DIA Art Foundation's Fall Gala 2009 at the Hispanic Society of America.

Last Friday night DIA Art Foundation, celebrating its 35th anniversary, held its annual fall gala with cocktails at the Hispanic Society of America on Audubon Terrace (Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets). There is an exhibition on view of Dominique Gonzalez-Foersters, with dinner following at the Church of the Intercession and a performance: Arto Lindsay, ATLANTIC/DESERT/TROPICAL. Frances Bowes and James Franco were co-chairs of the evening. In attendance: Nathalie and Charles de Gunzburg, Dia director Philippe Vergue as well as Sandra Brant and Ingrid Sischy, Christopher Bass, Constance Caplan, Janelle and Allen Pinnell, Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, Charlie Wright, Kate and Andy Spade, Han Feng, Richard Pandiscio and Todd Eberle, Ann Dexter-Jones, Jacqueline Sackler, Jennifer Creel, Julie Minskoff, Liz Swig, Peter Hempel, Lisa Dennison, Thelma Golden, Paula Cooper, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Barbara Gladstone, Arne Glimcher, Marc Glimcher, Gerhard Richter, Francesco Clemente, Kara Walker, Kiki Smith, Matthew Barney, Mike Kelley, Glenn Ligon, Lawrence Weiner, Arto Lindsay, Robert Ryman, Tony Feher, Moyra Davey, Mark di Suvero, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Joan Jonas, and Zoe Leonard, Vera Lutter, Gedi Sibony, George Trakas, Robert Whitman, T.J. Wilcox, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, Sara Vanderbeek, Kai Altoff, David Benjamin Sherry, Mika Rottenberg, Eric Baudelaire, Kalup Linzy, and Hope Atherton.

Jennifer Creel, Caroline Phitoussi, and Nathalie de Gunzburg

Timothy Greenfield Sanders

Joa Baldinger, Heiner Freidrich, Laetitia Catoir, and John Good

Josh Cender, Thelma Golden, and Laura Raicovich

La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, and Jung Hee Choi

Kate Levin and Charles de Gunzburg

Philippe Vergne, Stefano Tonchi, Yvonne Force Villareal, and Ann Dexter-Jones

Clarissa Dalrymple and DJ Wilcox

Stefano Tonchi and Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Andrew Fabricant and Laura Paulson

Linda Yablonsky and James Franco

Tony Shafrazi, Ann Dexter-Jones, and Amber Anderson

Yvonne Force Villareal, Todd Eberle, Jennifer McSweeney, and Peter Reuss

Joa Baldinger and Heiner Freidrich

Jen Sielicki, Marsha Alexander, and Stephanie Lanasa

Lexy Schmertz and Liz Gerring

Vera Lutter, Carolina Nitsch, and Timothy Greenfield Sanders

David Hundley and Ken Bules

Antony Hegarty and Ingrid Sischy

Arto Lindsay and Vinicius Cantuaria

Marc Glimcher, Rainer Judd, and Andrea Glimcher

Stefano Tonchi, Marla Sabo, and Kate Spade

Dorothy Berwin, Thelma Golden, and Clarissa Dalrymple

Nari Ward and David Maupin

Caroline Phitoussi, Betsy Ross, and Ann Dexter-Jones

Robin Cembalest and Mitch Codding

Andy and Kate Spade

Susan Green and Laura Tiozzo

Knight Landesman and Amelia Saul

Raphael Cohen and Amelia Saul

Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Monica Zwirner, and David Zwirner

Sophie Vigourous and Tim Eitel

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [1]

Last Tuesday night, Rodale Books and Vice President Al Gore celebrated the publication of his new book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis at The American Museum of Natural History’s Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth. The evening was hosted by Maria Rodale, Chairman and CEO of Rodale Inc. and Karen Rinaldi, Senior Vice President of Rodale Books.

