Garden Partying

The scene at The Frick Collection's Spring Garden Party, Sprezzatura: A Celebration of Italian Renaissance Poetry and Style.

Last Wednesday night, there was the annual Frick Spring Garden Party for Fellows. Like everything else the Frick does, this is an elegantly simple party, or as elegant and simple as it can be in and around one of the great remaining mansions from early 20th century New York.


	Frick Guest Curator Aimee Ng and Parmigianino's Schiava Turca.

The Frick is always the allure. The world feels better, at least for the moment once you are on the grounds and in the house of Mr. Frick with his stupendous collection paintings, sculpture and furniture, not to mention décor.

This year's party was named Sprezzatura. The name was taken from the famous and enigmatic portrait by Parmigianino, Schiava Turca, which is on loan to the collection through July 20th. The painting of the sumptuously costumed noblewoman epitomizes the "nonchalant grace" (sprezzatura) of Renaissance courtly behavior and fashionable style.

It wasn't the warm night that it had been only a couple of days before, so the 500 guests moved into the mansion once the Sun began to set over Central Park across the avenue.

In the 1935 Music Room The Bob Hardwick Sound had begun warming up the guests for the night of dancing and cocktails, champagne and hors d'oeuvres. A beautiful party in such an elegantly timeless environment.

Frick Trustee Aso O. Tavitian, Frick Trustee Ayesha Bulchandani-Mathrani, Chairman of the Frick Board of Trustees Margot Bogert, Frick Trustee Barbara Fleischman, and Frick Director Ian Wardropper

Wendy Cooke, Roquelle Lynn, and Elizabeth Baltz

Lana Smith, Yan Assoun, and Polina Proshkina

Bill Cunningham shooting Neil Totton and Stella-Maria Matzari

Jazz Band "The Flail" performing in the Garden

Neil Totton and Stella-Maria Matzari

Madeline Noal and Barbara Klein

Kate Falchi, Christina Eberli, Juliet Falchi, Alex Falchi, and Alexandra Brock

Eileen and Frederick Hill

Christina Eberli, Kate Falchi, Juliet Falchi, and Alexandra Brock

Simon Lewis and Frick Guest Curator Aimee Ng

Blue Quail Wine provided the wine

Roberto Camacho and Yan Wang

Benjamin Riley and Sarah Hylton

Kate and Barbara Reibel

Hardwick Caldwell, Andrew Fenet, and Jameson McFadden

Frick Associate Director of Media Relations and Marketing Heidi Roseneau and Joe McGlynn

Barbara Regna, Kristyna Halouzkoua, and Natasha Das

Redmond Ingalls, Jennifer Macdonald, and Elizabeth Belfer

Barbara de Portago and James Figg III

Sam and Martha Loring

Livia Cheung and Cheuk Lai Choi

Turna Franz, Tim Franz, Soham Sen, and Carlton Bennett

Frederick and Lucy Danziger, Teresa Carbone, Frick Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer Robert Goldsmith

Joshua Knowlton and Alexandra Longanecker

Elizabeth Kurpis and Melanie Lazenby

Frick Deputy Director of External Affairs Tia Chapman and Peter Brechter

Christey Robinson and Carl Krebs

Jamee and Peter Gregory

Sharon Sharma Patal, Lydia Fenet, Morgan Tupper, Kate Reibel, and Lacary Sharpe

Barbara Reibel, Sandeep Mathrani, and Frick Trustee Ayesha Bulchandani-Mathrani

Frick Chief Conservator Joseph Godla, Frick Associate Curator of Decorative Arts Charlotte Vignon, Lucy Jane Lang, and Scott Asher

Jane Pakenhal and Paul Arnhold

Caitlin Davis and Amory McAndrew

Mick and Caitlin Davis

Alan Wintermute, Frick Trustee Ayesha Bulchandani-Mathrani

Sofia Blanchard, Frick Trustee Juan Sabater, and Marianna Sabater

Steven Picciano, Juliette Jeanfreu, Michael Espiritu, Tiffany Frasier, and Karl Yeh

Amanda Haynes-Dale, Daniele Bodini, Frick Director of the Center for the History of Collecting Inge Reist, Robert Freeman

