Partnerships and patrons

The Inaugural IRENE DIAMOND AWARD GALA at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Last Thursday night, to celebrate their new partnership, veteran antiques dealers, Guy Regal, of Guy Regal Ltd. and Lewis Baer of Newel opened their three story townhouse at 223 East 60th Street last night for a cocktail party and exhibition “Neoclassicism: Discoveries from the 18th through 20th Centuries” which spanned the entire three floors of the gallery.

Among the guests: Geoffrey Bradfield and Roric Tobin, Mark Gilbertson, Vanessa Noel, Doug Steinbrecht, Todd Gribben, Harry Heisseman, Philip Gorrivan, Michelle and Joseph Safra, Julie and Lucie Danenberg, Veranda’s Carolyne Englefield, Julie Noran, House Beautiful’s Stephen Drucker, Bergdorf Goodman’s visual designer extraordinaire Linda Fargo, photographer Nathaniel Kramer and Merrie Harris, Adam Greenberger, Miguel Flores-Vianna, Neil Edwards, Marilyn White. The hors d’oeuvres menu from Swifty’s catering included crab cakes and carmelized bacon.

This partnership marks an innovative and creative turn in the antiques industry whereby two important dealers combine and edit their spectacular inventories and present them in a gallery setting. The breadth and scope of Newel’s expansive inventory warehoused on six floors at 425 East 53rd Street combined with Regal’s ability to curate and display these antiques, art, furniture and objects in creative and artful vignettes is what forged this relationship.

According to Mr. Baer, “Finding the hidden treasures in my inventory and combining them with Guy’s to create a powerful presentation in any given period of decorative arts is exactly what we had in mind when we decided to join forces under one roof.”

Linda Fargo and Lewis Baer

Neil Edwards, Christina Juarez, and Norbert Grey

Andrew Cocoran and Jennifer Watty

Naz, Gail Karr, Kathleen Giordano, and Diane Brown

Lisa Schiller, Susan Bodo, and Guy Regal

Dr. Douglas Steinbrech and Mark Gilbertson

Framboise Fourgeau and Mariela Figueroa

Geoffrey Bradfield and Roric Tobin

Miguel Flores-Vianna, Caroline Dengfield, Brett Beldock, and Julia Noran

Lorraine Baer, Lucie Regal, and Julie Dannenberg

Joseph and Michelle Safra

Lucie Regal and Stephanie Janecek

Marion Harris and Guy Regal

Rick Garafallo and Barbara Barran

Marion Harris, Rick Garafallo, Christina Juarez, and Philip Gorbin

Christina Juarez and Marilyn White

Tori Mellott, Guy Regal, and Mieke Tenhave

Reisa Heller and Ryan Tohey

Barbara Sambar, Guy Regal, and Habib Sambar

Guy Regal, Felice Dannenberg, and Aaron Dannenberg

Michael Thom and Vanessa Noel

Merrie Harris and Nathaniel Kramer

Richard Svepinski and Nicole Kapit

Also last Thursday, the American Ballet Theatre's Council hosted a cocktail reception at the Forbes Galleries alongside young arts patrons and ABT dancers. Among the guests: Amanda Meigher (ABT's Junior Council co-chair) Ellie Berlin, Daniel Cappello, Jennifer Holmes, Asha Talwar, and dancers Nicola Curry, Zhong-Jing Fang, Nicole Graniero, Isadora Layola, Lauren Post, Craig Salstein, Christine Shevchenko, Sean Stewart, Kate Williams.

Adji Cissoko, Lamin Pereira, Rachel Kirwin, Asha Talwar, Naiara Lopes, and James Applewhite

Asger Hussain and Sidsel Nyholm

Eric Bourne and Sean Stewart

Jay Dubiner and Jennifer Whalen

Lacary Sharpe and Sharon Sharma

Craig Salstein, Katie Williams, and Ian Bone

Lauren Post, Zhong-Jing Fang, Sarah Smith, and Nicole Granier

Kathy Liu, Josette Winograd, Christine McKeon, and Elizabeth Sullivan

Eamon Wood, Levi Stoneking, and Michael Camacho

Nicola Curry and Ray Parisi

Nicole Granier, Sean Stewart, and Katie Williams

Zhong-Jing Fang and Melanie Hamrick

Benjamin Moore and Ray Parisi

Naiara Lopes, Lauren Post, Adji Cissoko, James Applewhite, Craig Salstein, and Lamin Pereira

Amanda Meigher, Ellie Berlin, Dane Berlin, and Kerith Davies

Craig Salstein and Jay Dubiner

Daniel Cappello and Asha Talwar

Ian Bone, Kelley Lloyd, Joey Lico, and Eric Bourne

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [1]

Marlborough Galleries hosted a cocktail reception in honor of Steven Charles last Thursday night.

Kim McCarty, Michael McCarty, and Jean Pagliuso

Janis Cecil, Charles Cecil, Dawn Sandoval, and Tacho Sandoval

Jessie Cohan, Bryna Butler, Anastasia Rogers, and Bevin Butler

Simon van Kempen, Alex McCord, Andres Serrano, and Irina Movnyga

Cornell Dewitt, Jamie Prentice, and Peter McGough

Maeve O'Reagan, Brett Downey, and Bettina Prentice

Adline de Domingo, Maurice Tuchman, and Janis Cecil

Barbara Wagner and Katie Wagner

Elena Kornbluth, Thoeve Donham, and Melyora Kramer

Helga von Eicken Kopperl and Laurie Sanderson

Christopher Koulouris

Corinne Videulich and Jim Betz

Steven Charles and Kelly Robbins

Leena Jain and Swan Sit

Peter Smith and Paul Johnson Calderon

Bruce Mundt and David Ebony

Anisha Lakhani and Tana Chung

Sophia Rogge and Chessy Wilson

John Berens

Emily Hollander

Kristian Laliberte

Alex Cecil and Michelle Peissis

Anastasia Rogers and Melanie Berliet

Corinne Videulich and Tia Link

Dalia Oberlander and William Heath

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [2]

More from last Thursday ... Jazz at Lincoln Center held its Inaugural Irene Diamond Award Gala. Mrs. Diamond, who died six years ago at the age of 92, with her late husband Aaron Diamond, a real estate developer, created a foundation in their lifetime that became the Irene Diamond Fund.

Dr. Theodora Hatziioannou, Dr. David Ho, Walter Wang, George Shaw, and Beatrice Hahn

Over a period of little more than a decade the Fund along with the Aaron Diamond Foundation distributed more than $220 million in about 700 donations including $50 earmarked for AIDS.

From her own fund Mrs. Diamond made major gifts to Jazz at Lincoln Center, the New York City Ballet, the Dance Theater of Harlem and the New York Public Library. President Clinton recognized her philanthropy in 1999 with the National Medal of Honor.