AVENUE May 2015

MAY 2015

AVENUE MAY 2015

THE art ISSUE

MOVING ON DOWN

Brooke Garber Neidich AVENUE

On Ushering the Whitney into Its New Home on the High Line

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A Toast to Richard Taittinger’s New Gallery PLUS: VOL. 39 NO. 5

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L E T T E R F RO M THE EDITOR

DEAR READERS, THE MONTHS OF April and May seem to be owned by the art world. Whether it’s all of the big sales going on or art fairs like Frieze Week, for the duration of the spring months New York City goes art mad.

In the center of this whirlwind is the opening of the new Whitney, which is the big event of the spring.

Brooke Garber Neidich has been their game changer.

She’s brought her considerable energy and charm to the board and, as a result of her efforts, the Whitney’s fundraising goal of $760 million was reached. You don’t reach numbers like that without being brilliant at the job. Brava, Brooke!

KEITH MAJOR

“The Whitney’s fundraising goal of $760 million was reached. You don’t reach numbers like that without being brilliant at the job. Brava, Brooke!”

JASON ROTHENBERG

Brooke Garber Neidich

As you’d have to hit a warehouse party in Brooklyn these days to get that level of crazy nightlife, the Lower East Side, while not completely gentrified (no whitegloved doormen there yet, I think) is now more famous for its art than its clubs. Richard Taittinger’s new gallery has just joined those ranks, and his new spot is in just the right place at what looks sure to be the right time.

He and his glamorous wife, Elodie, are a couple to watch.

Alex Gilkes and Aditya Julka have taken the art world online: their auction house, Paddle8, has been a runaway success since inception. Now, that they are expanding into the fine jewelry space, I just know that I’m going spend hours scrolling through their goodies. I already know I’m going to be an addict.

Enjoy the issue!

When I was first in New York, my only experience with the Lower East Side was going to a club called Save the Robots, which only opened at 4:00 a.m., served nothing but vodka and seemed to be the best place for a transvestite to meet an investment banker while doing a shot with a Hell’s Angel. (Whatever happened to those days?)

Daisy Prince

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VOL. 39 NO. 5

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BROOKE OF ALL TRADES

Brooke Garber Neidich on fostering the new Whitney Museum building from an idea to reality, flourishing Sidney Garber jewelry and her many charitable endeavors.

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CLICK-THROUGH COLLECTORS

Paddle8 brings high-stakes art auctions to the virtual space.

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ON DISPLAY

A look at the LES’s new art destination, the Richard Taittinger Gallery.

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WEARABLE ART

3-D art takes on a whole new meaning with these canvas and jewel combinations.

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by haley friedlich photographed by jessica nash

on the cover Brooke Neidich wearing a Cream Jacket

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Brooke Neidich wearing a Cream Jacket by The Row. Black Pants by Balenciaga. Photographed

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Emerald and Diamond Necklace. Emerald and Diamond Ring. Fancy Vivid Yellow Orange and White Diamond Ring. All by LEVIEV. Photographed by Jessica Nash. Set by Tyler Resty.

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OBJECTS OF DESIRE We have Woman in Gold fever and will dress accordingly.

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COCKTAIL ON THE AVENUE

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SOCIAL SAFARI A very royal edition.

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SPANISH COURTESANS IN NEW YORK The Frick Collection brought one of the highlights of the New York social scene with its annual Young Fellows Ball, this year sponsored by Lanvin in support of the museum’s new “Don Quixote” exhibition. Appropriately, the theme of the evening was “A Dance at the Spanish Court,” apparent in the attendees’ elegant attire, which they showed off by posing alongside coordinating paintings.

1. Andrew Fenet and Lydia Fenet 2. Angela Ledgerwood, Charlotte Greenough and Cassandra Tighe 3. Laura Webb and Sally Greenland 4. Marlies Verhoven and Helene Gautair 5. Elizabeth Kurpis 6. Anastasiya Siro and Di Mondo 7. Polina Proshkina

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New York’s most fashionable and charitable ladies gathered at Donna Karen’s Urban Zen studio to celebrate the U.S launch of the Women’s Brain Health Initiative. The organization, originally started in Canada, creates education programs and funds research to combat brain-aging diseases that affect women.

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GANGS OF NEW YORK Jack McCollough, Lazaro Hernandez and Haim Steinbach were honored at the Art Production Fund’s annual gala. This year’s event was called Gangs of New York, a symbol for the gangs of creative people that make New York what it is.

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BOYS AND GIRLS OF DESIGN The design industry elite gathered at the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club annual President’s Dinner to celebrate their upcoming show house season. The black-tie event was hosted by Architectural Digest and chaired by editor in chief Margaret Russell and designer Bunny Williams.

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The lavender orchid centerpieces on the Rainbow Room’s tables were elegant perfection, and they needed to be. Many of NYC’s design gurus gathered for the New York School of Interior Design Annual Benefit Dinner, and there was nary a napkin out of place. Bunny Williams and John Rosselli, the legendary designer and antique dealer couple, were honored with the Albert Hadley Lifetime Achievement Award. Alexa Hampton presented John with his Lalique Royal vase, and Betsey Ruprecht presented Bunny’s, about whom she said, “She represents the best of American spirit and aesthetic, with the European and modern world thrown in.” Their résumés could fill this issue, and there is more to come. Bunny’s Bunny Williams and John Rosselli newest book, On Garden Style, comes out, fittingly, this spring.

The Thomas N. Armstrong III Award in Landscape Design went to Edmund Hollander, and Bette Midler’s Restoration Project won the NYSID Green Award, created by the late Michael Graves. Newell Turner gave the final toast and offered thanks to the sold-out room, for creating scholarships for tomorrow’s designers. Other chicsters included NYSID president David Sprouls, Michael Bruno, Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, Charlotte Moss, Richard Keith Langham, Margaret Russell, Carol and Philippe Delouvrier, Bill Ruprecht, Ann Pyne, Jeffrey Bilhuber, Martha Stewart and Kevin Sharkey.

We were invited to Swim with the Sharks (isn’t Bear Stearns gone?) at John Demsey, Alina Cho and Marilyn Gauthier’s 6th annual Pisces birthday party.

Marilyn Gauthier, John Demsey and Alina Cho Because these consummate hosts can’t do enough for their guests, they also treated us to a sneak preview of the yet-to-opened Baccarat Hotel and Residence. Crystal glistened from above, and in our paws . . . yes, we were served in Baccarat glasses. Andrew Andrew spun, and among the glam guests swirling in birthday cheer were Paula Zahn and Paul Fribourg, Zac Posen, Anne Hearst McInerney, Bobbi Brown, Cornelia Guest (whom we saw later at that other hot newish spot, the Polo Bar), Paula Zahn Linda Wells, Barry Sternlicht, Sandra Lee and Charles Masson, whose eagerly anticipated Chevalier has just opened here, and of course, it is sublime.

The Cinema Society hosted the premiere of The Woman in Gold at MoMA, followed by a party at the Neue Galerie, which proudly owns the painting of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the focus of the movie’s story of Maria Altman’s valiant struggle to reclaim Klimt’s portrait of her beloved aunt.

The film’s star, Helen Mirren, was in both rooms, and Zac Posen Charles Masson really, do we care if anyone else was there? ✦

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AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK As head of the International Rescue Committee, ex-UK foreign secretary David Miliband is making a difference on a global scale.

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he Modern, MoMA’s restaurant and bar, is surprisingly buzzy at 4:30 the day I’m scheduled to meet David Miliband, the UK’s ex–foreign minister and current CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) charity. Almost every recent article I read on Miliband mentions that he is not as well known in the United States as he is in the United Kingdom. However, just as we sit down for drinks, one of the managers comes over, gushing with praise for the ex-politician.

Miliband accepts the attention graciously and then turns to me.

Other articles talk about how attractive he is in person, and they aren’t wrong. Even Hillary Clinton’s been won over; she’s said of Miliband, “He’s young, energetic, smart, creative, and attractive, with a ready smile.” He is happy to return the compliment and says that the remarkable thing about Hillary is that “she is an extraordinarily good listener, which people don’t associate with politics.”

He’s tall and trim, and exudes the nervous energy of someone who’s on what seems like his fifth cup of coffee and perpetually fighting jet lag. Indeed, he tries to order a coffee before being gently reminded that a Cocktail on the Avenue requires a proper drink. He gracefully acquiesces and we both settle on a California white (“We should have an American white, while we’re in America.”), and Miliband also orders a selection of sliders, as he’s skipped lunch.

