Event

Every year, World Monuments Fund presents the Hadrian Award to international leaders who have advanced the understanding, appreciation, and preservation of the world’s art and architecture. The award is presented at the Hadrian Award Gala in New York City and is one of our most successful fundraising events. This year's event will be held on October 27, 2011.

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The Hadrian Award was inspired by the Roman Emperor Hadrian (A.D. 76–138), a brilliant commander and administrator and a great patron of the arts, who demonstrated a concern for the survival of outstanding artistic works and a desire to convey the standards embodied in these works to his contemporary world. This year, WMF will also inaugurate its annual Watch Award to recognize an individual preservation activist who is advancing the work of the World Monuments Fund.

WMF is proud to honor Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder with the 2011 Hadrian Award and Marcela Pérez de Cuéllar with the first Watch Award.

For information about the 2011 Hadrian Award Gala, please call 646-424-9594.

Please also join us at the After Party, Thursday, October 27, 2011, 9:30 PM-midnight, at La Mar Cebichería Peruana, 11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, to celebrate WMF’s work in preserving cultural heritage across the globe since 1965. (Tickets are limited.)