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 Autumn Celebrations
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| Dinner in the dramatically uplit West Gallery at The Frick Collection's Autumn Dinner 2009. |
| Last Wednesday night, Evelyn Lauder, on behalf of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Extell Development Corporation, hosted a gala opening cocktail reception for “Inspired Designs: A Showhouse Celebrating Extraordinary Women” at 535 West End Avenue at 86th, the new Extell building. |
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Evelyn Lauder and Bronson Van Wyck |
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Mario Buatta and Nancy Corzine |
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Evelyn Lauder, Ellie Cullman, and Eve Ensler |
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Jennifer Flanders |
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Kelly Mack and Alexandra Lebenthal |
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Lorraine Grippi and Donna Gargano |
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Lynee Hastings and Robe Hastey |
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John Barman, Cynthia Lufkin, and Kelly Graham |
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Robin Liotta, Jerry Liotta, Pia Lindstrom, and Janet Hiltz |
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Michele Oka Doner and David Scott |
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Mickey Beyer and Andrea Stark |
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Nancy Corzine and Audrey Gruss |
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Patricia Fisher |
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The Frick Collection’s annual Autumn Dinner plays a unique role in the social landscape of New York and is a much-anticipated highlight of The Frick’s social and fund-raising calendar. Each year, it attracts those who appreciate the significance of The Frick’s contribution to the life of the city and the greater international cultural community.
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| The receiving line of Frick Trustee Chairman (and Benefit Chairman) Margot Bogert, Director Anne L. Poulet, Benefit Chairman Agnes Gund, honoree Philippe de Montebello, and Benefit J. Tomilson Hill and Janine Hill. |
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| Guests were able to dine in the newly reinstalled and relit East Gallery among works by El Greco, Goya, Hogarth, Manet, Reynolds and others. |
| This year’s black-tie dinner honored Philippe de Montebello, the longest serving director in the history of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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Frick Director Anne L. Poulet, honoree Philippe de Montebello, and Frick Board Chairman Margot Bogert |
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Stephanie French, Elizabeth Rohatyn, and Peter N. Heydon |
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Agnes Gund, Peter Wolff, and Edith de Montebello |
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Benefit Chair J. Tomilson Hill and Janine Hill in the upstairs drawing room of the Frick mansion with Director Anne Poulet |
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Frederick R. Koch and Margo Langenberg |
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Joyce Cowin, Stanley D. Scott, and Elizabeth Scott |
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Honoree Philippe de Montebello in the upstairs drawing room of the Frick mansion with Director Anne L. Poulet during the 6:30 VIP cocktail gathering before the Autumn Dinner |
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Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia and Ann K. Nitze |
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Kimba Wood and Frank E. Richardson |
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E. John Rosenwald, Randall Smith, Pat Rosenwald, John Rafferty, Edith de Montebello, and Emily Rafferty |
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Peter P. and Sofia Blanchard with Susan and Henry P. Johnson |
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William Wegman and Christine Burgin with the Frick's celebrated Bellini behind them |
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Frick Director Anne L. Poulet with Helen Clay Chace, great granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick (and former Frick Board president) and honoree Philippe de Montebello |
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Robert L. Froelich, Emily T. Frick, Roberta Sandeman, and Christian K. Keesee |
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E. John and Pat Rosenwald |
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Louise Grunwald and Mark Fisch |
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Philippe de Montebello in the Living Hall enjoying works by El Greco, Holbein, and others |
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Michelle Harper and Randy Stulberg |
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John Currin and Rachel Feinstein |
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George Eberstadt and Cynthia Young |
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Frick Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Colin B. Bailey, Edith de Montebello, and J. Tomilson Hill |
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Anne and Alain Goldrach and Caroline Milbank |
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Frick Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Colin B. Bailey, Vera and Walter A. Eberstadt, Margo M. Langenberg, and Frederick R. Koch |
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Victoria and Julian Agnew |
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Thierry Millerand and Rosamond Bernier |
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Terry and Nancy Elsberry, Frick Chairman Margot Bogert, and Frick Director Anne L. Poulet |
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Marvin and Mary Davidson with Elizabeth Gerschel |
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Mike Chace, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, and Konrad Keesee |
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Suzette de Marigny Smith, Helen Clay Chace (great granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick), and Frick Director Anne L. Poulet |
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Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn |
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Deborah Royce, David Van Fleet Bloys, and Alexandra Porter |
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Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas Campbell with Denise and Andrew Saul |
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Senior Curator Susan Galassi, Rosemary Vietor, and Melvin R. Seiden |
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J. Tomilson and Janine Hill with Philippe and Edith de Montebello |
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Anna-Maria Kellen and Walter A. Eberstadt |
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Frick Chairman of the Board (and benefit Chairman) Margot Bogert and Ellen Warner |