He’s understandably busy. He’s the first non-American head of the IRC, a large global charity that helps people survive humanitarian disasters and rebuild their lives. What with running an organization with an annual budget of more than $500 million, a workforce of 12,000 people, and a presence in 38 countries, it’s no surprise that he’s having a hard time finding a moment to eat.

To an outsider, an ex–British politician who has never held a post of this kind before might seem like The Modern an odd choice to run such a large organization, but Miliband’s strengths lie in his considerable people 9 West 53rd Street skills and even more considerable Rolodex from his time as the UK’s foreign secretary (an equivalent New York, NY 10018 role to our secretary of state). He is on a first-name basis with many of the leaders of the war-torn coun212.333.1220 tries that his organization tries to help. He’s even met President Obama briefly. Additionally, www.themodernnyc.com he has a more personal connection with the IRC than one might realize. Miliband’s parents were Jewish refugees who fled the Nazis in Poland in 1940 and 1946. His mother had a particularly tough time, having lived through the war in Poland, where she was protected by various friends. Miliband says, “Her life was saved by people who were incredibly brave on her behalf and on her sisters’ behalf. She lost her father in the war, so it wasn’t a daily topic of conversation, but you had a sense that there was harshness to history.”

David Miliband was born in London and attended Oxford College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He didn’t linger in the United States after school, returning straightaway to the United Kingdom to work at a think tank. At 29 he was made one of Tony Blair’s heads of policy and was instrumental in bringing the Labor Party to power in 1997. He was elected to Parliament in 2001 and, under Gordon Brown, was promoted to foreign secretary in 2007.

Then, famously, in 2010 his brother, Edward, stood against him to be leader of the Labor Party and, to the shock and surprise of many, won narrowly. As of the printing of this magazine, the UK general election is at hand, and the world is waiting to see if Ed Miliband will be the next British prime minister.

If any of that is weighing on Miliband’s mind right now, he doesn’t give any sign of it. Right now, as the head of the IRC, he’s got bigger fish to fry, like the continuing conflict in Syria and the constant threat of a larger Ebola outbreak.

Besides, Miliband says that he never expected to be in elected politics. “I always thought I would be a back-room person.” But once he was an MP, he really enjoyed it. “It was a huge privilege to be in government. We did lots of things that I think were good and some I think were bad.” He says, pausing reflectively for a moment, “It’s sort of learning. Now I’m looking at it from the opposite end of the telescope. A world where there isn’t a government, a world where there is a war going on . . .”

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about it. It’s pretty amazing to me that the fourth anniversary of the Syrian conflict is next week and there is no political process developed, no light at the end of the tunnel. Then the question nobody’s got answers to is, What does anybody care?”

He wants to bring awareness back to New Yorkers, and in doing so wants to deepen the New York roots of his organization (“which is ironic in that I’m the first non-American to be president of the IRC”). The charity was founded by Albert Einstein in 1933 to “assist Germans suffering from the policies of the Hitler regime,” according to the New York Times. Miliband finds the historic ties with the organization helpful. “It’s not an accident that Einstein came to New York. New York is a global city for communicating with people from around the world. It’s got a big lesson to teach, and it should be part of New York’s identity. This is the ultimate global city, the ultimate immigrant city.”

Despite the challenges of running such a large organization, Miliband’s beginning to love his time in New York. He and his wife, Louise Shackelton, a professional violinist, have settled into life on the Upper West Side with their two boys. If he’s not enjoying the rather painfully early school drop-off (“up at 6:30, out of the house at 7:15”), he’s at least savoring the chance to learn the piano in his spare time. He appreciates the merits of having sent his children to summer camp and says that they are much more settled now, less impatient, not always asking, “When are we going home?”

He admits it’s been a little harder on his wife. “She’s taking a pause in her career, so that’s a challenging thing. But we think it’s very good for the family. I mean, New York is not a place, it’s an experience.”

Offering me one of his tuna sliders, Miliband tells me how he first met his wife. “On an airplane. It was a long time ago, 20 years ago now.” I asked him if he remembers where he was traveling to. He replies, “Of, course, how could I forget? I was coming from Rome in the summer to London.”

The Milibands are still getting their heads around the sheer physical size of the United States compared to England: “Distances here are massive—it’s a continental shelf.” As is the lack of one national ethos, which contrasts quite starkly with that of the United Kingdom: “The common culture in the UK is still very strong, while here it is very fragmented.” While Miliband won’t say that he’s committed to staying in the States forever, he’s definitely here for a few years yet. “I miss my friends and colleagues, and I haven’t lost my interests in Europe and in Britain. If I was twiddling my thumbs, I’d be looking backwards, but there’s a lot going on. But we feel we’ve had some experiences that we would never have had being in the UK. And the kids will never forget it.”

Drinks and sliders finished, Miliband stands up to leave. In doing so, I catch a glimpse of a very natty orange lining. When I praise the suit, he beams and tells me that it was designed by his friend Ozwald Boateng, and pulls open the jacket fully so I can see the extent of his finery. His fans are right: he’s an energetic, enthusiastic, well-dressed guy who is still finding his feet in America. Let’s hope he stays long enough to really make a difference. ✦

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Brooke Garber Neidich’s amazing fundraising prowess is a big reason why the Whitney Museum is opening its spectacular new downtown home this month. And that’s just one of her projects.

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he brand-new Whitney, a magnificent Renzo Piano structure in the Meatpacking District, is still a busy construction site in the final stages of completion before its grand opening this month when we visit. Brooke Garber Neidich daintily navigates around it all, in a chic long leather skirt and low boots with heels, greeting curators and security guards with the same ready smile. “We have the nicest guards,” she whispers after saying hello to one. “And the handsomest.”

She gushes over the cozy, newly painted room where the painting of the museum’s beloved founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, is on display. “Ah, Gertrude,” she sighs. She watches as curating teams hang the paintings of the permanent collection, some of them rediscovered and dusted off for their new, larger home, “Is that a Philip Guston?” she asks one. She beams as she shows off the new theater, the art restoration room, the educational facilities, and the spectacular gallery spaces that allow you to see all the way from the Hudson waterfront end of the building to the side that opens up onto the High Line and the far West Village. It is not hard to understand why Neidich is thrilled to see this magnificent baby on the verge of being born.

“Brooke could be wearing seven necklaces and it would feel understated. The way she wears jewelry, you don’t notice it, but somehow you only notice it.”

—Joanna Coles

“It’s kind of like I had quadruplets,” Neidich had said earlier, speaking about her enormously busy and fulfilling life for the last seven years. The metaphor is apt for a woman whom friends always describe as a genuine nurturer. In 2008, she took over her late father’s jewelry enterprise, with no previous business experience, in part to save the jobs of the firm’s 30 or employees. Her longtime pet project, The Child Mind Institute, one of the country’s premier institutions for helping children with learning disabilities and psychiatric problems, was undergoing a painful separation from NYU. And at the urging of her contemporary-art-loving good friend Beth Rudin DeWoody, Neidich joined the board of the Whitney, where she is now cochair. “You like art, you should help out at the Whitney,” DeWoody had said after noticing Neidich collected art. “Sure,” Neidich had replied. Add to the mix her activities on behalf of the Lincoln Center Theater and that makes four, one more baby for the mother of three actual grown children to tend to. “It was kind of like the perfect storm,” Neidich says.

“Who was I to say no to any of them?”

These exciting spring days in the run-up to the grand opening, it is the Whitney child that demands much of Neidich’s time. The creation of the Upper East Side institution’s new downtown home had hit the same speed bump as a lot of other other projects did when the recession hit back in 2008, a slowdown that added a good two years to the process of creating this building. Whitney director Adam Weinberg had only found the spot a year earlier, nervously showing it to Gertrude Whitney’s granddaughter, Flora Biddle, and getting her blessing. “She calmly told him, ‘The Whitney is an idea, not a building. You should do it,’” Neidich recounts. But although no one would ask for the recession-induced delay, Neidich now thinks it brought some unforeseen benefits. “It caused us to slow down and just reexamine everything,” she says. “I think we got a better building as a result.”