Rodale’s Ethne Clarke, Lauren Mooney, Michele Promaulayko, Karen Rinaldi, Tipper and Al Gore, Maria Rodale, Liz Vaccariello, and David Zinczenko

Notable guests included Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore, Maria Rodale, Maya Rodale, Heather Rodale, Karenna Gore Schiff, NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Governor Mario and Matilda Cuomo, Patrick Stewart, Ambassador Richard Gardner, Ambassador Alan and Melinda Blinken, Ambassador Jan Grauls and Mia Gordts, Men’s Health editor-in-chief Dave Zinczenko, Prevention editor-in-chief Liz Vaccariello, Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner and Matt Nye, Fabiola Arrendondo, Dr. William F. Baker, Dr. Tim LaSalle, Colin Dickerman, Helena Durst, Jonathan Durst, Ellen V. Futter, Jon Meacham, Norman Pearlstine and Jane Boon, Theodore Roosevelt V., Serena Torrey, Ashley Schiff Ramos, David and Lisa Schiff, Larry Linden, Steve Riggio, Hilary Shor, Susan Smith Ellis and Constance Spahn.

Lisa Schiff, Scott Schiff, Wyatt Schiff, Karenna Gore Schiff, Tipper Gore, and David Schiff

Our Choice, published as the companion book to Gore’s New York Times bestselling An Inconvenient Truth (Rodale 2006), gathers in one place all of the most effective solutions that are available now and that, together, will solve the climate crisis. It is meant to depoliticize the issue as much as possible and inspire readers to take action — not only on an individual basis, but as participants in the processes by which every country, and the world as a whole, makes the choice that now confronts us.

Tom Bow and Helena Durst

Adrian Benepe and Melinda Blinken

Jay Snyder

Norman Pearlstine and Jane Boon

Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb

Maria Rodale, Mario Cuomo, Matilde Cuomo, and Lou Cinquino

Damien Miano and Linda Stasi

Patrick Stewart and David Zinczenko

Gail Britton, Josh Cherwin, and Beth Alpert

Alan and Melinda Blinken

Kristin Gore

Richard Beattie and Ellen Futter

Karen Rinaldi, Tipper Gore, Al Gore, and Maria Rodale

Charles Melcher and Andrew Wylie

The Lymphoma Research Foundation’s (LRF) 2009 Gala raised funds for lymphoma-focused research, and honored its A Scientific Advisory Board Leadership and a steadfast supporter of LRF’s Health Care Provider Grant Program. The gala raised $560,000. Past, present and future leaders of LRF’s Scientific Advisory Board were presented with the Freundlich Leadership Award. Recipients of this award included Chairman, Richard I. Fisher MD, Chair Elect Bruce D. Cheson MD, FACP, Past Chairman, Oliver W. Press MD, PhD, and Founder Joseph R Bertino MD.

Bruce Cheson, MD, FACP, Christine Cheson, Richard Fisher, MD, Susan Fisher, Nancy Press, and Oliver Press, MD, PhD

The Freundlich Leadership Award, named after Barbara and Jerry Freundlich, founders of Cure for Lymphoma (CFL) – one of LRF’s predecessor organizations, was established to honor remarkable leaders who through their extraordinary effort, assist LRF in its mission to eradicate lymphoma and serve those touched by this disease.

Cocktail hour

David C. Wiener was presented with the Ellen Glesby Cohen Leadership award for his generous and unwavering support of the volunteer-run “Health Care Provider Grant Program which raised $200,000 to assist 460 patients with their health care provider expenses. This program has enabled families to focus on battling the disease, instead of their finances. An audience comprised of doctors, patients, business professionals and lymphoma advocates listened to an update on developments in research, acceptance speeches and a moving address by lymphoma survivor Elizabeth Cohen whose mantra “I believe in research,” elegantly illustrated the reason behind and importance of the evening’s festivities.

Ronny Moston and David Straus, MD Tom Condon and Evelyn Lipori Richard Fisher, MD, Joesph Bertino, MD and Errol Cook Barbara and Jerry Freundlich Elizabeth Cohen and Steve Prince Lisa Bayer, Cary Bayer, and Peggy Bayer Morton Coleman, MD with Gladys and Errol Cook Ronald and Diane Blum Sheila and David Wiener Barabara and Michael Ditzian

Last Tuesday night in the Boom Boom Room of the Standard, Andre Balazs’ chic and snazzy new hotel in the Meatpacking, there was a celebration of the DVD release of Valentino: The Last Emperor. If you haven’t seen it yet, get yourself a copy. Doesn’t matter if you’re interested in fashion or not. It’s a tribute to pageantry that hasn’t been seen since the Golden Age of Hollywood or Cleopatra’s Entrance into Rome. Valentino and his partner in business and in life Giancarlo Giammetti were there and wherever they go, the rich, the chic, the shameless, and Madonna are likely to show. And so it’s a party like only it can be a party with that cast of characters playing on their very own stage.