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Elizabeth and Patrick Gerschel with Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard |
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Eileen Hill and Sven Hansen |
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Marguerite De La Poer and Robert Sculthorpe |
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| Photographs by Christine A. Butler and Mary Hilliard
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| Oceana, a nonprofit international advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans, arrived in New York with a splash. Hosts Alexander and Brenda Von Schweickhardt opened their residence to the private event welcoming Jeff Goldblum, Gina Gershon, Sam Waterston, John and Joyce Varvatos, Tommy, Dee, and Ally Hilfiger, music producer Nile Rodgers, Patti D'Arbanville, Nancy Hunt, Lt. Governor of Connecticut Michael Fedele, Sarah Farcy McNitt, Linus Roache, Mick Jones, New York Jets tackle Damien Woody, Sue Cohn Rockefeller, Denise Rich, Bettina Zilkha, Rick Lazio, Jean Shafiroff, Philip Glass, Rossano Rubicondi, Fernanda Kellogg, and Terry Lundgren. |
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Damien and Nicole Woody wiith Angela and Steve Kilcullen |
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Peter Cervinka, Denise Rich, and Brenda and Alexander Von Schweickhardt |
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Brenda and Alexander Von Schweickhardt |
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Sarah Langham and Sir Thomas Moore |
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Linus Roache and Bettina Alonso |
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Ally Hilfiger |
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Dassi Olarte Kanavos |
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Jean Shafiroff and Daniel Goldner |
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Jeff Goldblum |
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Dee and Tommy Hilfiger |
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Nile Rodgers and Mick Jones |
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Sue Cohn Rockefeller and Julie Gilhart |
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Michelle Rella with Tom and Natasha Silver |
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Wendy Sutter, Phillip Glass, and Sue Cohn Rockefeller |
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The Noguchi Museum hosted a celebration of Priscilla Morgan, an Honorary Life Trustee of the Museum on the occasion of her 90th birthday. Ms. Morgan has been a trustee of the Museum since its inception in 1985. She has played a key role in its growth, from development of its programs and activities to the Museum’s major building projects and renovations. The Museum is located at 3338 10th Street, Long Island City.
150 attended the cocktail reception followed by special performances by pianist Charles Wadsworth and flutist Paula Robison. Museum Trustee Hugh Hardy served as emcee.
Among the guests: Museum Trustees Samuel Sachs II, David D. Holbrook, Diana DiMenna, Donald Elliott, Isaac Shapiro, and Christiane Fischer. Others attending included Lisa de Kooning, Christophe de Menil, Frances Daly Fergusson, Milly and Arne Glimcher, Hayden Herrera and Desmond Heath, Adam Horvitz and Kathleen Hanna, Jillian and Israel Horovitz, Rachel Horovitz and Michael Jackson, Phyllis and Harvey Lichtenstein, Borough President Helen Marshall, and Noguchi Museum Director Jenny Dixon and Curator Bonnie Rychlak. |
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Sandy Kenyon and Priscilla Morgan |
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Milly and Arne Glimcher |
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Priscilla Morgan and Nigel Redden |
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Noguchi Museum Chairman Samuel Sachs, with his wife Beth and Robin Chandler Duke |
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Noguchi Museum Chairman Samuel Sachs and Al Maysles |
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Noguchi Museum Trustee Christiane Fischer, Administrative Director Amy Hau, and Museum Director Jenny Dixon |
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Paula Robison |
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Andrea Holbrook, Rachael Horovitz and Susan Dunne |
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Charles Wadsworth performing "Priscilla" with Paula Robison, Maria Bachmann, and Anna Stoytcheva |
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Emilie Kilgore and Noguchi Museum Director Jenny Dixon |
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| The National Design Awards Gala, a program of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, was held last Thursday at Cipriani 42nd Street. The Awards were conceived by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to honor the best in American Design including architecture, fashion, lifetime achievement, and sustainable design solutions. |
| More than 575 attended. Presenters included John Waters and John King. Award winners included Francisco Costa, creative director of Calvin Klein Collection and Lincoln Center president Reynold Levy. Lampshades by David Stark. |
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| Agnes Gund, Darren Watkins, and Jo Carole Lauder |
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| Andrew and Andrew |
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| Desiree Rogers and Walter Hood |
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| Katherine Farley |
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| Michelle Oka Doner |
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| Caroline Baumann, Philippe Baumann, and Lisa Sardinas |
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| Francisco Costa and Eva Mendes |
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| Abbot Miller, Ellen Lupton, Andrea Cochran, and Caroline Baumann |
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| Adelin Chin and Susan Chin |
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| Amory Lovins, Steve Duenes, and Bill Keller |
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| Reynold Levy and Anne Aaron Curr |
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| Andre Balazs and Paul Goldberger |
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| Olga Viso and Andrew Blauvelt |
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| Charlie Rose and Amanda Burden |
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| Kathryn Neale |
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| Richard Meier |
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| David Stark |
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| Tyler Florence |
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| Dan Wood and Adam Michaels |
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| Bill Moggridge |
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| Desiree Rogers and Paula Zahn |
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| Jo Carole Lauder, Chuck Close, and Agnes Gund |
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| Rodolfo Machado |
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