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SI Benefactors enjoy privileged access to the contemporary art world, experiencing exclusive exhibitions, artist interactions, and specially curated programs while championing the Institute’s dedication to showcasing Swiss and international artists. Each Benefactor level unlocks a unique tier of benefits and bespoke events.

For more information, contact us via email at info@swissinstitute.net or call +1 (212) 925-2035.

Memberships

SI Community

$10 monthly / $100 one-time gift

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Become an SI Community member and ignite your passion for contemporary art. With this introductory membership, you'll receive exclusive access to the vibrant community of SI. Stay informed with regular email updates on our dynamic programs and exhibitions, and be invited to at least one exclusive SI event each year, where you'll mingle with fellow art enthusiasts and experience the contemporary art scene. 

As a token of SI’s appreciation, you'll also receive a limited edition SI cap and a thoughtfully chosen SI published artist’s book to deepen your connection to the SI community.

Friends Of SI

$900 Individual / $1,600 Couple

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Friends of SI (FOSI) members foster meaningful connections not only with SI itself but also with fellow art enthusiasts. Through a series of art-focused social gatherings, exclusive artist studio visits, and engaging conversations, FOSI play a pivotal role in supporting SI’s endeavors, including artist commissions, exhibitions, and special projects both in New York City, Switzerland, and beyond.

Benefits:

  • Art-focused social opportunities
  • Exclusive artist studio visits, tours, and conversations
  • Limited edition SI Cap
  • Reserved seating at exclusive SI lunches and receptions
  • Art Basel Lunch invitation
  • Special notifications for SI events and curated gatherings
  • Recognition on website and donor wall as a Friend of SI

Patrons Of SI

$3,250

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Patrons of SI gain exclusive immersion into the world of emerging contemporary art, enjoying one-on-one interactions with curators, bespoke studio visits, and early access to rising artists. As a Patron, you will deepen your connection with SI through a rich array of intimate events, inspiring talks, and meticulously curated travel experiences, all centered around SI’s dynamic curatorial program.

Benefits (in addition to those listed for Friends of SI):

  • VIP passes and access to elite international art fairs and events
  • Access to bespoke, intimate social events exclusively for Patrons
  • Patron-only studio visits with artists
  • Personalized tours of exhibitions with senior curators
  • SI-curated travel opportunities
  • Recognition on our website and the donor wall as a distinguished Patron of SI

Director's Circle

$7,500

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The Director’s Circle offers an elevated patronage experience for those with a deep commitment to SI’s mission. As a member, you are invited to private luncheons and dinners with artists and curators, engaging in meaningful discourse. You will also enjoy a private tour of each of the 6 yearly shows at SI, led by the director Stefanie Hessler and artists, gaining an inside perspective on SI’s artistic process and vision. Curated travel opportunities alongside the director, artists, and senior staff provide unparalleled cultural exploration.

Benefits (in addition to those listed for Friends of SI and Patrons):

  • Intimate, private lunch/dinners with one-on-one introductions to thought leaders, artists, and leading curators
  • Private tours with director and artists
  • Bespoke travel opportunities with the director, artists and senior staff
  • Recognition on website and donor wall as members of Director’s Circle

Leadership Council

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Members of the Leadership Council amplify SI’s mission internationally, allowing SI to continue pursuing its forward-thinking curatorial program and keeping its doors open to all.

Leadership gifts are multi-year commitments with a minimum of 2 years. 

Supporters at this level receive all Director’s Circle benefits, plus:

  • Pre-opening tour with SI Director and Exhibition Curator for all SI exhibitions
  • 1 complimentary ticket to Annual Benefit 
  • Receive all SI publications published throughout the year
  • Invitations to exclusive travel opportunities  
  • Recognition on website and donor wall as members of the Leadership Council 

Environmental Council

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The Environmental Council is pivotal in championing SI’s dedication to tackling institutional environmental challenges by incorporating art, curatorial practices, and forward-thinking initiatives. The Environmental Council serves as a catalyst for innovative solutions, providing a platform for emerging environmental solutions with the same artistic creativity, fostering new perspectives on established practices, and promoting awareness and appreciation for often-overlooked sustainable approaches through a curatorial lens. Together, we strive to weave environmental consciousness into the fabric of our institutions, creating a harmonious intersection of art, curatorial excellence, and sustainable solutions. 

Education Council

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As part of our institutional commitment to education for kids, pre-teens, teens, families, adults, and seniors, SI assembles a select group of visionary individuals dedicated to learning for its Education Council.

This group is composed of active participants building upon SI’s nearly four-decade legacy of artistic experimentation.

The support provided by the Education Council ensures that SI’s ambitious educational projects and exhibitions continue to drive accessible change within the arts ecosystem while celebrating international contemporary artists at the forefront of sustainability. 

