Cover Party
Art, real estate meet at LLNYC bash Artist Domingo Zapata welcomes crowd at his Gramercy Park triplex
By Claire Moses here’s no need to hit the Chelsea galleries to find good art — at least there wasn’t last month. Domingo Zapata’s 6,500-square-foot, art-filled home was the scene for a summertime bash hosted by Luxury Listings NYC, published by The Real Deal, which featured the artist on its July cover. Keller Williams NYC and the Bracha Group sponsored the event. Media personalities, musicians, reality stars, actresses, writers, real estate executives and brokers filled Zapata’s home, taking in the artwork in his second-floor ballroom-turned-studio, sipping cocktails and eating gorgonzola-and-pistachio-covered grapes. The Spanish-American Zapata, who was commissioned last spring to paint a mural on the High Line, receives media attention for the star-studded, salon-style soirees he holds at his home, and has sold his art for six-figure sums to the likes of actor Leonardo DiCaprio, business mogul and philanthropist George Soros and legendary basketball coach Pat Riley. “I like to do smaller get-togethers,” said Zapata, who was getting ready for an exhibition of his work in Mexico City. “A lot of friends come by all the time. I have an open-door policy.” Here are some of the faces in the crowd:
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Jacky Teplitzky of Douglas Elliman, left, and Domingo Zapata
Domingo Zapata, left, and Keller Williams NYC’s Ilan Bracha, who sponsored the event
Charles Goubeau, left, of Back Roads Entertainment with JPMorgan’s Jessica Gil
From left: Andrea Tantaros of Fox News, Domingo Zapata, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, also of Fox News From left: Haim Binstock, operating principal at Keller Williams Realty; Kimberly Guilfoyle and Andrea Tantaros of Fox News; Ilan Bracha, chairman of Keller Williams NYC; and TRD’s Yoav Barilan
From left: Angelina Pivarnick of “Jersey Shore”, Fox News’ Andrea Tantaros and GinaMarie Zimmerman of “Big Brother”
Dina Yusupova, left, and Tom Brady of Town Singer Maxwell, left, with art agent Carolyn Antuna and Domingo Zapata
Natalie Baghdadi, left, and Christian Bindel of Keller Williams
Publisher Amir Korangy, left, and Gordon Golub, chief residential real estate officer at Urban Compass
Fox Business News reporter Jennifer Eckhart
Kathy Clarke of the Daily News, left, and LLNYC’s Zachary Kussin
From left: Andrea Tantaros of Fox News; Leonard Steinberg, president of Urban Compass; and Wendy Maitland, managing director of Town
From left: James Goldman, founder and chairman at Big Picture Advisors and Debbie Rodriguez
TRD’s Amir Korangy, left, and Editor-in-Chief Stuart Elliott From left: Jennifer Eckhart of Fox Business News, Andrea Tantaros of Fox News, Adam Weiss of AMW Public Relations, Fox Business News’ Joanna Chow and Veronica Marin of Fox TRD’s Amir Korangy, left, and George Wayne of Vanity Fair TRD’s Amir Korangy, left, and fashion designer Catherine Malandrino
Attorney Mark Seidenfeld, left, with Douglas Elliman’s Nikki Sun and TRD’s Robert Stearns Domingo Zapata, left, and “Law and Order SVU’s” Kelli Giddish From left: Lara Pedrini of Dow Jones, Andrea Feick of Condé Nast and Claire Bodart
TRD’s Amir Korangy, left, with Angelina Pivarnick of “Jersey Shore” and NBC’s Rob Schmitt
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From left: The Corcoran Group’s Charlie Attias, TRD’s Yoav Barilan and Corcoran’s Dan Benichou
George Wayne of Vanity Fair
Photos by Benno Klandt