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You never know what to expect from the Brooklyn Museum Gala. Jennifer Rubell dominated one year with her edible masterworks, Takashi Murakami brought out Marc Jacobs and Anna Wintour with his own presence, and Sarah Jessica Parker made a quick cameo last year. This year’s big event honored great female artists with announcement of the establishment of the Sackler Family Endowed Curator in Feminist on premises. And of course guests enjoyed their usual, centerpiece dominant dinner. Here are the highlights: Artists at the dinner tables: Kiki Smith, Dustin Yellin, Judy Chicago, Aurel Schmidt, and honorees Martha Rosler, Amy Sillman, and Mickalene Thomas. Other notables: Elizabeth A. Sackler, David Maupin, Gloria Steinem, Annelise Peterson, and yes, Connie Chung. Most respectful celebrity chair: Brooklyn native Marisa Tomei who brought her own reading glasses for the auction part of the evening and respectfully waited in line to get her dinner assignment. “This whole place looks like a dream,” she told us. Best centerpieces: Double sided mirror paintings by Natalie Frank, and Saya Woolfalk’s performance art infused table. Dinner menu: Pan-seared poussin with purple potatoes (!) and black truffle vinaigrette salad. Number of after party guests: 1,000 Number of Stefano Tonchi sightings at the W sponsored after party: 0 [gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="4" orderby="title"]

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New Museum changed up venues for its 35th Anniversary Gala, moving on up to the Cipriani Wall Street address this year. The event’s best ever crowd came out for the bellinis, special performance by spectacularly named The Pimps of Joytime from Brooklyn, and face time with more A-list artists than we could count. 560 patrons occupied tables on Wall Street and $1.6 million was raised. Here are the highlights: Hosts: Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis, and Saul Dennison Big artist alert: honoree Paul McCarthy, George Condo, Elizabeth Peyton, Roni Horn, Marilyn Minter, Dasha Shiskin, Chuck Close, Jeff Koons, Aaron Young, Tom Sachs, Rob Pruitt, Lisa Yuskavage and Matvey Levenstein, Lorna Simpson, Hanna Liden, Dustin Yellin, Cecily Brown, Wangechi Mutu, Tony Oursler, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Will Cotton, Sue Williams, and many more. SAG members in attendance: Honorary co-chair Chloe Sevigny and Leelee Sobieski CFDA members in attendance: Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, Adam Kimmel, and jean loving Francisco Costa. Most popular designer of the night: Costa’s work for Calvin Klein. Nora Zehetner, Amanda Brooks, Anh Duong, Yvonne Force Villareal, Minter, Olympia Scarry, and Piper Marshall all wore his designs to the dinner. Most fascinating accessory: Massimiliano Gioni’s Mickey Mouse like gloves. Runner-up: Sue Hostetler’s Barbara Kruger blessed column. Best possible parting gift: Carsten Höller’s mini-version of Giant Triple Mushroom sculpture made especially for the gala. $5K was the minimum bid for the piece. Best auction item: A George Condo portrait commission, a first of its kind for the artist. (more...)

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE, SOMEONE ELSE WILL, reads the sign at Urs Fischer's Red Hook studio.