XX Plays Guggenheim Pre-Party

Performance By The xx Announced For The 2014 Guggenheim International Gala Pre-party On November 5

Music Event Made Possible by Dior Launches Celebration to Benefit the Guggenheim Foundation

Two evenings of celebration for the 2014 Guggenheim International Gala (GIG) will begin on Wednesday, November 5 with a pre-party featuring a performance by the music group The xx in the Guggenheim rotunda. The pre-party will be held from 9 pm to midnight, and is hosted by the museum’s Young Collector’s Council (YCC). A benefit dinner on Thursday, November 6 will follow, honoring 2014 Guggenheim exhibition artists Carrie Mae Weems, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene (in memoriam), Günther Uecker, and Wang Jianwei.

The xx released their latest album Coexist on September 11 2012 and ended their US touring in support of the album one year later with sold-out shows at both The Hollywood Bowl and multiple nights at Radio City Music Hall. This past March the band returned to the US for a critically acclaimed and spellbinding residency at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory designed to challenge the relationship between artist, audience, and environment. They followed that with a run of sold-out dates in the South culminating in a show in Marfa, TX. The xx are currently working on a new album at various locations around the world including Marfa and Iceland.

About the GIG:
Funds raised from these events will benefit the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in support of the museum’s many innovative educational, curatorial, and research programs and the exhibition of its unparalleled collections of modern and contemporary art.

The 2014 Guggenheim International Gala is made possible by Dior. Wine and spirits for the Guggenheim International Gala are provided by Moët HennessyUSA.