Madonna and Valentino Garavani

Mischa Barton

Amanda Hearst

Ally Hilfiger

Chau-Giang Nguyen and Brian Grazer

Charlie Rose

Adrien Brody and Nicholas Boeck

Allison Sarofim

Charlotte Sarkozy

Chessy Wilson and Dalia Oberlander

Douglas Friedman and Amanda Ross

Carlos Mota and Adam Lippes

Lorenzo Martone and Marc Jacobs

Hana Soukupova

Jennifer Creel

Katie Lee Joel

Michael Chow

Carlos Souza and Dori Cooperman

Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman

Daniel Urzedo and Leticia Birkheuer

Tory Burch

Lauren Remington Platt

Jessica White

Byrdie Bell

Carlos Mota and Bonnie Morrison

Daphne Guinness, Valentino Garavani, and Giancarlo Giammetti

Daphne Guinness and Valentino Garavani

Diane von Furstenberg

Brenya Butler and Lauren Remington Platt

Larry Gagosian

Erin Featherston

Hope Atherton

Helen Lee Schifter and Eva Chow

Julie Henderson and Amy Finlayson

Giancarlo Giammetti and Carlos Souza

Matt Tyrnauer

Laurie Durning and Roger Waters

Lydia Fenet

Lisa Marie Fernandez

Mary Boone

Shala Monroque

Valentino Garavani, Daphne Guinness, and Bruce Hoeksema

Gabi and Adi

Ross Bleckner

Stephen Sumner and Glenda Bailey

Terence Koh

Marjorie Gubelmann and Jesus Luz

Martha Stewart and Brian Grazer

Thakoon Panichgul

Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl

Stephen Daldry

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [2]

Thanks to Bernie Madoff, the public perception of Palm Beach may still resemble that of dreams dashed to smoldering ashes. But for the tens of thousands who still call this little piece of paradise home, life goes on -- especially among thsoe who didn’t have their millions in “Uncle Bernie’s Fund.” They were en masse in support of Overtures, the Young Friends of Palm Beach Opera’s 2009-10 “Season of Temptation” kickoff at the hip Omphoy Resort -- the first new hotel to open in Palm Beach in decades.

The Omphoy's O Bar

Billed as “Mojito Madness” courtesy of Bacardi International, with guests fortified by the combination of rum and star chef Michelle Bernstein’s hors d’oeuvres sponsors Earl Crittenden and Bacardi’s Robin Azqueta, Palm Beach Opera’s general director Daniel Biaggi, Overtures’ leaders Victoria and Eugene Pollingue and David Espinosa, Ross Meltzer, Alex Snyder, Javier Boroquez, Tom Shaffer, Peter Cromarty, Neiman Marcus’s Beth Pine, Eric Telchin, Victor Figueredo, Melissa Parker, Dr. Melisande Wolff, Patty Myura, Greg Mermigas, Daniela Di Lorenzo, Graciela Caggiano, Marc Janecki, Alexandra Wasil, Scott Moses, Steven Stolman, Nancy and Michael Peacock, Michael Maddalone, Don Burns and Greg Connors, Cartier’s John Andreu, Preston Atinsky, Vera Wang’s Steven Mendonca, Wendell Nuckols, Liz Belkin, Colleen Hansen and John Campbell.

Alex Snyder and Ross Meltzer

Erin Ryan and Greg Connors

Melissa Parker and Steven Stolman

Beth Pine, Marc Janecki, and Liz Belkin

Steven Mendonca, Colleen Hansen, and Preston Atinsky

Eugene and Victoria Pollingue

David Thallman and Laura Warner

Robin Azqueta and Daniel Biaggi

Earl Crittenden and Victoria Pollingue

Peter Emmerich, Daniela Di Lorenza, and Danial Biaggi

Robin Azqueta and Scott Moses

John Andreu and Tom Shaffer

Rebecca Kirsch and David Espinosa

Photographs by Lucien Capehart

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