The Whitney Museum of American Art's Art Party
Julie Atlas Muz
Nikos Flores
Dear DPC: When asked to describe the Whitney party, a lesser woman might say "words fail me." I, however, will rise to the occasion - I'll say: "golly."

One of the guests, a man, came dressed as Queen Elizabeth I - but your readers will certainly long for a shot of his dress, hand-crafted from 2,004 Coca-Cola cans. When I asked if he'd actually drunk all the Coke, he looked at me as though I'd asked him for a kidney.

It was that kind of a party - I LOVED it.

Cheers,

Daphne Matalene
Andy Conner, Rachel Greene, Bill Sofield, Joanne Cassullo, and Craig Bromberg
Josh Harlan and Lisa Anastos
Light ice cubes at The Whitney
Joanne Cassullo
Lisa Anastos, Armond Della Monica, Tony Danzy, Lauren Della Monica, and Sydney Penny
Carl Lana and Martabel Wasserman
Ellen Harvey and Shamim Momin
Joanne Cassullo and Hans Haacke
Ron Clarke
Lisa Anastos, Shana Madoff, and Ilysa Sternberg
Rachel Feinstein, John Currin, Adam Weinberg, Josh Harlan, and Joanne Cassullo
Rich Rosenberg and Beth DeWoody
Zak Smith, Biennial artist
Lisa Anastos, Princess Lily, Lambros Milona, and Flavia Tamoya
Joanne Cassullo and Alexis Rockman
Vivian Bernal and Michael Bray

Photographs by Star Black



Pasteur Foundation Gala
Giovanni DellaCioppa and Marylou Moore
Howard Blank, Elizabeth Askren, David Askren, and Wendy Blank
 
Michael Bon presenting Judith Sulzberger with an Institut Pasteur lab coat
Under the patronage of French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte and French Consul General Richard Duqué, the Pasteur Foundation held its gala – An Evening of Tango – on April 28, 2004 at the St. Regis Hotel in New York. Gala Chairmen François Bujon de l’Estang, Elizabeth Fondaras, and Agnès and Georges Hibon were delighted by the turnout of nearly 300 guests; the evening raised more than $500,000 for the Pasteur Foundation.

The foundation works to send talented American post-doctoral researchers to the Institut Pasteur laboratories in Paris for three-year fellowships. To date 15 fellowships have been created thanks to the generosity of American friends.
Tango dancers Cecilia Saia and Ronen Khayat
Two such friends – Anne Cox Chambers and Judith P. Sulzberger – were honored at the gala for their concern for and dedication to the advancement of the mission of the Institut Pasteur to improve global public health through research on infectious diseases. Michel Bon, Chairman of the Institut Pasteur, presented both honorees with their awards and, pronouncing them “truly pasteurized,” he gave them official laboratory coats. Ambassador Levitte then read each honoree personal letters of commendation from President Jacques Chirac.

With a brief tango lesson under their belts and a stunning performance by worldclass dancers Cecilia Saia and Ronen Khayat, guests took up the dance floor and … tangoed!
Diance Ackerman with Daniele and Terrence Ellis
Pieree Valla and Jacques Bouhet
Christiane and Daniel Carponcy
Antonia Milonas, Marie-Hélène Marchand, Spiros Milonas, and Delphine Hibon
Richard and Caridad Duqué
Michel and Catherine deWilde
Marie-Cécile Levite, Ambassador Jean-David Levitte, Agnès Hibon, Michel Bon, and Georges Hibon
Kartika Soekarno and Marc de Gontaut-Biron
Anne Cox Chambers
Jean-Jacques Garaud
Yvonne Cohen
Susan Long with Virgil and Florence de Voldère
Alex and Brigitte LeBeaut
Hectór Del Curto's Eternal Tango Quartet
Didier and Pam Merle
Solange Landau and Barry Cohen
Elizabeth de Cuevas and Hal Howard
Siska Brutsaert with Robin and Lawrence Wennogle
HRH Prince Idris Al Senoussi and Aishe Komili

Photographs by Photobureau, Inc.



American Ballet Theatre salutes David Koch
Blaine Trump and Billy Norwich
Blaine Trump, Nicole Graniero, Kevin McKenzie, and David Koch
Grace and Christopher Meigher with Nan Kempner
Lewis Ranieri, David Koch, and Peter Lyden
Last Friday, a week, there was a private dinner in the Belmont Room of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, given in honor of David Koch, in thanks for his generous support of the American Ballet Theatre’s production of Raymonda. Among the guests, along with Julia Koch, were Muffie Potter Aston and Dr. Sherrell Aston, Blaine Trump, Susan Fales-Hill, Nan Kempner, Barbara Hemmerle Gollust, Ashley and Jeff McDermott, Lewis Rainieri, Kevin McKenzie, director of the ABT, Rachel Moore, Grace Gibson and Principal Dancer Irina Dvorovenko who was wearing a $2 million dollar necklace from Graff.
Muffie Potter Aston, Grace Gibson, Susan Fales-Hill, Barbara Gollust, and Nicole Graniero
Lewis Ranieri, Rachel Moore, and David Koch
Josephine Kairis and Tara Milner
Jeff and Ashley McDermott
David Koch, Barbara Gollust, and Lew Ranieri
John Meehan, Nicole Graniero, and Lew Ranieri

Photographs by Patrick McMullan


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