chashama gala makes spectacular return
After a COVID-enforced hiatus, the annual arts extravaganza hosted by chashama returned to Times Square last week. Known for its outrageous interactive arts, the gala...
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Art group celebrates 25 years of breathing life into empty real estate
In 1995 Anita Durst had a dream: To create a non-profit arts organization that would be an oasis of hope and growth for New York...
Durst gets ready for annual art attack
Anita Durst is getting ready to host her annual fundraising extravaganza, the chashama Gala. The event has become a spectacle of the New York real...
Durst doyenne changing the way building owners see art
At 103 years old, the Durst Organization owns 16 million s/f of space between 18 buildings in Manhattan, making it one of the city’s oldest...
Naked and unafraid at the 2016 chashama gala
Anita Durst didn’t disappoint at her annual chashama Gala held last night at the Frank Gehry-design dining hall of Four Times Square. Business-suited executives mingled...
The weird and the wonderful: It must be chashama time
More than 100 performance artists will headline this year’s chashama Gala to celebrate the non-profit’s ongoing commitment of giving artists free or affordable space to...
Chashama to host anniversary gala
Chashama, a non-profit group committed to giving artists free and affordable space to create and present their works, will be hosting its 20th Anniversary Gala on...