10.19.12: Awesome Autumn dinners | New York Social Diary

Awesome Autumn dinners

Honoree Henry Arnhold speaks in the long West Gallery at the Frick Collection's Autumn Dinner.

This past Monday night, the Frick Collection held its always much-anticipated Autumn Dinner. Over the years, the event has attracted those who appreciate the significance of the Frick's contribution to the life of the city and the greater international cultural community. The Autumn Dinner features the only sit-down dinner held in the Frick's remarkable picture galleries, in the midst of masterpieces from the Renaissance though the nineteenth century.

This year's black-tie dinner honored Henry Arnhold, Chairman of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings, Inc. He is also President of the Arnhold and Mulago foundations, which have made a substantial and lasting impact through their generous support of the arts, environmental causes, and various social programs.

Honoree Henry Arnhold receives commemorative Tiffany tray from Director Ian Wardropper

The evening began with an after-hours cocktail reception in the neo-classical Garden Court at the heart of this cultural landmark. A special feature included access to the Portico Gallery, inaugurated last winter and built with the generous support of the evening's honorée, Henry Arnhold. There guests saw a selection of 65 works from his promised gift to the Collection, as presented in the exhibition White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain. A formal sit-down dinner followed in a series dramatically lit contiguous galleries with wine donated by The Four Graces: Willamette Valley Pinot Gris 2011 & Willamette Valley Pinot Blanc 2011.

Proceeds from this event help to support the full range of programs of The Frick Collection, including educational and curatorial initiatives and the Frick Art Reference Library. This year's benefit raised more than $1,050,000 with approximately 240 attending.

Stephen Lash and Director Emerita Anne L. Poulet

Francois Poulet and Inge Reist

Rick Beinecke, Mary Phipps, and Candace Beinecke

Effie and Robert Fribourg and Marie Nugent-Head Marlas and James C. Marlas

Pat and David J. Braga

June Dyson, Irene Roosevelt Aitken, and Konrad K. Keesee

Elisabeth de Picciotto, Honoree Henry Arnhold, and Mary Ann Fribourg

Jon Landau and Hester Diamond with a guest

Emily T. Frick and Robert L. Froelich

Obi Odogwu and Mary Beth Mandanas

Sarah McNear and Mark Schaffer

Associate Curator of Decorative Arts Charlotte Vignon, Michele Beiny Harkins, and Jeffrey H. Munger

Benefit Chairs Jean-Marie and Elizabeth Eveillard with Andrew Gundlach, Marina French, and Wolfram Koeppe

Isabella Meisinger and Aso O. Tavitian

Susannah Hunnewell and Antonio Weiss with Frick Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Colin B. Bailey

Ayesha Bulchandani-Mathrani, Maureen Nash, David Goldman, and Sandeep Mathrani

Sofia and Peter P. Blanchard

Cheryl and Blair Effron

Jerry Bogert with Susan and Keith Kroeger

Heather McDowell Levin and Adam K. Levin

Barbara and James S. Reibel

Sheila and Robert F. Hoerle

Rob Nathan and Annie Sundberg

Daisy Prince

Sidney R. Knafel, Andrea Woodner, and Londa Weisman

Jerry Ann Woodfin and Victor Costa

Benefit Chairmen Jody and John Arnhold

Paul Arnhold, Jody Arnhold (Benefit Chairman), Julia Arnhold, and Wes Gordon

Elisabeth de Picciotto and Ezra Zilkha

Paula Zahn, Helen During, Honoree Henry Arnhold, and Helen Clark (former Prime Minister of New Zealand)

Paul Fribourg and Elaine Wolfensohn

Vanessa and Pauline Black of The Four Graces winery

John Garraty and Elise Frick

Jill Newhouse and Thomas Denzler

Dudley Johnson with Benefit Chairman Elizabeth Eveillard and Pauline Eveillard

Henry P. and Susan Johnson with Michael Kellen

Wes Gordon, Judy Dimon, and Paul Arnhold

Patsy and Gobind Bulchandani (seated) with daughter Ayesha Bulchandani-Mathrani

Corinne and Etienne Breton in the Frick's galleries

Chairman Margot Bogert, Director Ian Wardropper, and Director Emerita Anne L. Poulet

Christine Schwarzman and Frick Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Colin B. Bailey

Henry Neville and David Patrick Columbia

A few weeks back Agnes Gund hosted a reception to welcome Henry Urbach as the new director of The Glass House.

Cynthia Davidson, Guest, Harriet and Frank Stella, and Robert Stern

Scott Drevnig, Liz Diller, Henry Urbach, Hilary Lewis, Christy MacLear, Hunter Palmer, and Ric Scofidio

Lisa Phillips

Lisa Dennison

Aggie Gund, Henru Urbach, and Frank Stella

EV Day and Ted Lee

Henry Urbach and Beth De Woody

Patterson Sims and Paola Antonelli

James Reginato and Henry Urbach

Laurie Beckelman, Henry Urbach, and Robert Stern

Peter Brant, Larry Gagosian, and Frank Stella

John Bennett, Paola Antonelli, and Hilary Lewis

Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Brian D'Arcy James, Richard Thomas, Bryce Pinkham, Jay O. Sanders, Ari Graynor, Katherine Waterston, Emily Young, Oliver Platt, Justin Levine and Heath Calvert and Lapham's Quarterly Editor Lewis Lapham celebrated the release of Lapham's Quarterly's new POLITICS issue at Joe's Pub at The Public. The evening featured songs and selected readings centered on politics, money and power.