Chris Peregrin and Sarah Maslin Nir

Emily Elliot and Brent Winston

Frick Head of Human Resources Dana Winfield and Dana Ribe

David Shields, Jameson McFadden, and Jerry Shields

Arnold and Hilda Neis

Lawrence Keigwin, Amanda Haynes-Dale, and Christian Kessee

Guest and Sarah McNear

Oval Room Atmosphere

Alexandra Brock and Kate Falchi Dancing

Frick Trustee Jean-Marie Eveillard and Jeremie Patrier

Guests, Chairman of Frick's Board of Trustees Margot Bogert, and Jerry Bogert

Jennifer Wright and Lisa Millman

Alessia Victoria Taveri, Morgan Arenson, and Daria Rose Foner

Frick Database Administrator Courtney Toumey, Frick Media Relations and Marketing Assistant Julia Lukacher, and Frick Manager of Media Relations and Marketing Alexis Light

Guests in the Garden Court

Ivan and Winifred Phillips

Frick Associate Director of Media Relations and Marketing Heidi Rosenau and Joe McGlynn

Lana Smith and guest

This past Thursday night, Joyful Heart celebrated its 10th anniversary at its annual Joyful Revolution Gala at Cirpriani 42nd Street.

Inspired by Mariska Hargitay's deep connection and love for Hawai'i, where she first experienced her own heart awakening, Mariska founded Joyful Heart in Kona in 2004 with the mission to heal, educate and empower survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse, and to shed light into the darkness that surrounds these issues. To learn more, visit www.joyfulheartfoundation.org.

Peter Hermann

Ali Wentworth, Mariska Hargitay, and Debra Messing

Carl Folta, Mariska Hargitay, and Niels Schuurmans

Mariska Hargitay and Christina Davidson

Sir Martin Sorrell and Lady Cristiana Falcone Sorrell

Coco, Ice-T, and Kelli Giddish

Madeline Redstone

Lilly Pino and Danny Pino

Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin

Mariska Hargitay, Philippe Dauman, Debbie Dauman, and Maile Zambuto

Kym Worthy and A C Wharton

Penn Badgley

David Katz, Lenore Fedore, Mariska Hargitay, Michelle McCrea, and David Corpuz

Debra Lee

Jemima Kirke

Out East at Lexington Clothing Co. on Main Street, Hilaria Baldwin and Lexington launched the Hamptonite capsule collection for Summer 2014.

A percentage of all sales from the Hamptonite collection will go to Guild Hall Center for the Visual and Performing and Arts, which is dedicated to providing a cultural space and arts education for the local community. Lexington founders Tommy and Kristina Lindhe sit on the Guild Hall board. Likewise, Baldwin and her husband, Alec, are longtime supporters.

Hilaria Baldwin, Ruth Appelhof, and Kristina Lindhe

Carmen Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin

Hilaria Baldwin, Ruth Appelhof, Kristina Lindhe, and John Maroney

Michelle Mesa, Genevieve Linnehan, John Maroney, and Cathryn Keller

Cole Rumbough

Michael Goldsmith and Harry

Josh Bartky, Oliver, and Eric Bartky

Morgan Rein and Gary Rein

Keith McDonald, Betsy McDonald, and Tom Friedman

Alec Baldwin, Hilaria Baldwin, Kristina Lindhe, and Tommy Lindhe

Gary Adamek, Ruth Appelhof, Hilaria Baldwin, Kristina Lindhe, and Tommy Lindhe

Marty Cohen, Michele Cohen, Hilaria Baldwin, and Kristina Lindhe

Stephen Elrod, Tony Baratta, and John Maroney

Gopa Dobson and Jay Dobson

Danny Romanoff and Chris Sullivan

Mark Mullett, Kristina Lindhe, and Keith Bloomfield

Kendell Cronstrom, Antonella Bertello, and Alejandro Saralegui

Catching up: Last month at the New York Athletic Club, the National Meningitis Association held its third annual "Give Kids A Shot! Gala," a benefit to save lives in the fight against Meningitis, a vaccine-preventable disease.

They honored Dr. Richard Besser, Chief Health & Medical Editor, ABC News, with the Health Achievement Award, presented by his WABC-TV colleague Dr. Sapna Parikh, who also served as M.C. for the evening; and Carol Tufano, who received the MOMS on MENINGITIS Outstanding Service Award, for her tireless volunteer support of NMA.

Errol Rappaport, longtime supporter of NMA was honored with the Nancy Ford Springer Humanitarian Award, presented by son Nick Springer, and husband Gary. Nancy, along with Lynn Bozoff were founders of the NMA.