Sure enough, the building is remarkable in its thoughtfulness, attention to detail and relationship to its surroundings, all signature Piano approaches. Though it technically faces the waterfront, the structure places equal if not more emphasis on the city that gives it its home. The gallery walls all move to maximize exhibition flexibility. The elevators are themselves works of art. Literally. The last commission from the artist Richard Artschwager before his death, they immerse visitors in a space where they might have the surprising experience of standing under a table, being on a rug in front of a mirror, or contained in a giant floating woven basket. At night the elevators remain open and can be seen by passersby. The Danny Meyer restaurant and bar at the Meatpacking end of the building where the High Line starts promises to be one of the sexiest nightspots in the city. And the soft, repurposed pine floors all float, feeling lovely underfoot and promising to spare future visitors any case of museum legs. “It’s really good for our guards, too,” Neidich, ever the nurturer, points out. “After all, they are on their feet all day.”

Neidich’s caring persona (she had originally wanted to be a social worker) goes right along with the heart of a dogged fundraiser extraordinaire. The Whitney campaign goal was a whopping $760 million, and as she will announce at the

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museum’s opening ceremonies, that goal was reached. “I honestly feel the new Whitney building would not have happened without her incredible enthusiasm and wonderful spirit,” says Fiona Donovan, the great-granddaughter of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who is still active on the board. “Her enthusiasm for the project just never flagged.”

Asked what her secret is to being such a powerhouse at raising money, Neidich offers a disarmingly simple answer. “I ask,” she says, with just the tiniest hint of exasperation. “I have so many friends who say, ‘What can I do? I want to help, but I just can’t ask people for money.’ Well, you have to be willing to ask.

And I do. And I’ll admit, I get angry when people turn me down.”

You have to wonder, how could anyone turn the ever-smiling, quietly relentless Neidich down. Probably, they don’t. “If Brooke asks you to do something,” Hillary Clinton has said, “quickly say yes, because you will get there eventually.”

Neidich’s good friend, Jane Rosenthal of Tribeca Films, says the secret to Brooke’s success is her personal authenticity and genuine passion for her projects. “The depth and breadth of her dedication to childhood mental health is amazing,” says Rosenthal, who first met Neidich when they were both raising money for the Democratic Party during the Clinton years. “She is bringing that passion and nurturing ability to the Whitney, and helping to push the boundaries of that institution.”

And yes, “Dan and I are absolutely supporting Hillary Clinton, as we did last time,” says Neidich.

To be sure, not only does Neidich raise amazing sums for her beloved projects, she also puts her money where her mouth is. All the profits from Sidney Garber Fine Jewelry are earmarked for charity, which makes it all the more exciting that this year was her first profitable year. Those profits made gifts possible to the Whitney, the Child Mind Institute, Lincoln Center Theater and a number of charities in Chicago, where the business was founded and where it flourished. In fact, the goal of making enough to give money away is one of the things that kept her going in the tough early days. “Learning how to run a business was like learning a

“I honestly feel the new Whitney building would not have happened without Brooke’s incredible enthusiasm and wonderful spirit.”

—Fiona Donovan, the great-granddaughter of Whitney founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

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“Learning how to run a business was like learning a foreign language. I went from only thinking about the business a foreign language,” she reflects. “I went from only thinking about the few weeks a year to thinking business a few weeks a year to thinking about it all the time. “ about it all the time.”

Under her stewardship, Sidney Garber got a huge boost when Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen wore its bracelets —Brooke Garber to a Barneys event a few years back, and they and Brooke have been friends ever since. Running the business is still not easy, but Neidich Neidich allows that she’s made great progress. “Each year, I learn more, about my

aesthetics, about the customer experience, about inventory . . .” she says. “I went from only thinking about the business a few weeks a year to thinking about it all the time.” Last fall she opened a Sidney Garber store on Madison Avenue, and a year ago she hired Susan Nicholas, a seasoned jewelry executive from H. Stern, as president, who is busily modernizing the business. Would her father be proud? “My father would probably say, ‘She still doesn’t know the value of a buck,’” Neidich laughs. But secretly, she knows her jeweler father, who bequeathed her his impeccable eye and taste, would be proud.

Which brings us to the matter of Neidich and her eye and her jewelry. She loves it; she grew up around it and she wears a lot of it, her petite arm usually sporting a startling array of bangles. The way Neidich wears jewelry is similar to the way she wears clothes, according to her good friend, Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles. “Brooke is impossibly chic,” Coles says. “Her closets should go down as the eighth wonder of the world. You could show up at any time of the day and she’d be wearing the perfect pair of silk cigarette pants, and the perfect tunic and the perfect jewelry. She could be wearing seven necklaces and it would feel understated. The way she wears jewelry, you don’t notice it, but somehow you only notice it.”

Well put.

Coles and Neidich may have bonded over fashion, and they share a love of Lincoln Center Theater, but Coles is equally enamored with the way Neidich and her husband, Daniel, entertain, which they do, well, liberally. “She collects people and she throws everyone together in one bouillabaisse,” Coles says in her inimitable British style. “It’s always an interesting mix of people. You might find yourself sitting between Queen Noor of Jordan on one side, and someone whom Brooke’s daughter, Mallory, teaches middle school with on the other. It’s all very informal, which is unusual for New York. And you never feel like you are being invited to perform or to pay court. You just get swept up in the warm soup.”

Lauren Santo Domingo, good friends with Neidich’s elder son Jon, is equally enamored with the Neidich style of entertaining. “With Brooke, different generations mix seamlessly,” she says. “She treats everyone with the same respect and courtesy. And her parties are such fun, because she mixes all these people together.”

There is always room for one more at the Neidich home, whether it is in Manhattan or in Wainscott, where their summer brunches at a long table in a beautiful garden are legendary. “There’s an extended family feeling that is just wonderful to be around,” Jane Rosenthal says. “When Brooke says come over for lunch or dinner, it could be the two of us or it could be 22.

There is always room.”

Son Jon appears to have inherited the entertaining and hospitality gene. Formerly the managing director of Le Bain and the Boom Boom Room, he is the owner of the restaurants and nightspots Acme, Happiest Hour and Tijuana Picnic. Last year, he married the lovely Alessandra Brawn in a wedding in Pisa, Italy, that his mother calls “the most amazing wedding ever.” Her other son, Stephen, is an artist living in L.A., married as well. Neidich does not conceal her hope that soon there will be some grandchildren to love.

In the not-too-distant future, some of that wonderful, multigenerational vibe will occur at the Neidichs’ new Greenwich Village home, not all that far away from the Whitney’s new home. Having raised their children on the Upper East Side, and loving the proximity to Central Park and Carl Schurz Park, along with being close to the children’s schools, Brooke and Dan have gradually made the leap to becoming full-time downtown denizens. The three apartments they bought to combine are another construction site, a work in progress that is coming along, and will no doubt be spectacular when done.

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GOOD PADDLING The founders of Paddle8, the online auction house, made a bid to create a new way to buy and sell art. Everybody is sold on the idea.

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art of the strategy for placing the winning bid at an auction is knowing when to raise your paddle. Business partners Alexander Gilkes and Aditya Julka raised theirs at exactly the right time in 2011 when they founded Paddle8, their New York–based online auction house, where hitting “Enter” at the right moment, coupled with the right dollar amount, secures a coveted item. Their collector and bidding community, which is now estimated at 500,000, spent some $36 million in 2014 on Paddle8 auctions, a 140 percent increase over sales in 2013. While contemporary art has been the site’s mainstay, as of this October Paddle8 will also feature jewelry, watches, toys, books and fashion accessories.

Gilkes and Julka, 35 and 33 respectively, have recognized that dust has settled on classic brick-and-mortar auction houses—Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips (where Gilkes served as worldwide director of marketing), as well as regional houses here and abroad. It’s not that Gilkes and Julka feel that the final gavel has fallen on such establishments, but, rather, that traditional auction methods no longer properly serve a vast spectrum of new, young collectors and sellers.

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he first auction I ever attended was one in 2010 that Alexander was leading at Phillips, his first as an auctioneer,” recalls Julka, Paddle8’s CEO and cofounder with Gilkes, who is president.

At the time, Julka, a native of India where he trained as an engineer, was just a year out of Harvard Business School, and “sort of interested” in buying art for the walls of his then Lower East Side apartment, which he was sharing with fellow Harvard grad Osman Khan (now Paddle8’s COO).

“Even though I had an inclination to collect and the financial means to do so, I had no idea what to collect,” he says. “The other fact was that most auctions at the big houses were happening at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday when I would be on the fortyfourth floor of a Midtown building, knee deep in an Excel data model,” he adds, referring to his then stint as a consultant at McKinsey. “It wasn’t easy for me to get downtown to a Phillips showroom at that time of day.”

“Most auctions at the big houses were happening at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday when I would be on the fortyfourth floor of a Midtown building knee deep in an Excel data model.”

