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PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
BRIAN
FITZSIMMONS
ART OF
THE PARTY
THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN
CELEBRATES THE JONES
CENTER'S RENOVATIONS
AND STUNNING NEW
EXHIBITS WITH A PARTY
UNDER THE STARS.
After closing for months of
renovations, The Contemporary
Austin's Jones Center downtown
reopened in December with
renovated galleries, an open-air
canopied rooftop space, an exhibit
by Polish artist Monika Sosnowska,
and an outdoor sculpture by Jim
Hodges. To celebrate, the museum
treated 170 donors to an intimate,
seated seasonal dinner by noted
Richard Marcus,
president of The
Contemporary
Austin's board of
trustees, with
legendary
journalist Dan
Rather.