The glamorous art auction elevated the city’s national profile and attracted celebs like Alan Cumming, Sharon Stone and Jerry Jones, but after 25 years, its...
The glamorous art auction elevated the city’s national profile and attracted celebs like Alan Cumming, Sharon Stone and Jerry Jones, but after 25 years, its era is coming to an end.Alan Cumming and Cindy Rachofsky at the 2018 gala, Two x Two for AIDS and Art, inside the geodesic dome on the front lawn of the Rachofsky House.As the sun faded through the glass walls of his modern home, Howard Rachofsky began to say goodbye to the gala he built.
“I want to thank Cindy and Howard for all the work they’ve done these past 25 years,” Keller said, as guests sat at two long tables. “I just have one question. I’ve only been coming for eight or nine years, so for 16 years I didn’t get invited?”Cindy and Howard Rachofsky at a dinner by Thomas Keller, one of the events leading up to Oct. 19's final Two x Two gala, on Sept. 26, 2024.
The concept was to solicit donated art for an auction. “The name flew into my head,” Livet said. Since it was two different organizations and two different kinds of charities, she dubbed it, “Two x Two for AIDS and Art.” A new Dallas tradition was born. “It was one of the most successful events I ever did,” said Livet, “but I can’t take credit for it.”
“It changed the nature of the scene,” said Laura Carpenter, central to the gala’s creation and a gallery owner in Dallas before ultimately moving to Santa Fe. “There weren’t a lot of people collecting contemporary art. All of a sudden, Two x Two was the thing to do.”A crowd gathers inside the Rachofsky house for the 2017 gala, Two x Two for AIDS and Art.The exclusive black-tie gala grew to 450 guests, and its scope expanded.
The 2017 design of the geodesic dome on the front lawn of the Rachofsky House. Each year, event planner Todd Fiscus reimagines the space.Todd Fiscus' design for the 2016 gala, Two x Two for AIDS and Art, inside the geodesic dome on the lawn of the Rachofsky House.As epic as the parties could be, just as eye-popping was the amount of money raised.
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