Scene Last Night: Dree Hemingway, Jeff Koons, Gilbert & George
There were many happy pairs at the New Museum Spring Gala in Manhattan’s financial district last night.
Duffy, a hairstylist to models and actresses, chatted with Dree Hemingway, model, actress and great-granddaughter of Ernest.
Dakis Joannou, billionaire Greek industrialist, ate dinner with Jeff Koons, the artist entrusted with curating a show of Joannou’s collection at the New Museum last year.
Alex Katz, who is working on a series of “the faces of flowers,” stuck close to his wife and muse, Ada Katz. Artist George Condo and his wife, Anna, were similarly welded.
The couples garnering the most attention were the event’s honorees: collectors Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis and the artists Gilbert & George, who have been working, dressing and talking in sync since the 1960s.
The duos accepted their awards at a Lucite lectern.
“We are so happy that we are smiling at both ends,” Gilbert & George said in unison.
The party, on the 45th floor of 7 World Trade Center, featured an inventive menu by Bite restaurant, especially the foie gras bread pudding and elderflower custard. East Village mixologists Death & Co. provided cocktails made with Prairie Organic Vodka.
Tobias Meyer, worldwide head of contemporary art at Sotheby’s, auctioned off a photographic portrait-sitting with Chuck Close for $250,000. The 33 collages that Josh Smith made for the gala, some of which were exhibited next to a red carpet as guests arrived, sold out.
The party brought in $1.3 million. Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, was among the event’s sponsors.
(Amanda Gordon is a writer and photographer for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. Any opinions expressed are her own.)
To contact the writer on this story: Amanda Gordon in New York at agordon01@bloomberg.net or on Twitter at @amandagordon.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
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Duffy, owner of Lower East Side hair salon Tommy Guns, and Dree Hemingway, model and actress, in Calvin Klein.
Duffy, owner of Lower East Side hair salon Tommy Guns, and Dree Hemingway, model and actress, in Calvin Klein. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Artists Gilbert & George talk with Bloomberg's Amanda Gordon about their work and the New Museum's Spring Gala last night in New York. The pair, who've been working, dressing and talking in sync since the 1960s, were among the event's honored guests. (Source: Bloomberg)
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George Passmore and Gilbert Proesch, the artists known as Gilbert and George, were honored at the New Museum gala.
George Passmore and Gilbert Proesch, the artists known as Gilbert and George, were honored at the New Museum gala. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Tobias Meyer, Sotheby's worldwide head of contemporary art; Clarissa Dalrymple, curator; Yvonne Force Villareal, co-founder of the Art Production Fund, and Mark Fletcher, art adviser. Meyer conducted a live auction at the gala that brought in $250,000 for a portrait session with Chuck Close. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Cecilia Alemani, independent curator, and Dakis Joannou, collector and chairman of Joannou & Paraskevaides (Overseas) Limited.
Cecilia Alemani, independent curator, and Dakis Joannou, collector and chairman of Joannou & Paraskevaides (Overseas) Limited. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Lisa Phillips, director of the New Museum.
Lisa Phillips, director of the New Museum. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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George Condo, who has a solo show at the New Museum, and Anna Condo, filmmaker, wearing Erdem.
George Condo, who has a solo show at the New Museum, and Anna Condo, filmmaker, wearing Erdem. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Fabienne Stephan, art dealer.
Fabienne Stephan, art dealer. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Arden Wohl in a Prada dress and shoes that appear inspired by either Princeton or the new Broadway show "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo."
Arden Wohl in a Prada dress and shoes that appear inspired by either Princeton or the new Broadway show "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo." Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Lucy Chadwick, a gallery director, and Miles Freeland, director of public relations at Burberry.
Lucy Chadwick, a gallery director, and Miles Freeland, director of public relations at Burberry. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Alexandra Richards, the deejay at the gala.
Alexandra Richards, the deejay at the gala. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Philip E. Aarons, a founder of real estate development firm Millennium Partners, in a Libertine jacket, and Shelley Fox Aarons, a retired psychiatrist and one of the gala's chairmen, in Peachoo + Kreijberg. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Artists Richard Phillips and Josephine Meckseper. The FLAG Art Foundation is hosting a Meckseper exhibition through May 26.
Artists Richard Phillips and Josephine Meckseper. The FLAG Art Foundation is hosting a Meckseper exhibition through May 26. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Irena Hochman, art dealer, and John Richardson, author of "A Life of Picasso" and curator of the Gagosian exhibition "Picasso and Marie-Therese: L'amour fou," opening April 14.
Irena Hochman, art dealer, and John Richardson, author of "A Life of Picasso" and curator of the Gagosian exhibition "Picasso and Marie-Therese: L'amour fou," opening April 14. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Brett Littman, executive director of the Drawing Center, and Philippe Vergne, director of the Dia Art Foundation. Their similar attire was coincidental.
Brett Littman, executive director of the Drawing Center, and Philippe Vergne, director of the Dia Art Foundation. Their similar attire was coincidental. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Sue Hostetler, an editor and writer, in Balenciaga.
Sue Hostetler, an editor and writer, in Balenciaga. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Craig Kalpakjian, artist; Carol Greene, director of Chelsea gallery Greene Naftali; and Mitzi Eisenberg, a gala chairman and New Museum board member.
Craig Kalpakjian, artist; Carol Greene, director of Chelsea gallery Greene Naftali; and Mitzi Eisenberg, a gala chairman and New Museum board member. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Red carpet greeted guests on the 45th floor of 7 World Trade Center for the New Museum gala. The art is by Josh Smith.
Red carpet greeted guests on the 45th floor of 7 World Trade Center for the New Museum gala. The art is by Josh Smith. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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