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“So, we have focused essentially on consolidating the whole middle market for art and collectibles,” says the dashingly handsome British-born Gilkes, who could easily offer himself up for bidding as a lunch date at one of the many charity auctions Paddle8 handles.

“Paddle8 is able in a very effective manner, and as the only online model, to sell lots in the thousand- to hundred-thousand-dollar category,” he says. While some of Paddle8’s younger clients might one day be able to find that excess $130 million needed to buy a Picasso or Giacometti, a Klimt or Bacon for which someone like a Leonard Lauder can easily raise the paddle, most of their buyers want to own good but affordable contemporary art. “The reason names like Warhol and Koons, Hirst and Emin endure is that they each have brand value,” says Julka. “Brands matter. These artists have earned critical acclaim through major museum shows, galleries and collectors’ validations, and Paddle8 collectors want a part of the cultural history they’ve made, are making, and embody.”

“Today’s collector is better informed, better educated, better traveled, craves immediacy and is digitally savvy, and an online model such as Paddle8 plays perfectly into that trend,” adds Gilkes.

The bidding process at Paddle8 sale is not unlike that of, well, bidding for a vintage Barbie on eBay. It’s just that the goods one finds on Paddle8 are decidedly better and hipper. It’s a simple matter of registering, then launching into the bidding process, monitoring the inprocess auction (each typically lasts two weeks), and, ideally, securing the winning bid.

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espite the fact that most Paddle8 buyers are clicking away alone at home or in the office in pursuit of a Tracey Emin print or Jeff Koons painted skateboard, there is a decidedly social aspect and cachet to the site (among the scores of twentysomethings ensconced at terminals in the Cooper Square headquarters is Britain’s

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Princess Eugenie, hired in 2013 as a benefits auction manager; there are 100 employees scattered among the New York, LA and London offices.). “We are big believers in the social impact of collecting,” stresses Gilkes. “A significant part of our business is our benefit auction division. Where we are bringing the off line fundraising galas for major museums and foundations online.” Paddle8’s consulting auction curators include such brand names as Grace Coddington, Bob Colacello and Tory Burch, along with art historians and techies from Gagosian, Pace, Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Tumblr, and elsewhere.

Gilkes and Julka concur that it would be a bad bid not to make full use of one of their best assets, Tory Burch. Indeed, they hosted

to unload memorabilia from his days on the assembly line of Warhol’s Factory. “Bob said to me, ‘I understand that one man’s junk can be another’s treasure, and I have incredible pieces under my bed,’ and he meant literally so,” recounts Gilkes. “He asked if we could conduct an auction for him. We sent a specialist to his house and catalogued everything from Bruno Bischofberger posters [Warhol’s European dealer] to Keith Haring New Year’s Eve party invitations. The sale created a very intimate portrait of Bob’s years with Warhol.”

Christophe de Menil, whom Gilkes and Julka characterize as “the Forrest Gump of the twentieth-century art world, since she knew and knows everybody,” chose Paddle8 to help sell off works from her collection in December 2014. While one of those pieces, a Fred Sandback sculpture, sold for six figures, most of the items de Menil wanted to part with were estimated at a far lower price point. Gilkes and Julka are convinced that had she brought the items to Christie’s or Sotheby’s, with whom she has strong relationships, they wouldn’t have been able to tease out the kinds of collecting stories that Paddle8 created and promulgated. In retrospect, the partners realized that the sale represented a moment for de Menil to share with Paddle8’s young generation of online buyers how and what she had collected over the years.

“We are big believers in the social impact of collecting.”

—Alexander Gilkes an offline event with her at the 94th Street townhouse of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn to celebrate Jeanne’s auction. By their estimates, it was a successful night that brought together luminaries from the art and fashion worlds—and it even had Anna Wintour’s official vetting when she arrived. Paddle8 recognizes that given the right people and the right moments, it makes sense to host events. But the company has also recognized that on a day-to-day basis, aspects of the traditional auctions business have become outdated. To lure people to an evening event increasingly means ensuring they experience something special, and Gilkes and Julka have a knack for doing so.

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nother reason so many boldfacers choose to sell (and buy) their goods through Paddle8 is because few other houses would bother dispensing with closets full of moderately valuable goods. Bob Colacello, in a bout of spring-cleaning, decided

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s for its name, like many start-ups at inception, Paddle8 stuck when there was no chance to bid for anything else. As Julka recounts, Gilkes came up with what was then a working name. Julka and Gilkes were conducting a field study with a former Harvard business school professor of Julka’s who was so smitten with the concept that the professor took out a checkbook and said, “‘Okay, guys, who do I make this check out to?’” recounts Julka. At that moment, the only name Gilkes and Julka had was Paddle8, the eight referencing a lucky number in Asia. “We said, ‘Make it out to Paddle8,’” says Julka, “which meant we had to incorporate the next day.”

But the stray check from an admiring mentor to a favorite mentee was not sufficient to launch Paddle8.

Since Julka and Gilkes decided to setup shop in 2011, they have led Paddle8 through three rounds of funding (with a fourth rumored to be announced)—and they have clearly been calling the correct numbers and emailing the right funders. To date, they have secured $17 million from a variety of sources, including, most notably, Mousse Partners, the private investment firm controlled by the family behind Chanel, and Founder Collective, a venture capital fund headed by David Frankel. Other name brands who have written checks are the artist Damien Hirst, the Mellon family, Alexander von Fürstenberg, art dealer Jay Jopling and Hikari Yokoyama, the art dealer/advisor.

It’s fun to watch the dynamics between Gilkes and Julka, echoing, perhaps, the collegial back-and-forth energetic banter between auctioneer and bidder. Their rapport mimics that of brothers separated at birth or club pals—one deferring to the strengths of the other. Julka, more the business/numbers guy, Andrew the polished face of glamour and social connections (often at events with his fashion designer wife, Misha Nonoo). But both evince the kind of energy and buzz that fills many an auction room at prime bidding. They could sell you on anything.✦

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ichard Taittinger’s gallery at Stanton and Ludlow opened in this past spring, and while it may be the newest on the Lower East Side, its owner is already an expert at knowing how to sell better than many dealers who have been in the business longer. Within 10 minutes Taittinger, tall and with a boyish face that matches his enthusiasm, had provided a résumé for each of the artists in the group show, listed their upcoming shows and given a critique of the work. “Good questions,” he concludes in his thick French accent, before Théo Mercier’s Oeufs de Paques (2015), a piece that features an Easter Island monolith emerging from an egg (the title is a pun: “Easter Eggs”). “It’s about our history, civilization, where we are from.”

He continued through the space, which was renovated by the trendy Studio MDA architecture firm and features 20-foot ceilings rare for the neighborhood. And his enthusiasm for Alexander Ponomarev, a Ukrainian artist and former Soviet submarine engineer who draws on Cyrillic navigation charts and represented Russia in the 2007 Venice Biennale, is even less restrained. “This is a museum piece,” he said of a three-panel work, aghast. “Can you believe you could only have it for $50,000?”

Taittinger comes from a family of vintners, which is so unrelated to what he does now that he doesn’t like to dwell on it. “There’s a family background, in the bubbles,” he said later around the corner, at the kind of coffee shop where young people with fake jobs take unimportant meetings, the clear signifier of a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. En route Taittinger pointed out that his new space is just across from the new Lower East Side Soho House, and around the corner from Dirty French.

Taittinger has signed a 15-year lease, and the trendiness of the neighborhood has more benefits than just coffee. His business model relies on promoting younger artists, like Mercier, who used to work in Matthew Barney’s studio, and the Recycle Group, a duo out of Russia whose art was being installed when we first met at the gallery. (He also enjoys being a patron of such work, and recently joined the board of the Brooklyn-based Residency Unlimited.)

But there’s also good business to be done in artists like Ponomarev, whom the art world defines as “midcareer,” having had a lot of attention early on but then dropping off the map slightly (no pun intended).

New Kids on the Block Richard Taittinger was born into one of the most famous Champagne families in the world, but is blazing his own path in the art world with his white-hot Lower East Side gallery.

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“Artists like that, exhibited on the Lower East Side, they get more attention than they would in Chelsea,” he said. Moreover, he loves the neighborhood, with the gallery ecosystem that’s cropped up there, and the people streaming into the streets on Sunday afternoons: “Sunday afternoons belong to us.”

He thinks the New Museum is probably his favorite institution in New York, and shows “the most dynamic artists today asking the right questions.”

“This is the future,” he added.

Taittinger’s first experience with the art world, he said, would have been in the 1980s, his mother taking him to an Andy Warhol show at the Sonnabend Gallery in Paris.

