ART Parties/Scene
NEW YORK — M&Ms filled the air as RxArt, the organization dedicated to placing fine art into healthcare facilities, took over the gallery at Milk Studios last night for the 12th annual RxArt party. Artists Dustin Yellin, Aurel Schmidt...
NEW YORK — Friday night, art dealer wunderkind Joseph Nahmad and graffiti-artist-cum-downtown-hipster renaissance man Nemo Librizzi joined forces to curate “Deep Space,” a multigenerational survey of “vernacular street art.” Their playful, if apocryphal...
NEW YORK — Rather than wait with fear by the television set, Brooklyn art galleries marked election night by hosting countdown events, trotting out performance art pieces and other attractions, and generally doing their level best to act out the stereotype of...
LOS ANGELES — A purple carpet set the stage for the international art, fashion, and film royalty present at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s second-annual Gucci-sponsored “Art + Film” gala on October 27. Guests sipped Laurent-Perrier pink champagne...
NEW YORK — For artist Rob Pruitt, the fashion crowd that gathered at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion on the Upper East Side Thursday night was a departure from the usual people he sees at art-world functions. “This is a room full of strangers, but they’re...
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Club’s ornate, gilded 19th-century interiors were a bit too much for Klaus Biesenbach last night. “I really like empty white spaces, now what have I done to deserve this?” he joked. The MoMA PS1 director and MoMA chief curator at...
NEW YORK — Moving into a new space in New York City is stressful enough without plans to organize a three-course dinner for 200 guests immediately upon arrival. But intimidating logistics didn’t seem to faze gallerist Sean Kelly, who relished the...
NEW YORK — Where’s Francesco? That was the question on everybody’s mind last night at the New York Academy of Art’s 21st annual Take Home a Nude Benefit Art Auction and Dinner, honoring artist Francesco Clemente. A well-heeled crowd that...
NEW YORK — The word “luminaries” might be one of the most used and abused cliches in society reportage, but it is apropos when describing the guest list at last night’s National Arts Awards event hosted by Americans for the Arts at Cipriani 42nd Street....
The art world flocked to London this week to witness a cluster of New York galleries making their debut in the British capital. Among the star-studded openings was that of Pace Gallery, which inaugurated its major new space in the west wing of...
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February 09, 2013