Scene Last Night: David Rubenstein, Paul McCarthy, Chloe Sevigny
Before the clock struck six last night, David Rubenstein, managing director and co-founder of the Carlyle Group, was at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall talking business -- the culture business, that is -- with Reynold Levy, the president of the Manhattan performing arts complex.
As often happens at Lincoln Center benefits, that brief conversation gave way to lengthier cultural consumption. Rubenstein had a ticket for the all-Beethoven program by Joshua Bell and the Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields.
David Coulter, a managing director at Warburg Pincus and gala honoree, picked Beethoven too, for reasons his wife explained.
“The men who work the 80-hour-a-week jobs, they recharge themselves through the arts,” Susan Coulter, chairman of the Global Film Initiative, said. “If you can’t go trout fishing after work, you go to a concert.”
The Coulters fish for trout together. (Neither would say who has caught the bigger fish.)
As for concertgoing: “You walk away with a sense of energy, saying to yourself, ‘I can be creative,’” David Coulter said.
Artist Paul McCarthy was some kind of creative in his remarks at the New Museum gala, held last night at Cipriani Wall Street.
“Uh, okay, summary,” McCarthy began his honoree speech.
A stream of words followed.
Financial Bubble
“Financial bubble, dollars, material bubble, to learn to relax” he said. “Suburbs, John Cage, what’s what,” he added. “Dress up, pretend, pretend, pretend.”
In this context, the special-edition sculpture of a mushroom by artist Carsten Holler was an entirely appropriate take-home gift for guests including Chloe Sevigny and Leelee Sobieski.
The award for exercising creativity at a gala goes to the guests of Publicolor’s Stir, Splatter + Roll.
These folks put on Tyvek suits over their business and party attire and painted artworks in the hallways of Martin Luther King Jr. High School.
Artists and designers including Mark di Suvero, Carleton DeWoody and Edwin Schlossberg supervised the fun, which helped get across Publicolor’s mission to elevate students by painting their public schools in mood-lifting colors.
Christo was there to show his support last night. So was Lisa Perry, wife of hedge-fund manager Richard Perry. She had splatter-painted her dress for the party.
Publicolor board chairman Deven Parekh, a managing director at Insight Venture Partners, brought the Publicolor concept to his firm. Employees choose the color of their office. Parekh’s is peach.
(Amanda Gordon is a writer and photographer for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. Any opinions expressed are her own.)
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Reynold Levy, president of Lincoln Center, and David Rubenstein, managing director and co-founder of the Carlyle Group.
Reynold Levy, president of Lincoln Center, and David Rubenstein, managing director and co-founder of the Carlyle Group. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
David Coulter, managing director, Warburg Pincus, and Susan Coulter, board chairman, Global Film Initiative. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Maddy Hong, an incoming Harvard freshman (class of 2016), and her dad, Dr. David Hong, chief executive of San Francisco-based Medivation Inc., which is developing a new prostate cancer drug called Enzalutamide. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Lincoln Center
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Ann Ziff, chairman of the Metropolitan Opera, and Katherine Farley, chairman of Lincoln Center.
Ann Ziff, chairman of the Metropolitan Opera, and Katherine Farley, chairman of Lincoln Center. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
New Museum
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Massimiliano Gioni, associate director and director of exhibitions at the New Museum, and actress Chloe Sevigny, an honorary chairman of the museum's gala.
Massimiliano Gioni, associate director and director of exhibitions at the New Museum, and actress Chloe Sevigny, an honorary chairman of the museum's gala. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Actress Leelee Sobieski. Photographer: Neil Rasmus/BFAnyc.com via Bloomberg
New Museum
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Lisa Phillips, director of the New Museum, and artist and gala honoree Paul McCarthy.
Lisa Phillips, director of the New Museum, and artist and gala honoree Paul McCarthy. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
New Museum
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Will Cotton's pink-cotton-candy-filled projection for the New Museum gala.
Will Cotton's pink-cotton-candy-filled projection for the New Museum gala. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
New Museum
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Lisa Dennison of Sotheby's and her dad, Saul Dennison, chairman of the New Museum.
Lisa Dennison of Sotheby's and her dad, Saul Dennison, chairman of the New Museum. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
George Condo, who donated a portrait sitting that sold for $350,000 at the benefit, and Anna Condo. Of the party, George Condo said, "I like hte outfits. I like to watch the way the women walk, see the silhouettes against the backdrop." Those backdrops included projections by artists Dasha Shishkin and Will Cotton. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
New Museum
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The Carsten Holler mushroom.
The Carsten Holler mushroom. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Publicolor
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At the Publicolor benefit, party-goers weaved, then painted at designer and artist Suzanne Tick's table.
At the Publicolor benefit, party-goers weaved, then painted at designer and artist Suzanne Tick's table. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Publicolor
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Christo, at right, with Jonathan Henry, who works for the artist.
Christo, at right, with Jonathan Henry, who works for the artist. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Publicolor
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Deven Parekh, managing director, Insight Capital Partners, and board chairman, Publicolor, with Gordon Caplan, a partner at Wilkie Farr & Gallagher.
Deven Parekh, managing director, Insight Capital Partners, and board chairman, Publicolor, with Gordon Caplan, a partner at Wilkie Farr & Gallagher. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Publicolor
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Mark di Suvero aiming a brush on the cheek of Betsy Perry.
Mark di Suvero aiming a brush on the cheek of Betsy Perry. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Lisa Perry, wearing a dress from her own fashion label, customized for Publicolor's gala. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Publicolor
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Emma Hall, in Rodarte, who works at Haunch of Venison, and Mark Quilhot, who works for a bank. (So not everyone at the party put on a Tyvek suit and painted.)
Emma Hall, in Rodarte, who works at Haunch of Venison, and Mark Quilhot, who works for a bank. (So not everyone at the party put on a Tyvek suit and painted.) Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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