The Daily Beast & Credit Suisse’s Art Basel Dinner Honoring Theaster Gates (PHOTOS)

The Daily Beast and Credit Suisse honored artist and activist Theaster Gates at a dinner in Switzerland on Wednesday night. See photos from the event.

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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-tease_r1teta — The Daily Beast and Credit Suisse honored artist and activist Theaster Gates on Wednesday night during Art Basel.

galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-04_qw8ule — Tina Brown and installation artist Theaster Gates.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-05_b4jz1s — Chicago artist Theaster Gates.

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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-03_luncmh — Urs Rohner, Credit Suisse Group chairman of the board and event co-host.

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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-09_wjw29x — Julia Nikulina.

galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-08_jvycst — Kyoko Tamura.

galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-07_kllw2a — Armory Show founding director Paul Morris.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-02_ntmnbw — Vladimir Roitfeld and Theo Niarchos.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-06_wav1rx — Art collector Thaddaeus Ropac.

galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-10_qixgff — Hunter Lee Soik and Arnold Chang.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-01_gk2aqz — Abdullah Al-Turki, Serena Cattaneo, and Robbie Antonio.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-19_zngibd — Alexandra Chemla and Maria Baibakova.

galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-18_qvojbo — Allese Thomson.

galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-15_seklln — Philanthropist Eli Broad and Garage founder and event co-host Dasha Zhukova.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-24_yszlcs — Genevieve Bahrenburg.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-11_pc3bln — Harry Brant and actress Stephanie Seymour.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-21_mbhdxg — Princess Alia Al Senussi and Alexandra Chemla.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-14_i7uo3z — Eli Broad and Svetlana Uspenskaya.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-23_mnde0p — Kavi Gupta and Theaster Gates.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-13_ihtuac — Gavin Brown and Peter Brant Jr.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-22_zqeszz — Genevieve Bahrenburg, Virginia Coleman, Todd Eberle, and Yvonne Force.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-12_ecb8ui — Harry Brant, Ginevra Elkann, and Gavin Brown.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-20_mvdbos — Peter Brant, Daphne Guinness, and Harry Brant.
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galleries/2013/06/12/the-daily-beast-credit-suisse-s-art-basel-2013-dinner-honoring-theaster-gates-photos/130613-Theaster-Gates-17_wguvol — Event co-hosts Daphne Guinness, Tina Brown, Dasha Zhukova, and Urs Rohner with Theaster Gates.

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