9.18.12: Shows and showings | New York Social Diary

Shows and showings

Meghan Boody and Randy Polumbo at the opening of Randy Polumbo’s “Love Stream at at the Steven Kasher Gallery.

Last Wednesday night 1stdibs hosted a Preview Party Gala Benefit at their gallery at 200 Lexington (10th floor) for the exhibition of The World of Gloria Vanderbilt: Collages, Dream Boxes, and Recent Paintings. The evening was hosted by Adolfo, Michael Bruno (the founder of 1stdibs); Gloria’s son Anderson Cooper; James Druckman, Wendy Goodman (who collaborated with Gloria on her most recent book); Kathy Griffin (who was unable to attend because of a previous booking), Joyce Carol Oates, and Diane von Furstenberg.

Among the guests were all of the above (save Ms. Griifin), Christopher Madkour, Executive Director of the Huntsville Museum of Art which benefited from the gala; Leslie Crosby, Event Chair of the Huntsville Museum; Emily Goldstein and Stan Stokowski (a son of Vanderbilt’s and the late maestro Leopold Stokowski), Michael Dweck, Aurelia Chaplin Thierree (a granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin), Charlotte Moss, Danielle Colding, Audrey and Martin Gruss, Francesca Stanfill.

Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper

Charlotte Moss

Gloria Vanderbilt, Diane von Furstenberg

Gloria Vanderbilt and Diane von Furstenberg

The show features more than 50 works by Vanderbilt including some never-before-seen pieces primarily from 2006 to the present. These were accompanied by a curated seletion of pieces of her private collection, many dating back to the 1950s. This show is her first in New York since 2006 and including portraits of such luminaries as Joyce Carol Oates, author Amy Hempel, Aurelia Thiereree and Angelina Jolie.

After the preview, the Huntsville Museum of Art hosted a private dinner honoring Gloria Vanderbilt at the Four Seasons restaurant.

Claire Watson, Betsey Ruprect, Lisa Bowles, Ellen Scarbourogh, Molly Ruprect

Claire Watson, Betsey Ruprecht, Lisa Bowles, Ellen Scarbourogh, and Molly Ruprecht

Aurelia Chaplin Thierre

Michael Bruno and Gloria Vanderbilt

Ros Smyth and Elizabeth St. John

Danielle Colding

Audrey Gruss and Joyce Carol Oates

Ralph Gardner and Mitzi Sewell

Nydia Caro, Marti Stevens, and Nancy Biddle

Richard Nye and Francesca Stanfill Nye

Liz Smith and Elizabeth Peabody

Peter Lowe, Betsey Lowe, Sarah Gessler, Kay Wheeler, Don Wheeler

Peter Lowe, Betsey Lowe, Sarah Gessler, Kay Wheeler, and Don Wheeler

Webb Turner, Dee Kowallik, and Jamie Figg

Georgiana Bland, Michael Dweck, Serena Tufo, Cecilia Dweck

Georgiana Bland, Michael Dweck, Serena Tufo, and Cecilia Dweck

Matthew Smyth

Wendy Goodman and David Mandel

Emily Goldstein and Stan Stokowski

Cindy Adams

Ben Brantley and Frederick Everstadt

Christopher Madkour, Barbara Riley, Adolfo

Christopher Madkour, Barbara Riley, and Adolfo

Keiko Nishida and Patricia Dobiashi

Last Thursday night at the Steven Kasher Gallery there was the opening of Randy Polumbo’s “Love Stream.” The “celebration” continued into an after-party at Meghan Boody’s apartment in Tribeca. When guests arrived outside Boody’s apartment, they were approached by women in nurse costumes who determined what their "mating" status was, their animal of choice, and their favorite color. Each guest was then assigned ID badges according to their choices. Throughout the evening the nurses would summon couples to the "love pod" for an exclusive mating ritual administered by oracles in a hidden, upstairs nook. They also served chlorophyl jelly drinks, kombucha with chia seeds, and, of course, oysters.

