Art world heavy hitters Agnes Gund, Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder, Lisa and David Schiff, and Aby Rosen and Samantha Boardman are a few of the hosts of the preview of The Art Show, which is celebrating 25 years at the Park Avenue Armory and benefiting the Henry Street Settlement. The show represents over 70 Read More
We got goodies for some of those on our gift list at the Pier Antiques Show this past weekend, but those who deserve something a little more, well, contemporary have yet to be crossed off. That’s why we’re dropping in on the Independent Curators International benefit auction, where works by the likes of Olaf Breuning Read More
Five months into Klaus Biesenbach’s directorship of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, the board of directors that will take the Museum of Modern Art’s kunsthalle in Queens into the post–Alanna Heiss era is taking shape. P.S.1 board chair and former MoMA president Agnes Gund told The Observer that newly appointed members of the board include Read More
Katie Holmes put in "two minutes" at her apartment building’s Christmas party before making her way to her waiting SUV. [P6]
Citing cost issues, designers Betsey Johnson and Carmen Marc Valvo have decided against staging shows in the Bryant Park tents at this Feburary’s Fashion Week. [WSJ via Read More
Awards were given out at the Americans for the Arts 2007 National Arts Awards last night, and speeches were made. Sitting down for dinner in Cipriani 42nd Street’s massive main hall, guests dressed in black-tie attire-Jeff Koons among them-were surrounded by billboard-sized cloth screens covered with images of Andy Warhol’s iconic poppies. Warhol was the Read More
Agnes Gund, the president of the Museum of Modern Art and an elegant lady about town, sounded nervous, her voice high and hesitant. “I’ve never gone door-to-door for anything before, so I think this is going to be a real surprise for me. I’ve asked a lot of people what I am going to do Read More
