COVER PARTY
Summer fun with LLNYC Artist Domingo Zapata welcomes celeb crowd at his Gramercy Park triplex Charles Goubeau, left, of Back Roads Entertainment with JPMorgan’s Jessica Gil.
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LLNYC Publisher Amir Korangy, left, and NBC’s Rob Schmitt.
BY CLAIRE MOSES
From left: Andrea Tantaros of Fox News, Zapata, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, also of Fox News.
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, 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 and real estate executives filled Zapata’s home, taking in the artwork in his second-floor ballroomturned-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. He has sold his work for sixfigure 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.
From left: Haim Binstock, operating principal Keller Williams Realty, Kimberly Guilfoyle and Andrea Tantaros of Fox News, Ilan Bracha, chairman of Keller Williams NYC and LLNYC’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.
Publisher Amir Korangy, left, and Gordon Golub, chief residential real estate officer at Urban Compass.
Musician Maxwell, left, with art agent Carolyn Antuna and Zapata.
Natalie Baghadi, left, and Christian Bindel of Keller Williams.
Alicia Gorman, left, Alex Gorman and Angela Trostle, vice president of AMW Public Relations.
Chandru Ramnani, left, of RSNY Realty and Blake Carver of Meridian Capital Group.
Publisher Amir Korangy, left, and LLNYC Editorin-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.
Publisher Amir Korangy, left, and George Wayne of Vanity Fair.
LLNYC Art Director Gregory Cullen, left, Sotheby’s Brigi MacTavish and Robert Stearns.
Domingo Zapata, left, and “Law and Order SVU’s” Kelli Giddish.
Publisher Amir Korangy, left, with Angelina Pivarnick of “Jersey Shore” and NBC’s Rob Schmitt.
Publisher Amir Korangy, left, and fashion designer Catherine Malandrino.
George Wayne of Vanity Fair.
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