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WHITNEY GALA AND STUDIO PARTY SPONSORED BY VERSACE
10/22/2008 - By Whitney Museum of American

WHITNEY GALA AND STUDIO PARTY SPONSORED BY VERSACE

Patrick Dempsey & Donatella Versace

Raising over 3 million dollars, more than 1,100 prominent members in the art, fashion, media, business communities turned out last night in support of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Gala and Studio Party sponsored by Versace.

Co- Chaired by Allison Kanders, Liz Swig and Donatella Versace with special guest Patrick Dempsey, the evening’s theme, Whitney-Past, Present and Future, was a visual sensation with inspired décor that fused high fashion and contemporary art.

After attending cocktails in the Robert J. Hurst Family Gallery, guests ascended to the Emily Fisher Landau Galleries for a three- course dinner catered by Glorious Food and reveled in a high energy performance by Sting in which he sang “Every Move You Make.” Notable guests in attendance included:

Celebrities and Artists: Sting and Trudie Styler, Christina Ricci, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, Sean Avery, artists Julian Schnabel, Wangechi Mutu, Cindy Sherman, Fred Schneider, Michael Nouri, Beth Campbell, David Salle, Tara Donovan, Carroll Dunham, Mark Fox, Rachel Howard, Charles LeDray, Whitfield Lovell, Malcolm Morley, Lari Pittman, Ugo Rondinone, Laurie Simmons, Rudolf Stingel, Lawrence Weiner, Fred Wilson and Terry Winters.

Whitney: Director Adam Weinberg; Officers Neil Bluhm (Board President), Robert Hurst and Brooke Neidich (Board Co-Chairs); Trustees Steven Ames, Anne Dias Griffin, Susan Hess, Warren Kanders, Leonard Lauder, Ray McGuire, Steven Mnuchin, Tom Tuft and Liz Swig.
Other notable guests include: Evelyn Lauder, Charles and Betty Anne Gwathmey, Audrey and Martin Gruss, Amanda Burden, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Julie and Billy Macklowe, Heather Mnuchin, Mary Boone, Marvin Hamlisch, Campion and Tatiana Platt, John and Susan Gutfreund, Frederic and Shirin Fekkai, Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, Jane Holzer, Sari Gueron and Bonnie Morrison.

The Studio Party, hosted by Matthew Brannon, Martin Dawson, Amanda Hearst, Barbara and Andrew Mandell, Leighton Meester, Dalia Oberlander, Christina Ricci, Alexandra Richards, Arden Wohl and the Whitney Artists Council began at 9pm and DJ Cassidy entertained the vibrant crowd that danced the night away and enjoyed a special performance by Nick Cannon. Guest indulged in Ketel One Sugar-Plumtinis and Ketel One Chocolate Martinis specially created for the Studio Party.

Notable guests in attendance included: Byrdie Bell, Kipton Cronkite, Lydia Fenet, Zani Gugelmann, Behnaz Sarafpour, Gilles Mendel, Poppy Delevigne, Jane Krakowski, Katie Lee Joel, Kiera Chaplin, Juliette Lewis, Emma Roberts, Helena Christensen, Rose Bryne, Harry Josh, Lee Lee Sobleski, Becki Newton and Hannah Soukupova.

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