He counts Ileana Sonnabend’s onetime husband, Leo Castelli, as a model for how to succeed in the art world: by always putting your artists first, and making sure their work makes its way to the right collections. In some ways, in the modern art world, opening a gallery is actually a revolutionary proposition: so much art these days is sold via JPEG or at art fairs. Taittinger, who has worked as a gallery-less art advisor, felt it was important to have a physical space, however, in part from this Castelli impulse to promote the artist. “I want to show museum-quality works in museum-quality conditions,” he said.

At age 27 he met Simon de Pury, former head of the Phillips auction house, at a film festival and asked him for a job in the States.

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He’d worked for the family, in “the bubbles” until then, but felt the call of art. De Pury reportedly told him he could wait for a job to open, but Taittinger couldn’t wait and moved to New York right away, to an area not far from his new gallery, in 2007, a time when the area was fairly rowdy.

For Taittinger, who’d wanted to live in New York since he first flew here for summer camp in Maine (not a cherished experience for someone who spoke no English), it was a dream come true, but he was mainly there to work.

“It’s like the American dream,” Taittinger said. “I started at the bottom of the ladder at Phillips. I was a 27-year-old intern!”

From there he worked at Almine Rech and the Cueto Project gallery in Chelsea, which was how he came to know Ponomarev, and worked with the Bruce High Quality Foundation, whose work he collects and loves. In 2010 he made his way on his own, to an advisory position that blended his love of collecting with his knowledge of the market.

He saw his own reinvention, in art and in New York, as being no so different from his great-grandfather’s following the Franco-Prussian war in 1870. In his telling, Lorraine became German and anyone who wanted to stay French had to leave. Richard’s great-grandfather did, and it worked out for him—the Champagne and the hotels following all that.

His reinvention has been a social success as well, and he and his wife, Elodie, are clearly popular. The two met through mutual friends who had tried to set them up several times

before they succeeded. The two finally had dinner in Paris and ended up, Taittinger said, “a party of three at 2 a.m.: me, her and the cleaning lady, who wanted to close the restaurant.”

A few days later at an opening for the Recycle Group, Taittinger is clad in black jeans and a blazer with a gingham pocket square.

The show marked a New York debut for the group, comprised of Andrey Blokhin and Georgy Kuznetsov, and served as a good introduction to their work, with sculptures of wire mesh and rubber. Many drew on classical, Christian and Renaissance imagery.

Taittinger lectured to a potential buyer about a series of busts that had, bursting through their shoulder blades, the logos for Skype, Vimeo and Facebook. Not enough critics, he was saying, had seen the art history parallels.

“I look at this and I see Les Bourgeois de Calais, because I always used to love to go to the Rodin Museum in Paris,” he said. It was important in considering the pieces, too, he said, not to underrate the influence of Vkhutemas, the lesser known Russian offshoot of Bauhaus.

The most attention-grabbing piece was a life-sized mesh man in a toga, mounted on an iRobot vacuum cleaner, bumping against the walls and roaming a quarter of the gallery with an iPad-shaped object in his hands, like Moses searching for a signal.

“It’s rather aggressive,” said Blokhin, who’d crouched several times at the barrier of the statue’s area, to tape it down because it was coming loose. “It’s like a little pet!”

Blokhin and Kuznetsov had met Taittinger at the last Moscow Biennale, and what they liked most about him was hard to say: he was exactly like all the other good art dealers they’d worked with: professional, supportive and nonmeddling. “It’s like surgery,” Blokhin said, of how Taittinger knows his place. “He doesn’t tell you where to cut.”

Also on hand was the blond and tanned Elodie, a former lawyer who still helps out on the business side of things but mostly lets Taittinger handle the client-facing side of the business, the pitching part. “He’s very good at it,” she said, noting that they were married after just one year together. “That’s why I said yes!”

I had to say goodbye, so I interrupted Taittinger, briefly, as he explained a light-up reenvisioning of Adam and Eve in rubber to a collector. I also wanted to ask a quick follow-up question: the Champagne that the caterers were toting . . .

“It’s family, yes,” he said. ✦

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“It’s like surgery,” Blokhin said, of how Taittinger knows his place.

“He doesn’t tell you where to cut.”

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Designers of Distinction

AREA Interior Design Janine Carendi MacMurray

I find that I excel in problem solving and multitasking, both two of the biggest skills any designer should have.

FAVORITE RESOURCES 1. Sutter Antiques (Hudson, N.Y.) 2. Holly Hunt (fabrics) 3. Gracie (wallpaper)

4. Apparatus Studio (lighting) 5. CF Modern 6. Fort Street Studio (rugs)

Where do you find inspiration for design?

It is very project-specific. The individual client and the space help dictate the direction of each particular project. We want the client’s lifestyle needs and personalities to come through in the final design of their home. I enjoy studying classical architecture, and I especially admire interiors that are truly timeless. But, yes, I find most of my inspiration working closely with our clients.

This is why I am an interior designer. The clients and the city of New York inspire me to create elegant and comfortable spaces that reflect the individual.

What is the most exciting part of your job?

What keeps you going everyday?

That each day is so different. At any given time I am on a site for the demolition phase of a gut renovation of a downtown loft and the next at a favorite showroom selecting hand-painted wallpaper for a prewar Fifth Avenue client. And that it is a collaboration. Working closely with our team, especially Scott Francis, who is incredibly talented and positive, is what allows us to fulfill even the most challenging design requirements for our clients.

What qualities do you posses that make you particularly well suited for your profession?

I find that I excel in problem solving and multitasking, both two of the biggest skills any designer should have, especially in New York City, where design can be particularly challenging given spatial and building constraints. In the end it is not only about having a creative eye or being knowledgeable about design, although of course those are also essential, but also being understanding, patient and truly caring about our clients.

What key elements have the potential to make a room?

I am always conscious of proportion: this is of the utmost importance. And also, never be afraid to mix periods and styles! ✦

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MEREDITH OSTROM

Artwork behind Meredith is her own

As a former Ford Model and muse of photographer Ellen von Unwerth, Meredith was a familiar face in high-fashion magazines, but acting was her true passion. She studied at the Lee Strasberg Studios since she was twelve years old and then at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, receiving a BFA in theatre while minoring in fine arts and cinema.

What unique experience/perspective do you bring to the table?

I have always been a painter. I love exploring all mediums and experimenting with new techniques and color combinations. My work is represented by the Opera Gallery in London, and I also have a solo show coming up this summer.

What are you most proud of in your professional career?

As an artist, I have always advocated that visual therapy is a viable method to create a positive emotional response. It has been especially rewarding for me to be commissioned by Gilda’s Club to paint large canvases in compelling, beautiful colors that inspire healing and well-being in their members recovering from serious illness.

Tell us what you did with all those years of drama education.

I did not let my acting talent go to waste. I have appeared in more than 20 movies—I played Andy Warhol’s muse Nico in Factory Girl—as well as seasons of the British sitcom Keen Eddie and in the Starz TV series Magic City in the United States.

What are you working on currently?

I am completing my MFA degree at the New York School of Interior Design. When Magic City was cancelled, I felt it was time for a career transition. I will be joining Barbara Ostrom Associates’ New York office and expanding the firm in a new direction. My role will be Director of Design for the new Young Professionals Division.

My mother is the driving force behind Barbara Ostrom Associates.

It is an established, nationally known firm with an extensive client list, including President and Mrs. Richard Nixon, Senator Gerald and Mrs. Cardinale, Michael Strahan, Russell and Kimora Simmons, and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran, as well as other notables in finance, fashion, entertainment, etc.

Does Barbara Ostrom have any exciting projects on the horizon?

Pointed Leaf Press is publishing the long awaited coffee table book Curtain Up, following thirty years of spectacular showhouse rooms designed by Barbara Ostrom. It will be released this September.

Do you have any exciting projects on the horizon?

I am excited about designing my first show-house room in the Hamptons this summer and introducing the fresh new look we are gearing to the tastes of young professional clients.

How does your art background make you particularly well suited for a career in interior design?

Paintings, like memorable rooms, have to be very creative. There is a well thought-out, deliberate balance of color and form. Subtle juxtapositions of textures and smooth brushwork add interest and captivate the beholder, just as well-chosen accessories enhance a room. ✦

CONTACT INFO: Barbara Ostrom Associates 133 West 22 Street New York, New York 10011 T: 212.465.1808 1 International Blvd.

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WILMINGTON TRUST RENOWNED INSIGHT

“Families are evolving.

