Autumn Celebrations

Dinner in the dramatically uplit West Gallery at The Frick Collection's Autumn Dinner 2009.

Last Wednesday night, Evelyn Lauder, on behalf of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Extell Development Corporation, hosted a gala opening cocktail reception for “Inspired Designs: A Showhouse Celebrating Extraordinary Women” at 535 West End Avenue at 86th, the new Extell building.

Evelyn Lauder and Bronson Van Wyck

Mario Buatta and Nancy Corzine

Evelyn Lauder, Ellie Cullman, and Eve Ensler

Jennifer Flanders

Kelly Mack and Alexandra Lebenthal

Lorraine Grippi and Donna Gargano

Lynee Hastings and Robe Hastey

John Barman, Cynthia Lufkin, and Kelly Graham

Robin Liotta, Jerry Liotta, Pia Lindstrom, and Janet Hiltz

Michele Oka Doner and David Scott

Mickey Beyer and Andrea Stark

Nancy Corzine and Audrey Gruss

Patricia Fisher

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [1]

The Frick Collection’s annual Autumn Dinner plays a unique role in the social landscape of New York and is a much-anticipated highlight of The Frick’s social and fund-raising calendar. Each year, it attracts those who appreciate the significance of The Frick’s contribution to the life of the city and the greater international cultural community.

The receiving line of Frick Trustee Chairman (and Benefit Chairman) Margot Bogert, Director Anne L. Poulet, Benefit Chairman Agnes Gund, honoree Philippe de Montebello, and Benefit J. Tomilson Hill and Janine Hill.

Guests were able to dine in the newly reinstalled and relit East Gallery among works by El Greco, Goya, Hogarth, Manet, Reynolds and others.

This year’s black-tie dinner honored Philippe de Montebello, the longest serving director in the history of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Frick Director Anne L. Poulet, honoree Philippe de Montebello, and Frick Board Chairman Margot Bogert

Stephanie French, Elizabeth Rohatyn, and Peter N. Heydon

Agnes Gund, Peter Wolff, and Edith de Montebello

Benefit Chair J. Tomilson Hill and Janine Hill in the upstairs drawing room of the Frick mansion with Director Anne Poulet

Frederick R. Koch and Margo Langenberg

Joyce Cowin, Stanley D. Scott, and Elizabeth Scott

Honoree Philippe de Montebello in the upstairs drawing room of the Frick mansion with Director Anne L. Poulet during the 6:30 VIP cocktail gathering before the Autumn Dinner

Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia and Ann K. Nitze

Kimba Wood and Frank E. Richardson

E. John Rosenwald, Randall Smith, Pat Rosenwald, John Rafferty, Edith de Montebello, and Emily Rafferty

Peter P. and Sofia Blanchard with Susan and Henry P. Johnson

William Wegman and Christine Burgin with the Frick's celebrated Bellini behind them

Frick Director Anne L. Poulet with Helen Clay Chace, great granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick (and former Frick Board president) and honoree Philippe de Montebello

Robert L. Froelich, Emily T. Frick, Roberta Sandeman, and Christian K. Keesee

E. John and Pat Rosenwald

Louise Grunwald and Mark Fisch

Philippe de Montebello in the Living Hall enjoying works by El Greco, Holbein, and others

Michelle Harper and Randy Stulberg

John Currin and Rachel Feinstein

George Eberstadt and Cynthia Young

Frick Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Colin B. Bailey, Edith de Montebello, and J. Tomilson Hill

Anne and Alain Goldrach and Caroline Milbank

Frick Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Colin B. Bailey, Vera and Walter A. Eberstadt, Margo M. Langenberg, and Frederick R. Koch

Victoria and Julian Agnew

Thierry Millerand and Rosamond Bernier

Terry and Nancy Elsberry, Frick Chairman Margot Bogert, and Frick Director Anne L. Poulet

Marvin and Mary Davidson with Elizabeth Gerschel

Mike Chace, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, and Konrad Keesee

Suzette de Marigny Smith, Helen Clay Chace (great granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick), and Frick Director Anne L. Poulet

Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn

Deborah Royce, David Van Fleet Bloys, and Alexandra Porter

Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas Campbell with Denise and Andrew Saul