SI extends its deepest gratitude to the following individuals for their generosity in supporting our mission

Board of Trustees

Maja Hoffmann
President

H.E. Ambassador Niculin Jäger
Honorary Chair

Michael Ringier
Treasurer

David Allemann
Olivier Audemars
Daniel Baumann
Philippe Bertherat
Francesco Bonami
Monique Burger
Simon Castets
Bice Curiger
Yan Du
Latifa Echakhch
Alexandra Economou
John Garcia
Sam Keller
Dominique Lévy
Christian Marclay
Nicolas Party
Richard Phillips
Iwan Wirth
Peggy Yeoh

Advisory Council

Francois Barras
Sherica Bryan
Dora Budor
Paul Cossu
Rosanna Flouty
Steven Johnson
Julien Nguyen
RaĂşl de Nieves
Mai-Thu Perret
Michael Wang

38 St Marks Alliance

LUMA Foundation
Stiftung Usine
Michael Ringier
Florian Gutzwiller
Monique & Max Burger
Iwan Wirth
Garcia Family Foundation
Nicoletta Fiorucci
FundaciĂłn Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte
Rachel & Jean-Pierre Lehmann
Dominique Lévy
Shelley Fox Aarons & Philip E. Aarons
Alexandra Economou
Suzanne & Eric Syz
Sarah Arison
Bridgitt Evans
Fabienne & Charles Abrecht
Peter Handschin
Martin Hatebur
Susanne von Meiss
Gaby Nahmani

Artist Vision Fund

Exhibitions are made possible in part by the SI Artist Vision Fund with leadership support from:

Board of Trustees
Becky and David Gochman
Nicoletta Fiorucci

Leadership Council

Yan Du
Nicoletta Fiorucci
Pierre-André Maus

Director’s Circle

Sarah Arison
Vamsi Dukkipati
Lena & Per Josefsson
Tina Kim
Rachel & Jean-Pierre Lehmann
Almine Rech & Bernard Ruiz-Picasso
Clarice O. Tavares
Nicole Timonier

Builders Council

Dayle Bechtler-Lustenberger
Massimo De Carlo, Milan / London / Hong Kong
Paula Cooper Gallery
Carolyn & Neil Coplan MD
Heather Flow
Gladstone Gallery
Xavier Hufkens
Lisson Gallery
David Kordansky
kurimanzutto
SprĂĽth Magers
Jack Bankowsky & Matthew Marks
Pace Gallery
Mathieu Paris
Metro Pictures
Eva Presenhuber
Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery
Peter and Adelaide Sutter de Vries

SI Architecture and Design Council

Annabelle Selldorf
Chair

Andreas Angelidakis
Marc Benda
Anna-Sophie Berger
Felix Burrichter
Alexandra Cunningham Cameron
Demisch Danant
Alia Farid
Fredi Fischli & Niels Olsen
Beatrice Galilee
Martino Stierli

Education Council

FundaciĂłn Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte
Co-Chair

Andrew Alexander
Dayle Bechtler-Lustenberger
Antonie Bertherat
Spencer Brownstone
Richard Cappellazzo
Julie Fischman
Franco Gotte
Severin Hacker
Christine Mack
Lily Mortimer
Will Palley
Clarice O. Tavares
Henrietta Tsui
Helen & Peter Warwick

Patrons of Swiss Institute

Shaune Arp
Dayle Bechtler-Lustenberger
Spencer Brownstone
Christine Halter-Oppelt & Amalaswintha Oppelt
Paul Judelson
Caroline Lang
Eva Presenhuber
Federica Simon
Siri Stolt-Nielsen

Friends of SI Switzerland Committee

Dayle Bechtler-Lustenberger
Co-Chair

Michèle Sandoz
Co-Chair

Marius Neuenschwander
Treasurer

Anne-Shelton Aaron
Shaune Arp
Nicolas Bernheim
Christine Halter-Oppelt
Sharon Merzbacher
Sabine Parenti
Oskar Weiss

