Southampton Arts Center Celebrates Opening Of ‘Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future’ Exhibition With The Christine Mack Art Collection

Southampton Arts Center celebrated the opening reception for The Christine Mack Art Collection’s “Beyond the Present: Collecting for the Future” exhibition on Saturday, July 26.

The opening, curated by award-winning art historian and founder of ArtMuse, Natasha Schlesinger, and Executive Director of Southampton Arts Center, Christina Mossaides Strassfield, welcomed over 400 guests, who sipped cocktails as they walked through the beautiful gallery space.

Christine has been an art collector for over 20 years and is fully committed to collecting diversely and expanding her collection beyond painting to include sculptural works in ceramics, bronze, and wood as well as textiles and glass. The human body has a strong focus in the collection, expressed through all mediums and representations, reflecting on our cultural moment and her own confidence in humanity.

Mack has built her dynamic collection by actively seeking out, meeting with, collecting, and supporting the young voices of our time. Her mission extends beyond collecting; she is deeply committed to nurturing these talents through mentorship, financial support, and the Mack Art Foundation Artist Residency.

Artists featured in this exhibition include Angeles Agrela, Elian Almeida, Willem Andersson, Daniel Arsham, Ana Benaroya, Michaela Yearwood Dan, Marc Dennis, Devon DeJardin, Woody De Othello, Alexandre Diop, Callum Eaton, Camilla Engstrom, Bobbi Essers, Sharif Farrag, Mark Frygell, Alex Gardner, Mark Thomas Gibson, Sam Gilliam, Anthony Gormley, Jameson Green, Keith Haring, Megan Gabrielle Harris, Angela Heisch, Stephanie Temma Hier, Loie Hollowell, Sheree Hovsepian, Rugiyatou Jallow, Alexander James, Martine Johanna, Rashid Johnson, KAWS, Barbara Kruger, Austin Lee, Robert Longo, Wole Lagunju, Karen Lyons, Opal Mae Ong, Joakim Ojanen, Liz Marcus, POW Martinez, Danielle McKinney, Marilyn Minter, Zanele Muholi, Vik Muniz, Danielle Orchard, Gahee Park, Leo Park, Claire Partington, Robert Peterson, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Thomas J Price, Robert Rauschenberg, Hannah Lupton Reinhardt, Melissa Rios, Brian Rochfort, George Rouey, Matthew Rosenquist, Laura Sanders, Kenny Scharf, Yam Shalev, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Jeff Sonhouse, Vaughn Spann, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Joana Tremblay, Amanda Wall, Austin Martin White, Kehinde Wiley and Kennedy Yanko.

Mack Art Foundation artists include Callum Eaton, Mark Frygell, Megan Gabrielle Harris, Rugiyatou Jallow, Alexander James, Martine Johanna, Hannah Lupton Reinhardt, Melissa Rios, and Yam Shalev.

Guests enjoying light bites and refreshments included Martina Bonnier and Sverker Thufvesson, Meredith Darrow and Alex Liberman, Alina de Almeida, John Paulson, Kristin Snyder and Kate Parr, Abby and Josh Fayer, Karen and Evan Flatow, Sara Fitzmaurice and Bill Raffety, Alicia Goldstein and Jim Prusky, Joey Healey, Jane Holzer and Edmund Lo, Sheree Hovsepian, Rashid Johnson, Carl Kostyál and Eric Torstensson, Angela Krauchenka, Austin Lee and Susu, Marianna and Harper Levine, Chairman Simone and her husband David Levinson, Richard Mack, William and Phyllis Mack, Jennifer Olshin and Torsten Albertz, Elana Platonova, Board Member Aima Raza and her husband Agha Khan, Josh Rome and Nathalie Shepard, and Adam Schlesinger.

After the exhibition opening, a small dinner was held in the theater with delicious dishes from Acquolina and cocktails from LALO tequila, OddBird non-alcoholic wine, and Entourage Rose Wine. The dinner was followed by a video, spotlighting the Mack Art Foundation and the work Christine Mack is doing for the art community.

Sponsors for the evening included Cultured, LALO Tequila, OddBird Non-alcoholic Wine, Vogue Scandinavia, Bon Bon Candy Co., Peter Thomas Roth, Entourage Rose Wine, and Aman Cosmetics.