Senior Curator Susan Galassi, Rosemary Vietor, and Melvin R. Seiden

J. Tomilson and Janine Hill with Philippe and Edith de Montebello

Anna-Maria Kellen and Walter A. Eberstadt

Frick Chairman of the Board (and benefit Chairman) Margot Bogert and Ellen Warner

Elizabeth and Patrick Gerschel with Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard

Eileen Hill and Sven Hansen

Marguerite De La Poer and Robert Sculthorpe

Photographs by Christine A. Butler and Mary Hilliard

Oceana, a nonprofit international advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans, arrived in New York with a splash. Hosts Alexander and Brenda Von Schweickhardt opened their residence to the private event welcoming Jeff Goldblum, Gina Gershon, Sam Waterston, John and Joyce Varvatos, Tommy, Dee, and Ally Hilfiger, music producer Nile Rodgers, Patti D'Arbanville, Nancy Hunt, Lt. Governor of Connecticut Michael Fedele, Sarah Farcy McNitt, Linus Roache, Mick Jones, New York Jets tackle Damien Woody, Sue Cohn Rockefeller, Denise Rich, Bettina Zilkha, Rick Lazio, Jean Shafiroff, Philip Glass, Rossano Rubicondi, Fernanda Kellogg, and Terry Lundgren.

Damien and Nicole Woody wiith Angela and Steve Kilcullen

Peter Cervinka, Denise Rich, and Brenda and Alexander Von Schweickhardt

Brenda and Alexander Von Schweickhardt

Sarah Langham and Sir Thomas Moore

Linus Roache and Bettina Alonso

Ally Hilfiger

Dassi Olarte Kanavos

Jean Shafiroff and Daniel Goldner

Jeff Goldblum

Dee and Tommy Hilfiger

Nile Rodgers and Mick Jones

Sue Cohn Rockefeller and Julie Gilhart

Michelle Rella with Tom and Natasha Silver

Wendy Sutter, Phillip Glass, and Sue Cohn Rockefeller

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [2]

The Noguchi Museum hosted a celebration of Priscilla Morgan, an Honorary Life Trustee of the Museum on the occasion of her 90th birthday. Ms. Morgan has been a trustee of the Museum since its inception in 1985. She has played a key role in its growth, from development of its programs and activities to the Museum’s major building projects and renovations. The Museum is located at 3338 10th Street, Long Island City.

150 attended the cocktail reception followed by special performances by pianist Charles Wadsworth and flutist Paula Robison. Museum Trustee Hugh Hardy served as emcee.

Among the guests: Museum Trustees Samuel Sachs II, David D. Holbrook, Diana DiMenna, Donald Elliott, Isaac Shapiro, and Christiane Fischer. Others attending included Lisa de Kooning, Christophe de Menil, Frances Daly Fergusson, Milly and Arne Glimcher, Hayden Herrera and Desmond Heath, Adam Horvitz and Kathleen Hanna, Jillian and Israel Horovitz, Rachel Horovitz and Michael Jackson, Phyllis and Harvey Lichtenstein, Borough President Helen Marshall, and Noguchi Museum Director Jenny Dixon and Curator Bonnie Rychlak.

Sandy Kenyon and Priscilla Morgan

Milly and Arne Glimcher

Priscilla Morgan and Nigel Redden

Noguchi Museum Chairman Samuel Sachs, with his wife Beth and Robin Chandler Duke

Noguchi Museum Chairman Samuel Sachs and Al Maysles

Noguchi Museum Trustee Christiane Fischer, Administrative Director Amy Hau, and Museum Director Jenny Dixon

Paula Robison

Andrea Holbrook, Rachael Horovitz and Susan Dunne

Charles Wadsworth performing "Priscilla" with Paula Robison, Maria Bachmann, and Anna Stoytcheva

Emilie Kilgore and Noguchi Museum Director Jenny Dixon

The National Design Awards Gala, a program of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, was held last Thursday at Cipriani 42nd Street. The Awards were conceived by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to honor the best in American Design including architecture, fashion, lifetime achievement, and sustainable design solutions.

More than 575 attended. Presenters included John Waters and John King. Award winners included Francisco Costa, creative director of Calvin Klein Collection and Lincoln Center president Reynold Levy. Lampshades by David Stark.