Yasmina Reza's Art premiered in Paris in 1995 and won the Molière Award for Best Author. Since then it has had productions worldwide in over thirty languages. The London production (translated by Christopher Hampton) received the 1996-97 Laurence Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award, and its Broadway run garnered it the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play.

This event was generously supported by the Estate of Marian O. Naumburg.