Artsy celebrations

Kit Powers fast asleep at an opening celebration of "KKK" at Mary Boone Gallery, which features the works of Terence Koh, Jeff Koons and Mike Kelley.

Last Saturday night the Mary Boone Gallery in Chelsea hosted an opening celebration for its exhibition "KKK" curated by Javier Peres, which features the works of Terence Koh, Jeff Koons and Mike Kelley. Koh's piece, "The Urinal," was the object of much male attention with a group of the guests standing with their backs to the camera to lend a little reality to the sculptural reality. Afterwards there was a party at The Eagle where dancers, socialites, art patrons, et al got a little taste of 70s gay nightlife in New York redux. Sorta.

Terrence Koh and "To be titled (Urinal)"

Steve Gold

Alex Hudson

Damaris Drummond

Emmett Shine and Vanessa Packer

Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCullough

Jen Brill

Billie Scheepers, Tim Goossens, and Jenny Schlenzka

Kai Kuhne and Hope Atherton

Shelley and Phil Aarons

Mark Krayenhoff and AA Bronson

Klaus Biesenbach and Rosalee Goldberg

Greg Weithman, Knight Landesman, Todd Bishop, and Selby Drummond

Dash Snow

Hanna Liden and Yvonne Force Villareal

Javier Peres (Curator)

Joseph La Piana

Julian AsFour, Coco Dolle, and Zinna

Kathy Grayson and Slava Mogutin

Zane Lewis, Bruce Bailey, and Erik Parker

Mary Jordan and Ben Bohane

Piper Marshall and Knight Landesman

Lyle Maltz and Peter Knell

The scene at Mary Boone Gallery

Peter Knell and Flavia Mantovan

Michael Bilsborough and James Salomon

Darin Breshitz, Mavi Phillips, and Greg Breshitz

Terrence Koh and gang taking part in "To be titled (Urinal)"

Terrence Koh, Mary Boone, and Patrick McMullan

Mark Krayenhoff and AA Bronson

Kelly Framel

Kai Kuhne's dog

Jenny Schlenzka and Billie Scheepers

Klaus Kertess, Christophe de Menil, Javier Peres, and Terrence Koh

Anthony Haden Guest and Mary Boone

Bill Powers and Cynthia Rowley

Anton Parish, Drea Superstar, Jeremy Hu, and Farhad Geranmayeh

Also last Saturday night at the Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery on 39 East 78 Street, Leila welcomed Her Majesty Empress Farah Pahlavi, photographer Georg Gerster and book editor Maryann Sachs, along with collectors, museum directors, business and social leaders, historians and other global thinkers. It also marked the first ever exhibition of 29 aerial photographs of Persia by Mr. Gerster, the award winning Swiss photographer. These photographs were taken in the immediate years before the 1979 Iranian Revolution. They were recently compiled in the book "Paradise Lost: Persia From Above," edited by Ms. Sachs and published by Phaidon Press.

Ahmad Sardar and Azadeh Ghotbi

Raza Raein and Cyrus Raein

Marjorie and Jeffrey Rosen

M. Arjomand and Jaleh Diba

Mona Yuter, Brigitte Barkley, and Suzanne Goldstein

Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller and Henry Heller

Rudy and Judith Giuliani

Rolf Sachs and Stuart Sundlun

Christiane Amanpour

Azar Banihashemi and James Walker

Bob Colacello and Her Majesty Empress Farah Pahlavi

Chrissie Shearman, Nazy Nazhand, Chadwick Bell, and Vanessa Webster

Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia and Maryam Sachs

Chris Steighner

Dennis Hustead and Elke Breyer

Edgar Batista and Charlotte Grant

Neda Rastegar, Adnan Almaimani, and Atoussa Almadimani

Dennis Dimick and Kim Kostyal

Erin Davis and Kristina Kelker

Elena Rezza and Michael Saidi

Georg Gerster

Anya Calonder, Leila Makarechi, and Christina Woody

Albert Sebbag, Roya Farassat, and Roya Soleimani

Maryam Arjomand

Mim Kazom and Christopher Cooley

Maneli Keykavoussi and Asim

Last Thursday night at the Affirmation Arts, there was a cocktail reception and exhibition, a fundraiser, all in Celebration of youngARTS 2009 Gold and Silver Award Winners. The following night, there was a Studio Performance with Jazz Cabaret following at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.