Muys Snijders

Under the dim lights of the Lower East Side's Maison Nur, art world luminaries gathered to celebrate Observer's Art Power Index—and each other. From the impassioned speeches to the sharp tailoring and Damien Hirst over the bar, the evening embodied our legacy of chronicling power with style.

Their acquisitions, affinities and approbations move the needle on valuation and redefine how art is made, shown and sold.