Among the maters and greeters were the artist, Randy Polumbo; the hostess, Meghan Boody, Beth Rudin DeWoody, her daugher Kyle DeWoody, James Salomon, Mary Gail Parr, Paul Kasmin, Michele Gerber Klein, Carter Pottash, Ashley Gail Harris, Bonnie Young, Joe Sheftel, Julio Salcedo, Aditya Julka, the gallerist Steven Kasher, Elizabeth Fiore, and Hiroko Onoda.

Steven Kasher, Beth DeWoody, and Randy Polumbo

James Salomon and Mary Gail Parr

Paul Kasmin, Juliette Premmereur, and Elena Soboleva

Paul Laster, Michele Gerber Klein, Dan Desmond, and Peter Wolf

Meghan Boody

Carter Pottash, Ashley Gail Harris, and Mitchel Adam

Bernard Leibov, Randy Polumbo, David Vincent, and Bonnie Young

Kyle DeWoody, Alex Mustomen, and Joe Sheftel

Mark Gordon and Julio Salcedo

Alvina Patel, Dan Tanzilli, and Selmin Arat

Ellie Rines, Aditya Julka, Suzanna Lee, and Michael H. Miller

Lynne Camer, Karen Newman, Viviane Silvera, Marc Newman, and Natalia Bernini

Elizabeth Fiore and Hiroko Onoga

Michael Goodwin, Jerry Portwood, and Patricio Del Real

Jean Shafiroff, Board Member of The New York Women’s Foundation (NYWF), hosted a kickoff luncheon at Le Cirque on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 for The NYWF’s 25th Anniversary Celebration to be held at Alice Tully Hall on October 23, 2012. Special Guests Diana L. Taylor and Ginny Day, Current and Founding Board Chairs of The New York Women’s Foundation were featured speakers as well as Ana Oliveira, President & CEO of The New York Women’s Foundation, and Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez, Founder and CEO of Hot Bread Kitchen, a NYWF Grantee Partner.

Ana Oliveira, Diana Taylor, Jean Shafiroff, and Ginny Day

Guests in attendance included The New York Women’s Foundation Board Members and Co-Chairs of the event, Taina Bien-Aime, Michelle Penzer, Rossana Rosado, Karen Sharkey, Toni La Belle, Celeste Smith, Anne Delaney, Jennifer Giacobbe, Susan Cote, Mahsa Pelosky, Hyatt Bass, Yvonne Moore, Yvonne Quinn and Kwanza Bulter; socialites Ann Rapp, Fe Fendi, and Patricia Shiah; philanthropists Joyce Cowin and Jean Troubh; Susan Patricof; Liz Peek; Georgina Schaeffer; Sandra McConnell; Anka Palitz; Alexandra Stanton; Bonnie Comley; Zita Davisson; Joan Hornig; Cheri Kaufman; Sharon Kerr; Lynn Paulson; Janna Bullock; Andrea Greeven Douzet and Sonia Nassery Cole.

Ana Oliveira, Ginny Day, and Diana Taylor

The New York Women’s Foundation® is a cross-cultural alliance of women, serving as a voice for women and a force for change. The Foundation identifies innovative organizations that are effecting change in the communities they serve for women. NYWF strategically funds organizations and programs that move women, girls and families toward long-term economic security through individual transformation and systemic change, mobilizing leaders and community partners as philanthropists and change agents. NYWF funds programs that promote economic security and justice, anti-violence and safety; and health, sexual rights and reproductive justice for women and girls in New York City.

Joyce Cowin and Jean Troubh

Alexandra Stanton and Andrea Greeven Douzet

Fe Fendi

Liz Peek and Jean Shafiroff

Ann Rapp

Debbie Bancroft

Bonnie Comley and Sharon Kerr

Hyatt Bass

Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez

Janna Bullock and Anne Delaney

Kathryn Weisbeck, Paola Bacchini, and Sonia Nassery Cole

Patricia Shiah

Tania Bien-Aimé and Peggy Jacobs Bader

Last July (we're a bit late on this) our friend Joan Schnitzer Levy of Dallas and Houston celebrated a "big" birthday with a big party at the Hotel du Cap in Antibes. Joan, who has friends all over the world, entertained guests from all over the world and of course deep in the heart of Texas.