Friends of SI US Committee

Alexandra Economou
Heather Flow 
Olutade Olulade
Katja Zigerlig

Friends of SI

Anne-Shelton Aaron
Charles & Fabienne Abrecht
Alana Alireza
Nesa Amamoo
Jeanette Apitz
Zal Batmanglij
Dayle Bechtler-Lustenberger
Nicolas Bernheim
Martin & Helena Bjäringer
Iuliia Bolgova
Simone Anna Bucher-Bechtler
Marietta Budiner
Cathrine Anne Burda
Alex Butler
Richard Cappellazzo
Georgina Casparis
Salim & Cecile Chaar
Katherine Chan
Paul Cossu
Karolina Dankow
Andrée Darphin
RaĂşl de Nieves
Elizabeth Dee
Eli Diner & Anh Do
Nikolaj Dinevski
Eliza Douglas
Alexandra Fain
Birgit Filzmaier
Julia Fischbach
Kristina Foster
Caroline & Eric Freymond
Peter & Kathrin Friedli
Marcelo J Garza
Corinne Gautier
Damian & Melanie Grieder-Swarovski
Catherine Haccius
Martin Hatebur & Peter Handschin
Katharina Hempel
Gitti Hug
Frédérique Hutter
Branwen Jones & James Fuentes
Sonja Kehl
Judith Khneysser
Lorraine Kiang & Edouard Malingue
Peter Kilchmann
Sabina Kohler
Zachary A Krooks
Jade Lai
Jeffrey Lee
Laura Lehmann
Karma Liess-Shakarchi
Sarah Levine
Inès Lombard
Sam Loney
Nadine Lopez
Whitney Mallett
Svetlana Marich
Megan Marrin
Bettina Meier-Bickel
Sharon Merzbacher
Monika & Simon Michel
Jay Ezra Nayssan
Marius Neuenschwander
Carolina Nitsch
Jutta Nixdorf
Marina Olsen
Claudia Paetzold
Olivia Palazzolo
Sabine Parenti
Mariana Pictet
Tatia Pilieva & Andreas Lascaris
Steve Pulimood
Edgar Rappold & Gertie Guertler
Emma Reeves
Thomas Reinshagen
Corinne Rohner
Marina Romiszowska
Donald Ryan
Michèle Sandoz
Olympia Scarry
Thomas Schneider
Chai Schnyder
Kurt Schwarz
Diana Segantini
Silvie Seidlitz
Ser Serpas
Uli & Rita Sigg
Irit Fine Sommer
Peter & Adelaide Sutter De Vries
Kon Trubkovich
Peter Trueb
Rebecca Von Bachelle Zaidman
Stefan von Bartha
Susanne von Meiss
Martina Vondruska
Evan L Wadler
Stella Wang
Shumit Chanda Wanner
Angela Amr Weber
Alex Weber & Margaret Chan Weber
Oskar Weiss
Anja Wyden-Guelpa & Séverin Guelpa

SI gratefully acknowledges the TOY Family as Friends of SI

Anna Abrell
Satyam Abishek Advani
Thorsten Albertz
Lukas Amacher
Albert Anneler
Tiffany Woodt-Arnt & Matthias Ardnt
Daniel Arsham
Evelene & Noraya Avanthay
Diego Baldenweg
Lionel Baldenweg
Nora Baldenweg
Deborah & Gioele Balmelli
Mirko Baselgia
Joel Basman
Beat Berger & Christophe Graber
Nicolas & Maria Bernheim
Dvang Bharania
Julie Boldt & Dhruv Yadav
Zandie Brockett
Zoe Buckman
Monique & Max Burger
Beat & Simone Burger
Maxime Castric
Carla Chan
Isaac Chong
Barbara Corti
Marcel Crespo
Timothy Curtis
Filipe & Melanie Da Costa Leite
Kim & Timothy Dale
Gabriel Delponte
Branca & Stefan Dorfmeister
Rose Elbaz & David Kolinski
Alexandra Ettlin and Tobias Kappeler
Filippo Fiocchi
Andi Fischer
Benedikt Fischer
Nico Form-Zuellig
Tina Marie Fung & Ashraf Razaque
David Gleitman
Jennifer Greenland & Luca Pessina
Alex & Nirit Gruenwald
Luisa Gui & Christian Wassmann
Johannes Hoerning
Sonja & James Holloway
Cindy Holzbauer & Klaus Gabriel
Laura Hilber
Paul Hutchinson
Mike Imam 
Gianni Jetzer
Nadia & Timo Kaabi-Linke 
Titus Kaphar 
Maria & Claudio Koller
Laura Krul-Harris 
Karen-Sofie Kvamme
Joanna Lisiak
Daniela Maerky & Alain Vaucher
Doreen Merkel & Akshay Bajaj
Fabian Marti
Madelyne Meyer
Natalie Meyer
Enrico Nahoum
Elaine Ng & Fabio Rossi
Amina Omani & Ouali Omani
Yasmine & Joao Philippe Orléans e Braganca
Charlotte Phillips
Cynthia Philips
Jacqueline Phillips
Michael Phillips
Yasmin Rahmatullah
Prashanti Ravindran & Nicolas Mathier
Michael Reinhold
Silvia Ruiz Meron 
Michael Sandmeier
Constantin Schenker
Evita & Anja Schildknecht
Terry Schmassmann
Annabelle Schneider
Falk Schweitzer
Maria Sieper & Maleachi Buehringer
Tina Soroush & David Trenhondart
Franziska Stilli & Clement Poch
Maximilian Stolberg
Tavares Strachan
Aita Sulser
Elizabeth & Stefan Suter
Emilie Suter
Katharina Suter
Melanie Tang-Simunovic & Nick Simunovic
Dagny & Richard Telfer
Bianca Ulrich-Heller & Stephan Ulrich
Alexandra Verney
Andrea Wild Botero & Raphael Kappeler
Natalie Williams
Philipp Wille
Cassandra Wong & Otto Brockway
Esther YS Wong
Vidur Yadav
Alison Mary Ching Yeung