Rebecca  Wang  Anticipates  Supporting  the  Serpentine  Galleries  Summer  Party  2015,  Co-­‐Hosted  by  Julia  Peyton-­‐Jones  and  Michael  R.  Bloomberg  

Rebecca  Wang  is  a  patron  of  Serpentine  Galleries  and  a  supporter  of  the  Serpentine  Pavilion  Summer  Party,  an  annual  fundraiser  for  Serpentine  Galleries  helping  to  further  their  educational  remit.  She  anticipates  supporting  the  Serpentine  Galleries  at  the  15th  annual  Summer  Party  on  July  2,  2015.  

 

Thursday,  July  2nd  will  see  the  art  world’s  most  prestigious  party,  the  Serpentine  Summer  Party,  take  place    by  the  Serpentine  Galleries  amid  the  oxygenated  greenery  of  Hyde  Park,  ”the  lungs  of  London”.  The  Serpentine  Summer  Party  is  an  annual  fundraiser  for  the  galleries,  helping  to  further  their  educational  remit.  It  extends  on  the  wide  and  strong  support  and  patronage  enjoyed  by  the  galleries  and  has  long  held  the  reputation  of  being  a  sumptuous  and  glamorous  evening,  on  a  par  with  Ascot,  Wimbledon  and  the  Chelsea  Flower  Show  as  one  of  the  quintessential  outdoor  events  during  London’s  summer  months.  

This  year’s  Serpentine  Pavilion  was  designed  by  renowned  Madrid-­‐based  architects  José  Selgas  and  Lucía  Cano  of  the  studio  SelgasCano.  SelgasCano’s  design  is  innovative  and  modern  while  connecting  with  the  landscape  of  the  park  and  gardens.  Using  a  double-­‐layered  shell  of  opaque,  translucent  fluorine-­‐based  plastic  (ETFE)  in  a  variety  of  colours,  the  structure  is  designed  with  multiple  entrances,  allowing  visitors  to  experience  the  Pavilion  from  diverse  perspectives,  all  leading  to  the  café  in  the  heart  of  the  structure.  

Over  the  last  15  years,  the  Serpentine  Pavilion  has  come  to  be  a  renowned  international  exhibition  of  architectural  experimentation  by  presenting  inspirational  temporary  structures  by  some  of  the  world’s  greatest  architects.  The  blending  of  the  natural  beauty  of  London’s  Kensington  Gardens  with  a  temporary  structure  that  is  both  stunning  and  welcoming  is  part  of  the  reason  that  the  annual  Pavilion  exhibition  has  become  a  London  landmark,  and  is  one  of  the  top-­‐ten  most  visited  architectural  and  design  exhibitions  in  the  world,  according  to  the  Serpentine  Galleries  website.  

Among  those  supporting  last  year’s  Serpentine  Galleries’  Summer  Party  were  the  Princesses  Beatrice  and  Eugenie,  Bradley  Cooper,  Keira  Knightley  and  her  husband  James  Righton,  Bryan  Ferry,  Orlando  Bloom,  Lily  Allen,  Ben  Goldsmith,  Pharrell  Williams,  who  performed  a  live  music  set,  and  gallery  patrons  and  trustees  including  executive  Hollywood  film  producer  Rebecca  Wang  and  international  architect  Zaha  Hadid.  

Co-­‐hosts  for  this  year’s  Summer  Party  on  July  2nd  are  of  a  particularly  high-­‐powered  variety:  joining  Gallery  Director  Julia  Peyton-­‐Jones  and  Co-­‐Director  Hans  Ulrich  Obrist,  Chairman  and  former  Mayor  of  New  York  Michael  R  Bloomberg,  and  Zaha  Hadid,  a  globally  renowned  architect  who  created  the  London  Aquatics  Centre  for  the  2012  Olympics.  She  has  also  been  one  of  the  previously  chosen  architects  for  the  Serpentine  Pavilion  and  has  recently  become  the  first  woman  to  win  the  Design  Museum’s  Design  of  the  Year  award  for  the  Heyder  Aliyev  culture  centre  in  Baku.  

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