At its 2025 gala, Anderson Ranch Arts Center toasted to the power of transformative art with a night of celebration, conversation, and community on July 10. International Artist Award recipient Titus Kaphar, whose work confronts and reconfigures calcified narratives of American identity, was this year’s honoree—capping off an evening that underscored the Ranch’s role as a crucible for bold artistic vision and cultural dialogue in the region.
The Scene: A glittering evening of festivities, where a swirl of collectors, artists, and patrons gathered to mingle under canopies of lights followed by a seated dinner, all to celebrate the Ranch’s programming and honoree Titus Kaphar.
The Locale: Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, transformed into a gala setting surrounded by Aspen’s peaks and pine-scented breezes.
The Occasion: The Anderson Ranch Gala, a highlight of Ranch Week, where painter, sculptor, and filmmaker Titus Kaphar was honored with the 2025 International Artist Award for his trailblazing practice examining race, history, and representation in contemporary art.
The Crowd: A vibrant mix of artists, curators, collectors, philanthropists, and cultural figures including Anderson Ranch president and CEO Peter Waanders, CULTURED Editor-in-Chief Sarah Harrelson, gallerists Jessica Silverman and Isabel Suarez, film producer Debi Wisch, arts patron Sarah Arison, artists Joanne Seongweon Lee and Lindsey Yeager, Knight Foundation Vice President of Arts Kristina Newman-Scott, Americans for the Arts CEO Erin Harkey, and collectors Leslie Finerman, Jill Bernstein, and Rona and Jeff Citrin.
Memorable Moment: The on-site Ranch Gala Auction, where works donated by leading artists and a range of galleries, including Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, White Cube, and Marianne Boesky Gallery, were presented.
Next Up: Alongside the gala, the center’s summer programming includes Anderson Ranch’s conversation series, organized by CULTURED Editor-in-Chief Sarah Harrelson for the second year in a row. The schedule includes a dialogue between painter Issy Wood and CULTURED Co-Chief Art Critic Johanna Fateman on July 28.
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