsea galleries,
an evening cocktail reception, and a silent auction benefitting Friends of the
High Line. Tickets are $45 and will go on sale on October 3, 2008, at
http://www.ticketweb.com.
On Saturday, November 8th, participants will pick up a program guide, a
map, and an official passport at la.venue at the Terminal Stores Building,
West 28th Street between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues, between 11 a.m. and 3
p.m. The self-guided tour of the twenty-eight participating galleries goes
until 6 p.m. At each gallery, passports will be stamped with a replica of the
featured work of art. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., participants are invited to a
cocktail reception at la.venue, featuring a silent auction of works by Marina
Adams, Julio Bittencourt, Geoffrey Chadsey, Matt Keegan, Joseph Kosuth, Keith
Mayerson, Beatriz Milhazes, Aleksandra Mir, Santi Moix, Matthew Ritchie, Mia
Westerlund Roosen, Joshua Smith, Mickalene Thomas, and other artists.
All funds raised by the silent auction and a portion of the proceeds of
ticket sales will benefit Friends of the High Line. Friends of the High Line
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and reuse of the
High Line, a 1.5-mile elevated railway that runs along the West Side of
Manhattan. For more information on Friends of the High Line, please visit
http://www.thehighline.org.
The New Yorker's Passport to the Arts event is presented by Embassy Suites
Hotels. It is sponsored by Barclays Capital, Land Rover, and MasterCard World
Card, and supported by Kenneth Cole Awearness, LU Biscuits, and the Mexico
Tourism Board.
For more information, including a full list of participating galleries and
artists, visit http://www.PassporttotheArtsNYC.com. Tickets are $45 and will
be available via TicketWeb at http://www.ticketweb.com or by phone at
866-468-7610 on October 3rd.
SOURCE The New Yorker

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