Is your estate plan?”

Sharon Klein Managing Director of Family Office Services and Wealth Strategies Sharon uses her vast knowledge of complex estate planning and trust laws to help clients address even the most complex subjects and to create solid strategies. She is part of a seasoned team of professionals who exemplify Wilmington Trust’s 112-year heritage of successfully advising families. To learn more about our collaborative and creative approach to managing wealth, contact Sharon or Larry Gore at 212-415-0547.

Most laws regarding how estates are handled are designed with a traditional nuclear family in mind – a husband, wife, and biological children. Today, however, fewer than half of all U.S. households meet this traditional definition. And that trend is likely to continue as same-sex marriage becomes legal in more and more states, and as divorce and remarriage remain common.

New inheritance questions. It’s not simply about traditional versus non-traditional families. Rapid advances in reproductive technology are creating once unimaginable questions regarding inheritance rights. And this issue has given rise to a new legal territory: posthumous birth laws. How should children conceived with stored genetic material after the death of one or both of the genetic parents be treated regarding inheritance? A complicated topic, indeed.

Consideration for pets. Furthermore, the concept of family for some extends to pets as well. A few states have even enacted estate planning laws regarding these four-legged family members.

For instance, the growing demand of pet owners to be buried with their pets has

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1ST QUARTER 2015

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he average apartment price was down from last quarter’s record level in Manhattan. At $1,735,628, this figure was 2 percent higher than a year ago, and the second highest average price on record.

The median price of $970,000 was up 7 percent from the first quarter of 2014. The price increases over the past few years, combined with low inventory, led to 8 percent fewer closings than a year ago.

While the average new development price fell over the past year, this is attributable to a decline in closings at the highest end of the market. On a per-square-foot basis, the average new development price is actually up 2 percent from a year ago.

Prices for resale apartments remained strong, with the average of $1,530,943 up from both the prior quarter and a year ago. The median resale price reached a new record of $900,000 in the first quarter, and was 6 percent higher than 2014’s comparable period. ✦

“On a per-square-foot basis, the average new development price is actually up 2 percent from a year ago.”

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TOWNHOUSE PERfEcTiON Off PARk AvENUE This magnificently renovated 20’ wide townhouse has a Neo-Federal brick and limestone facade and encompasses approximately 8,200 sf plus a 1,730 sf basement. The gracious layout with grand proportions has beautifully scaled rooms and includes 7 bedrooms and 6 and 1/2 bathrooms. Outdoor space consists of a charming garden and two terraces.

Masterfully renovated by world-renowned curatorial developer, Adam Gordon, all of the original detail and grandeur have been meticulously restored and enhanced. Resplendent with light, this stunning residence features an elevator servicing all floors, five working fireplaces, soaring ceilings, and new landmarks approved custom mahogany double-hung windows throughout. There is a 5-zone central air-conditioning system, a state-of-the-art security system, a new Siedle entry intercom system and an industrial Wifi system.

Ideally located in the East 60’s off of Park Avenue on a tree-lined street, this townhouse has left no detail unturned and is perfectly situated moments from Central Park, shopping, dining, and entertainment. $24,000,000 • Web# 11359782

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WATER MILL SOUTH MANSION | Water Mill | $14,500,000 | Surrender to the charms of this 8-bedroom, 10-bath home sited behind electric gates on almost 2 acres with den, library, first floor master suite, chef’s kitchen, theater and wine cellar. On the first floor there is a state-of-the-art kitchen, that opens to an expansive outdoor patio. In the center of the main floor there is a formal dining area. The parcel is complete with a heated Gunite pool and pool house that has an open air bar/kitchen and is close to ocean beaches. Tennis permit in place.

Also may be purchased with additional 2.19 acres with hydro court and guest house making it a 4.19-acre compound. Web# H51541

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CLOSE TO OCEAN ANd MECOX BAY | WATER MILL SOUTH | $9,350,000 | On one acre, this new Modern Traditional home with 6,500 +/- sf upper level space, 2,900 sf lower level residence with 7 bedrooms, 7 full baths, 3 half baths, and 4 fireplaces is in mid-completion. The main floor boasts a 2-story foyer, an open living/dining/kitchen, a grand dining room with a glass wine wall, a den/library and a junior master suite. The master bedroom and 4 additional bedrooms are on the second floor. Finished lower floor, a heated 3-car garage and pool house. Web# H29951

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The abundance is pure luxury. The Modern Barn offers the definitive balance between modern and traditional, nature and technology, grand scale and intimate spaces.

The clean lines of a Modern Barn® kitchen are both attractive and functional. The customdesigned space reduces clutter, simplifying the effort of preparing and presenting food. Storage is made convenient by the generous amount of cabinetry. The top-of-the-line appliances make everyday life more amenable to the habits of the chef, each member of the family and their guests.

Size makes all the difference, especially in a bathroom. A Modern Barn® master bathroom emphasizes the functionality of dual amenities ordered with the maximum amount of space, even for two people at the same time. The Modern Barn bathroom transforms the practical into the glamorous personal retreat. Calacatta marble and glass tiles, a two-person shower, a soaking tub, private toilets, radiant heat flooring: the amenities continue.

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This south-of-the-highway mansion in Water Mill with bay and ocean views, created by the 2014 HC&G Innovation in Design Award winner James Michael Howard, has it all. It features 12,000± square feet of living space and sits on a vast 3± acre parcel approximately 200 yards from the water. The grand foyer has wonderful inlaid stone patterned floors that lead into the Stair Hall with a custom staircase in a two-story space with a Soanian vaulted ceiling and remarkable skylight. Past the Stair Hall, in the center of the home, is the two-story Long Room with a custom-designed limestone fireplace. The west side of the first floor is comprised of an elegant junior master suite with sitting room, a library with a stone fireplace, two spacious en suite guest rooms, and an elevator. The state-of-the-art kitchen with a southward-facing breakfast room, an adjacent keeping room, a sun-filled formal dining room and a media room containing a professional home theatre system with surround sound can

all be found on the eastern part of the first floor. The second story has a whole wing dedicated to the extravagant master suite. The master features separate his and her dressing and bathing areas, extensive closets, and a sitting room, and has amazing water views. The opposite wing of the second story has three more en suite bedrooms and a recreation room. To finish off the main structure, there is a 12,000± square-foot roof terrace with spectacular views of Mecox Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The outside is meticulously landscaped, with detail and high-quality matching the rest of the home. There is an attached two-car garage with a porte cochere and a separate garage barn for an additional car or storage located at the front of the home. On the south side of the property lies an apple orchard, an 18’ x 74’ radiant heated saltwater pool, spa, and pool house with dressing room, lounge area and outdoor masonry fireplace. $24,950,000. WEB# 22729.

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cutting edge designs and the latest amenities, always with an eye towards preserving the environment and historic charm of the Hamptons. Co-owners Nunzio Zappola and Nick Zappola keep up to date with the most recent applications and products in the construction industry, using green building products and processes that are cost effective and have long term benefits.

N. Zappola & Associates Inc. has become one of the region’s most trusted and preferred residential contractors.

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Located in the heart of Bridgehampton horse country on coveted Day Lily Lane and sited high on 1.7± acres, offering unparalleled panoramic vistas over reserves and farms all the way to the ocean.

Masterfully crafted 10,500± square-foot new custom shingled traditional offers 9 bedrooms, 10 full baths, 2 half baths, luxurious pool, tennis, and a professional 14-seat theatre. $11,995,000.

WEB# 42120.

Set on more than 1.5 acres directly on Moriches Bay, this substantial 7,500± square-foot two-story custom residence shows the thought and care only achieved by years of experience in quality creation. With 580’ of new bulkhead, a protected boat slip, extensive south-facing waterside covered porches, balconies and poolside patios, this home sets the pace for true summer living.

This 5-bedroom, 7 full-bath and 2 half-bath manse has just been completed. Open-bay living doesn’t get better than this. $9,450,000. WEB# 11121.

Just completed, this 9,000± square-foot, superbly designed home is the newest masterpiece by Robert Schwagerl LLC. A rare LEED for Homes certified project that includes the latest ‘green’ technologies. Formal living room and dining room, 5 fireplaces, great room, butler’s pantry, and library. 7 bedrooms, 9.5 baths, 5 fireplaces, roof deck with ocean views, wine cellar and more.

Multi-season porch, 48’ pool, pergola, spa and pool house beyond. $9,295,000. WEB# 43190.

Christopher J. Burnside, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker, cburnside@bhshamptons.com, 631.537.4320.

