Despite being divorced from Jacqueline Schnabel for years, Julian Schnabel still dwells at her house on West 11th Street.
“You can’t tell which paintings are mine, and which paintings are not? Do you know anything about art?” Mr. Schnabel, standing in the cabana parlor of the West Village mansion, asked The Observer. “That painting, Read More
On July 15, the Deitch gallery on Grand Street will host a special fund-raiser for 36-year-old designer Tara Subkoff, who, it was recently reported, has been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor that can be fatal if not operated on within two years. Artists and galleries are donating works for auction, with the proceeds going Read More
Sunday evening, the authors Zadie Smith and Andrew Sean Greer—along with their dates, Ms. Smith’s husband, Nick Laird, and Mr. Greer’s boyfriend, David Ross—gathered in a corner of the Library at the Hudson Hotel, where the Accompanied Literary Society was holding its black-tie Oscar-viewing party. Glasses of Champagne in hand, they assembled their chairs in Read More
At Diane von Furstenberg’s afternoon show on Sunday, Feb. 15, the front-row guests simply would not settle down—but perhaps everyone was simply thrilled they didn’t have to put their sad faces on in sympathy for the economy. “We need this!” said Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn, glancing around the tent at Bryant Park. “We need Read More
On Saturday, Feb. 7, the charmingly loopy socialite Arden Wohl was sitting cross-legged on the floor of the closet-size Art Production Fund space on Wooster Street, surveying the dimly lit crowd of attractive people who had packed in to check out her 20-minute film, Two Other Dreams.
On a screen, the actresses Azura Skye Read More
Socialite Arden Wohl, who is often described as a "filmmaker" in the press, has written and directed a new short film, Two Other Dreams, which will debut at Art Production Fund’s Lab 15 space on Wooster Street this weekend.
In 2006, Ms. Wohl released a debut film called Coven, which was Read More
It’s no longer enough just to wear a headband–now everyone wants to lay claim to having started the ubiquitous trend. According to PopCrunch.com, actress Mischa Barton, who has been working on a line of headbands (apparently in lieu of a successful acting career), is peeved that her friend Nicole Richie has announced that Read More
If you don’t feel like being yet another Ashley Dupre, Sarah Palin, Don Draper, or Dick Fuld for Halloween this year, consider a costume that you can whip up in less than 24 hours that will no doubt impress your social-climbing friends: the New York socialite.
Throwing together a socialite costume overnight is easy. Most Read More
As investment banks collapse, insurance firms file for bankruptcy, and jobs continue to be lost, it seems that New York socialites deserve some of the blame for jinxing the stock market.
On March 7, Arden Wohl, Derek Blasberg, Amanda Hearst, Claire Bernard and nightclub owner Simon Hammerstein rang the closing bell at the New York Read More
Irina Aleksander is sad to report that the parents of charmingly kooky socialite Arden Wohl have separated, and dad Larry has been spotted around town with a woman who is not his wife Denise.
Ms. Aleksander also stopped by Barneys on Monday evening for a book party celebrating Graydon Carter’s new tome, Read More
