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| The dinner setting in the new Herzog & de Meuron-designed building at The Parrish Art Museum's annual Midsummer Party. |
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| This past Saturday night in Southampton, The Parrish Art Museum held its annual Midsummer Party. This is one of the major summer social events in the Hamptons, drawing its guests from all of the towns. Very New York too (what else?). This was also the first time the evening was held in the Parrish’s new digs, a 34,400 square foot Herzog & de Meuron-designed building located on 14 acres in Water Mill. It is the first art museum building on the East End of Long Island to be built in more than century. Almost 600 attending for dinner with another 400 joining after ten, and they raised $1 million for the museum. Distinguished artists attending: Alice Aycock, Ross Bleckner, Connie Fox, Eric Freeman,Bryan Hunt, Mel Kendrick, William King, Josephine Meckseperm, Dan Rizzie, Dorothea Rockburne, Cindy Sherman, Ned Smyth, Keith Sonnier, Michelle Stuart, Donald Sultan andJoe Zucker |
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| Other distinguished guests: Karen and Bill Ackman, Debbie Bancroft, Leslie and Bruce Brille, Mildred C. Brinn, Stacey and Matthew Bronfman, Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Gale and Ira, Drukier, Etta Froio, Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman, Andrea Glimcher, Elizabeth and David Granville-Smith, Jamee and Peter Gregory, Agnes Gund, Elisabeth and H. Peter Haveles Jr., Eric Javits, Tony Ingrao and Randy Kemper, Chad A. Leat, Dorothy Lichtenstein, David Maupin and Stefano Tonchi, Nicole Miller, Alexandra Stanton and Sam Natapoff, Mary Kathryn and Alexander Navab, Charlene and James M. Nederlander, Margo MacNabb Nederlander and James L. Nederlander, Leslie Tonkonow and Klaus Ottmann, Maren Otto, Liliane and Norman Peck, Sandy and Stephen Perlbinder, Michèle and Steven Pesner, Douglas Polley, Avis and Bruce Richards, Andrea Rosen, Cynthia Rowley, Fiona H. Rudin, Robin and Frederic M. Seegal, Barbara J. Slifka, Marcia Dunn Sobel and Jonathan Sobel, Susan and Peter Solomon, Jill Stuart, Tanya Traykovski and Carlo Bronzini Vender, Melanie and John Wambold,Cynthia Clift and David K. Wassong, Aerin Lauder and Eric Zinterhofer. |
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| Raynham Hall Museum held its annual Garden Party at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Sherrell J. Aston late last month. Over 100 happy people enjoyed cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at "Land's End", the Astons' beautiful Lattingtown country home, which was remodeled by Walker and Gillette in 1926. The magnificent 30-acre property includes exquisite historic gardens designed by the Frederick Law Olmstead firm, overlooking Long Island Sound. The property's pool house was designed three decades ago by Raynham Hall Museum's Board President, John Collins. |
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| Guests were invited to stroll the gardens, enjoying one of the most extraordinary views on the North Shore. Michael Goudket, Kirk Larsen, William Jonas and Frank Olt generously offered their artwork in a silent auction to benefit the Raynham Hall Museum, Oyster Bay's historic house and garden, dating from the Colonial and Victorian eras and home to Robert Townsend, a spy for General George Washington. The delicious catering was provided by GREENPEAR Catering. |
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| This past Saturday, ferryloads of clubgoers descended upon Governors Island for the Parisian Ball Dance-Music Festival that celebrated both Bastille Day and the opening of Fête Paradiso, a festival featuring restored 19th-century carnival equipment that runs all summer in Nolan Park on Governors Island. |
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| On Sunday July 14th, Corcoran Group and Village Latch Inn toasted to the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) in advance of their Unconditional Love Gala, which will take place on July 20th. Village Latch Inn owners Marta and Martin White and Corcoran broker Esther Paster welcomed SASF Event Chairwoman Jean Shafiroff, Honorary Chair Susan Allen, Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation's President Jonathan McCann and nearly 100 guests to the historic Hamptons property. Supporters including Pandora Biddle and her daughter Yvie Hentic, Dr. Kenneth Mark, Alice Judelson and Alex Cecil congratulated NBC's award winning animal advocate & best selling author Jill Rappaport who will be honored at this year's Gala. Guests sampled wines from Empire State Cellars and treats from Seasons of Southampton while taking in the expansive property and Sintessi jewels from Michel Piranesi. Also in attendance were Lisa Simonsen, Cole Rumbough, Christopher Pape, and Elaine Sargent. |
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| Marta and Martin White |
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| The Southampton Town Shelter was about to close its doors in 2010, when a group of local caring citizens stepped in and created the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation. There were 225 animals housed at the time and about to be dispersed to other shelters. There would be no place for the homeless strays or lost pets to go. This dedicated group created an award winning shelter and non-profit known nationwide for its innovative programs. For more information please visit www.southamptonanimalshelter.com. |
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| Christopher Pape, Adele Kristiansson, and Jonathan McCann |
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| Last Thursday, July 11th, ArtHamptons opened with a VIP Opening Preview Party benefitting Guild Hall. Returning for its sixth year, ArtHamptons featured 75 prominent galleries from 10 different countries. "Forty Feet of Fashion—Larry Rivers: A Public Exhibition" was on view, courtesy of Tibor De Nagy Gallery, as attendees passed through the legs of the artists' most famous sculptures at the pavilion entrance. |
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| The West Coast represented with West Hollywood's Bruce Lurie Gallery, Santa Monica's Axiom Contemporary and Berkeley's Gallery Sam. Sag Harbor's own Monika Olko Gallery and Tulla Booth Gallery also exhibited, along with New York City's Tibor de Nagy, Palm Beach's Wally Findlay Galleries and others from Paris, London, and Seoul. On Sunday, July 13, David Joel, Executive Director of the Larry Rivers Foundation, discussed the life and times of the late Southampton-based Larry Rivers. Also on Sunday, members of Young Collectors Committees mixed and mingled at the Young Collectors' Fete at the VIP Terrace. |
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Photographs by Patrick McMullan (Parrish, ArtHamptons); Owen Hoffman (Parrish); Jill Johnson (Raynham Hall Museum); Billy Farrell Agency (Parisian Ball). |