Mark J. Baron, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, mbaron@bhshamptons.com, 631.537.4333.

Marcia Altman, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker, maltman@bhshamptons.com, 631.288.5004.

Jeannette Schwagerl, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker, jschwagerl@bhshamptons.com, 631.267.7113.

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239 White Street. 6,400 sq. ft. with gourmet eatin kitchen, great room with fireplace and pergola covered outdoor dining area and grilling station.

The living room includes French doors that open to pool area. Each floor has a master bedroom with fireplace and walk-in closets. Four additional bedrooms complete the 2nd floor. Outside is heated gunite pool, pool cabana, detached 2-car garage and lush landscaping. Immediate proximity to Southampton Village shopping, dining and ocean beaches. $5,850,000. WEB# 42976.

155 Wyandanch Lane. A shy one-acre parcel on coveted Wyandanch Lane in the Southampton Estate Section is ready to become the canvas for your forever Hamptons residence! Southwestern sun exposure, perfect rectangle, ample room for substantial house, pool and pool house. Immediate proximity to Southampton Village beaches, shopping and dining. Call today before this opportunity disappears! Exclusive. $9,500,000. WEB# 1956.

153 Bishops Lane (left) and 46 Magee Street (right).

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Properties of the Month Luxury Residences in New York and beyond . . .

The Corcoran Group MAJESTIC SAG HARBOR BAYFRONT Enjoy panoramic views of Noyack Bay, Long Beach, North Haven and Shelter Island. On a bluff-top acre with private beach, this 4,600-squarefoot sun-filled home includes a double-height great room with fireplace, custom eat-in kitchen, first-floor master suite with fireplace, 4 spacious guest rooms, and a large den/media room or 6th bedroom. Lushly landscaped grounds feature heated pool and hot tub, outdoor shower and cabana, plus detached 2-car garage with unfinished space above it. $6,500,000. WEB# 45946. Contact Mala Sander @ 917.902.7654

Engel & Völkers LIVE THE PLAZA LIFESTYLE Excellent opportunity to purchase two adjacent apartments at the Plaza Hotel Condominiums. Apartment 1602 is a stunning 2,656-square-foot 3-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom apartment with breathtaking Central Park views and a grand layout.

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The Corcoran Group BRIDGEHAMPTON NORTH WITH TENNIS Situated on four beautiful, private acres, this traditional-style home is not to be missed and priced to sell! The gated property offers heated pool, tennis and three levels of living space that include: entrance foyer with fireplace, formal living room with fireplace, family room/den, separate office and beautiful cook’s kitchen with dining room. Upstairs is master suite and three additional en suite bedrooms.

Lower level offers gym, lounge and two bedrooms and baths. $3,495,000.

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Sotheby’s International Real Estate METICULOUS DESIGN NEAR OCEAN With private beach access, this extravagantly renovated and expanded Michael Davis masterpiece features an open professional kitchen centered on the main level that connects to a breakfast room and dining room, both with French doors that open to a pergola and patio for alfresco dining. Second-level master suite with balcony provides views of manicured grounds. Patios and pergola overlook the heated, gunite pool set on 1+/- acre. $12,750,000. WEB ID # 0037492. Contact Dana Trotter @ 631.379.3236 104 | AVENUE MAGAZINE • MAY 2015

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3 BR/4 BA | $7,500,000 | Maintenance: $1,152 | WEB ID: 00110045 Excellent opportunity to transform an estate condition classic eight apartment in one of New York’s most prestigious and sought after Pre-War Cooperatives. Defined by its scale and flexible floorplan, this home is noted for its natural flow and grace. Through the semi-private elevator landing one enters the apartment into the 26-foot entrance gallery leading to the expansive living room with ten foot ceilings, wood burning fireplace and an eastern view over the Lehman Gardens enclave, surrounded by two beautiful rows of townhouses.

33 East 70th Street, located in the heart of the Upper East Side is one of the premier cooperatives on the Upper East Side. The building features a newly renovated state of the art gym, doormen and porter staff, live-in resident manager, large private storage, on-site valet, laundry room, and is located one block from Central Park. The shareholders also enjoy remarkably low monthly maintenance fees.

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INFORMING AN ARTISTIC EYE Blair Voltz Clark finds inspiration in Positano

BLAIR VOLTZ CLARKE is an art-world Renaissance woman. Within her company, Voltz Clarke, she wears many hats—she she is a curator, consultant, and a liaison between artists, designers and buyers, and anything else that helps expose emerging contemporary artists. She uses unexpected venues (“Revealed: Faces of Our Time” is on view starting May 1 at the Surrey Hotel) to bring intrigue to her public exhibitions, while her deep art-world knowledge, taste and Southern charm have made her a sought-after private consultant. Both Blair and her husband, Alistair Clarke (who is head of Sotheby’s European Furniture), travel often for their respective jobs, but Positano—their honeymoon spot—is always calling them back.

Favorite travel scores

A favorite patterned dress from Carla’s shop, and tea glasses from Marrakech, which I use every single day.

To the coast

Positano on the Amalfi Coast is my favorite place to visit in the world. I went there on my honeymoon with my husband, Alistair, and since then it has retained a special place in my heart. The deep blue sea with lush green mountains cascading into the water draw me back year after year. I always stay with my good friends Antonio and Carla Sersale, who own Le Sirenuse , the most gorgeous hotel.

I love the intimate charm of their place, and after so many years of visiting, I feel like a part of the family.

Must see

Other destinations

I was recently in New Orleans for the Prospect.3 Art Biennial, and it was a joy to discover how the city has been rebuilt. Life alongside the Mississippi is nothing but colorful. Venice during the biennial in late May is alive with art energy.

And last but not least, we are taking my daughter to Las Vegas for her 10th birthday. No one in the family has ever been there, so we picked a destination right here in the States that we thought would be good family fun. I’ve heard about the colorful shows and delicious food. We shall see!

In Positano, I love walking through the little villages, searching for treats for my daughters, Poppy and Georgina, especially the handmade sandals that they love. I also love the fresh, colorful (and simple) food available everywhere you turn.

Artistically informed My travels are the essence of my work, as I’m constantly gaining exposure to new artists on my trips. I make sure to visit the latest exhibits and galleries, which help me discover new trends and help me think of new and creative ideas. ✦

BLAIR WALKING ON THE BEACH: YIORGOS KORDAKIS

Simple pleasures

The first thing I would recommend is an evening drink at the champagne bar of Le Sirenuse in one of their wonderful hand-blown Murano glasses. I would then tell them to take a private boat to Lo Scoglio for lunch.

A morning walk up the stairway to Nocelle (1,865 steps) offers some of the most beautiful views in the world!

Last but not least, pick up a unique pareo from Emporio Le Sirenuse, which is run by the amazing Carla Sersale.

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Carolina Herrera, a patron of the Prince’s Trust

R. C O U RI H A Y

Elena Allbritton, Robert Allbritton and hostess Barbara Allbritton welcome TRH the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to their home in Georgetown

Paula Zahn & Cornelia Guest @ Pisces Party

Charles Manger, Lise Arliss & Mark Gilbertson @ Museum of the City of NY’s toast to Joy by Jean patou

Elaine Sargent at the Michael Halsband opening @ the National Arts Club

Martin and Audrey Gruss with Scott Snyder @ Hope for Depression Research Foundation Dinner in the Grusses’ Palm Beach home

Mercedes Bass, a patron of The Prince’s Trust

TRH THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER

The future king of England made it clear that on one of his first nights in America, he wanted to see friends: no fuss, no speeches, no benefits, just a simple, lighthearted dinner at a private home. The Prince of Wales wanted to catch up with the people he has befriended during the 20 visits he has made to the United States over the last 45 years and the pals he’s entertained in England during his annual Prince’s Trust weekends. Charles and his duchess host these long weekends at Buckingham Palace and Highgrove, his country estate in Gloucestershire, where he likes to show guests his prized hosta garden.

Trust in the United States. All the guests, including Ambassador Peter Westmacott, were asked to check their phones at the door. They were placed, along with an admittance card bearing one’s name in beautifully executed calligraphy, into a sealed plastic bag. The cocktail hour was held on the main floor of the sprawling townhouse amidst old master paintings and 18th-century furniture. The prince, wearing a pocket square that coordinated with his bride’s gown, greeted half the guests in the drawing room. The duchess, who wore a beige sheath with a silver overlay under a silk cape and a magnificent diamond and pearl choker and earrings, greeted the other half in the library.

