The Barnes Art Ball is an annual friend- and fundraiser that brings together generations of artists, philanthropists, collectors, connectors, and community partners to celebrate art’s power to inspire through shared experiences of the brilliant, the beautiful, and the sublime. The Barnes Art Ball is the art party in Philadelphia, and this year’s event featured a special preview of their fall exhibition, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love. This dazzling evening was inspired by Brooklyn-based artist Mickalene Thomas’s vivid, tactile, and immersive works, which articulates a complex and empowering vision of self while exploring broader ideas of beauty, sexuality, and politics.

1. Amachie Ackah, David Fleisher, James Claiborne, Val Gay, Julia Fleisher, Sarah Hammer Williams and Dori Broudy

2.    Stephen Marshall, Nicole Marshall, Sandy Marshall, David Marshall, Anna Peterson, William Peterson

3.Cindy Kang, Jay Minkoff, Ilana Dean

4. Carrie Majors and Robin Halpern

5. Michael Forman, Marta Adelson, Robert Adelson, Jennifer Rice

6.  Jay Minkoff, Judy Monroe and  guest

7. Tania Spensierato and Jennifer Lynn Robinson

8. Amanda Willinger, Irene Shabel, Steven Lagos and Kristie Lagos

9. Eric Rymshaw, Nancy and Ben Shein

10. John Weinstein and Grace Manno

11. Tam Edwards and Rocco Lugrine

12. Clara Hollander, Sally Bleznak and Bentley Hollander

13. Tac Justi and Melissa Leonard

14. Greg Seitter, Katie Adams Schaeffer and Marcello Luzi

15. Jack and Barb Hafner and their guests

16. Jen Su, Dr. Louis Marion, Cedia Michaelson and Rick Bleicher

17. Jon and Alexandra Morgan and Brooke and Chris DeMarco

18. Bill Valerio and Glen Sacks chatted with Tarik Khan and Anne Nadol and Sam Rhoads

19. Grace O’Connell, Garrett Snider and Irene Shabel

20. Casey Kuklick and Courtney Robinson

21. MarnieManko, David Smith and Roberta and Carl Dranoff

22. Elaine Camarda and Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

23. Alice Donavin Day, Georgette Ciukurescu and Anthony Roth Costanzo

24. Big Rube and Alizichi Jones

25. Chloe Angelides, Anthony Roth Costanzo and Christina Acevedo

26. Barb Hafner and Matt Wetzel

27. Greg Deavens and Lorina Blake-Marshall

28. Tania Spensierato, Federico Mingozzi, Jimmy Gigliotti, Samantha Barth and Joseph Kotarski

29. Karl Fong and Susan Jablokov

30. Jen Zaro and Dr. John Bruza found that the beat goes on!!

31. Wild nites out on the Barnes terrace!!!

32. Greg and Rebecca Segall

32, Alex Delotoch Davis, Jewels Dodson and Laylah Barrayn

33. Jen Su, V.Shayne Frederick and Jennifer Lynn Robinson