CHARLES AND CAMILLA

ROYAL SMALL TALK

Those who travel in the highest circles of international society declared this black tie dinner for 100 “the invitation of the year.” This was a truly rare, almost utterly extinct species of exclusive evenings. No presidents or candidates, Hollywood stars, fashion editors or cameras cracked the prince’s personal guest list. The invitation was elegant in its simplicity, a dinner “In Honor of TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.” For security reasons, guests were not told the address of the dinner until just before the party. It was held at the Georgetown mansion of Barbara Allbritton, who is the chairman of the Prince’s

And what did Charles talk about? “Getting down on the floor and doing silly things with small people” (that’s Prince George to you!) and the time “the Nixons invited me to the White House and tried to marry me off to Tricia Nixon: that was quite amusing,” he chuckled with a twinkle in his eye. Charles confided that William and Kate were doing “just fine” but said he didn’t know if they were expecting a little prince or princess. In the mix were Reinaldo and Carolina Herrera, Patricia Hearst Shaw, Tom Quick, Mercedes Bass, Audrey and Martin Gruss, and Anna Weatherley. Camilla chatted

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Guild Hall, Baccarat Towers, and Jean Patou’s Century of Style

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about her visit to the Lincoln Memorial and reminisced about her and Charles’s first visit to New York ten years ago, saying she’d like to come back.

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Sofia Crokos & Maggie Norris at Joy by Jean Patou @ Bergdorf Goodman

Tony Ingrao, Martha Stewart & Randy Kemper @ Baccarat Hotel & Residences

At eight, the guests were led out to the garden, which had been tented for the occasion and lined in pale moss green. The florists had created a trellised greenhouse reminiscent of those you see at L’Orangerie in Versailles, dotted with topiaries and trailing vines. Two long tables, each seating fifty, centered the room. A low centerpiece of spring flowers in pinks and oranges ran down the center of the tables. The prince sat in the middle of one table, with Barbara Allbritton on his right and Sallie Phillips on his left. The duchess held down the other table, laughing and telling stories about their last trip to California and how she hoped everyone would be coming to England to visit. A pianist played softly and accompanied the tenor Alfie Boe, who sang several songs, including “Bring Him Home” from Les Misérables.

Misérables Dinner began with crab, lobster and asparagus salad crowned with a poached egg that was dressed with hollandaise sauce. “You are what you eat,” said Charles, who talked about organic farming, climate change and his trip to George Washington’s plantation in Virginia in between bites of roasted Angus tenderloin, a selection of organic vegetables and sweet corn pudding. The wines were superb, a Puligny-Montrachet 2009 and an Opus One 2011, and a LaurentPerrier Cuvée Rosé was used for the single toast Barbie made to welcome the Prince to our shores and assure everyone there would be “no Patricia speeches tonight.” To cap the repast, a Vacherin cake was Hearst Shaw, served with either raspberry or chocolate sauce to a patron of the Prince’s Wilbur Ross, Ross Lynn Wyatt and Romero Britto as Trust others of that ilk and stripe smiled and smiled, happy as clams to be in the royal presence.

THE PRINCE’S FEATHERS

On the way out there was a bit of discreet bowing and curtsying as everyone took home a tin box with red and blue M&M’s— yes M&M’s, with the Prince of Wales’s feathers embossed on them and adorable little boxes of white chocolates with even more feathers festooning the sweets. The Duchess of Windsor liked her feathers in diamonds, but you already knew that, n’est-ce pas?? And finally, the cell phones, lined up like little bearskin-hatted soldiers, were waiting for you on silver trays. I wish I could tell you more, but I promised not repeat the choicest tidbits.

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Colleen Rein, Shelia Rosenblum, Jane Schindler & Lucia Hwong Gordon celebrate Sheila’s birthday @ the Mark Hotel

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SOCIAL SAFARI ROUND UP

Allison and Tara Rockefeller, Rockefeller Nicole Hanley Mellon, president Eric Fischl Celerie Kemble and Andrew Roosevelt hosted the Academy & April Gornik @ Guild Hall’s Museum of the City of New York Directors Coun- Lifetime Achievement Awards cil’s toast to Luxe Brand’s Joy by Jean Patou’s Century of Style event at Bergdorf Goodman.

Goodman Legendary parfumeur Thomas Fontaine gave an informative talk and Mark Gilbertson announced that Luxe Brands will co-sponsor the museum’s fall gala. mcny.org . . . Designers Tony Ingrao and Randy Kemper, Kemper who designed the interiors of the Baccarat Towers Hotel & Residences, unveiled the $60 million duplex penthouse and other spaces to the cognoscenti, including Kim Cattrall, Starwood’s CEO Barry Sternlicht, Gillian Miniter, Miniter Shane Inman and Corcoran’s CEO Pamela Liebman. baccaratresidencesny.com . . . Audrey and Martin Gruss gave a dinner in the pretty pavilion of their Palm Beach home to thank the doctors and donors of the Hope for Depression Research Foundation. Guests included Tatiania and Campion Platt, Geoffrey Bradfield and James Borynack. hopefordepression.org . . . Eric Fischl hosted Guild Hall’s Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards. The honorees were Matthew Broderick, Jules Feiffer, Ralph Gibson and Linda and Harry Macklowe.

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SUKANYA RAJARATNAM

AVENUE’s back-page column asks New York notables our version of the questionnaire made famous by Marcel Proust

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s a partner at Mnuchin Gallery, Sukanya Rajaratnam is a major influencer in the New York City art world. After honing her skills at Deitch Projects and Christie’s, she joined L&M Arts, where she was instrumental in its smooth transition to Mnuchin Gallery two years ago. Seven years later, she has helped make it one of the most important galleries in New York, through her position in high-level private and institutional sales, and her curatorial work. Born and raised in Sri Lanka, with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Cambridge, Rajaratnam is an adopted New Yorker. Here she gives us her insight on this art capital of the world.

WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT STATE OF MIND? Tranquil. I was just in Sri Lanka for a wedding, which happened despite significant obstacles. It made me realize that the universe, if you are at peace with it, has your back.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO AT THE MOMENT? Introducing Simon Hantaï to an American audience. His paintings are represented in major museums across Europe, and yet (and because of his self-imposed exile) he remains unknown on this side of the Atlantic.

IF YOUR APARTMENT WERE ON FIRE, WHICH THREE THINGS WOULD YOU RESCUE? Portraits of my parents at their wedding (which are predigital and hence irreplaceable); my first art purchase (a print by Jackson Pollock); and my son’s blanket (because we cannot get through a night without it).

WHO IS THE MOST POWERFUL NEW YORKER YOU KNOW? This is a tough question as all of our clients are at the top of their game.

But I have to say that working alongside Robert Mnuchin, who was a legend in the financial world and now in the art world, is a humbling experience. I have never seen so many doors open at the mention of a name.

DO YOU HAVE A RECURRING DREAM? Perhaps, but nothing that is fit to print.

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE DINNER PARTNER? My son.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE NEW YORK MOMENT? Getting hired on a whim at a hole-in-the-wall diner on the Upper East Side. I had heard about such bizarre meetings leading to big opportunities, but I had never believed it until then.

WAS THERE A CAREER MILESTONE OR MOMENT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR YOU? When the gallery rebranded to Mnuchin Gallery two years ago, it was a sink or swim moment for us. I felt responsible for making it work and poured my life into it.

Two years later, and after several successful exhibitions, I had one of the biggest collectors in the world tell me how he had watched the transition and was impressed with how I had navigated it. It felt good.

WHERE IS PARADISE FOR YOU? Kyoto. It is where I want to go when I die.

WHAT’S THE BEST ADVICE YOU’VE EVER BEEN GIVEN? Be grateful.

WHAT’S YOUR MOTTO? Follow your bliss.

Excelling is the only possible outcome.

WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST WHEN YOU’RE OUT OF NEW YORK CITY? The wide-open sense of possibility. No other city in the world has it.

PLEASE SHARE SOME OF YOUR SECRET NEW YORK CITY DISCOVERIES. I cannot call this a discovery given what I do, but Walter de Maria’s Earth Room (which is near where I live in SoHo) is so tucked away that few people have ever been there. It is the epitome of how art can be experienced by all the senses. The smell of the earth (original from its installation in 1977) is so overpowering that you can actually taste it.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NYC CLICHÉ? AND YOUR LEAST FAVORITE? Favorite: That all of us are from somewhere else. It is what makes this city so vibrant.

Least favorite: That the city never sleeps.

I am in bed by 10 p.m.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? Exactly what I am. ✦

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