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2013 WHITNEY GALA & STUDIO PARTY SUPPORTED BY LOUIS VUITTON

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The Whitney Museum of American Art hosted its annual Gala and Studio Party, sponsored by Louis Vuitton, and raised more than $2.75 million at Skylight at Moynihan Station. Guests were treated to a surprise performance by music legend David Byrne.

The Board of Trustees of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Gala Co-Chairs Darius & Jill Bikoff, Beth Rudin DeWoody & Firooz Zahedi, Bob & Linda Gersh, Thomas H. Lee & Ann Tenenbaum, Honorary Chairs Emily Fisher Landau, Leonard A. Lauder, Valérie Chapoulaud–Floquet, Michelle Williams*, Tribute Committee co-chairs Bob Monk and Bob Shaye, and committee members John Baldessari, Joan Didion, Steve Martin, Adam McEwen, Catherine Opie, Tom Sachs, Jean Stein, Calvin Tomkins and Dodie Kazanjian and Lawrence Weinerhonored esteemed American artist, Ed Ruscha.

Gala guests included Studio Party co-Chairs Riley Keough* and Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis* in addition to Dianna Agron*, Billy Al Bengston, Steven Ames, Anne H. Bass, J. Darius & Jill Bikoff, Debra Black, Ross Bleckner, Neil G. Bluhm, Udo Brandhorst, Matthew Bronfman, Melva Bucksbaum, Ginevra Caltagirone, James Casebere, Vija Celmins, Richard M. Chang, Chuck Close, George Condo, Sofia Coppola* & Thomas Mars, Paula & James M. Crown, A. Steven Crown, Nancy Crown, Donna M. De Salvo, Pamella G. Devos, Daniel G. Devos, Fairfax N. Dorn, Tiffany Dubin, Richard Edwards, William Eggleston, Lex Fenwick, Candia Fisher, Yvonne Force Villareal, Walton Ford, Carter E. Foster, Mark Fox, Larry Gagosian, Brooke Garber Neidich, Suzanne Geiss, Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla, Andrew Glimcher, Thelma Golden, Marian R. Goodman, Michelle Grabner, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Kenneth C. Griffin, Wade Guyton, Danna A. Hammond Stubgen, Susan K. Hess, John B. Hess, Michael Hess, Jane B. Holzer, Rusty Holzer, Ashley Holzer, Sarah Hoover, Jacqueline Humphries, Robert J. Hurst, Chrissie Iles, Rashid Johnson, Allison M. Kanders, Warren B. Kanders, Fern Kaye Tessler, Dodie Kazanjian, David W. Kiehl, Jeff Koons, Justine Koons, Padma Lakshmi, Raymond Learsy, Charles LeDray, Miyoung Lee, Orin Lehman, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo, Julian Lethbridge, Glenn Ligon, Sean MacPherson, Tomas Maier, Richard Marshall, Ambra Medda & Damien Kulash, Bob Monk, Paul Morris, Daniel M. Neidich, Jon Neidich, Mallory Neidich, Leonard Nimoy, Peter Norton, Maarte Oldenburg, Claes Oldenburg, Catherine Orentreich, Tony Oursler, Erik Parker, John A. Paulson, Adam D. Pendleton, Lisa R. Perry, Ellen Phelan, Jean Pigozzi, Eleanor Propp, Doreen Remen, Nicolas S. Rohatyn & Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Michael Rudin, William F. Ruprecht, Danna Ruscha, Salman Rushdie, Jay Sanders, Lola Schnabel, Vito Schnabel, Monica Segal, Richard D. Segal, Izak Senbahar, Joel Shapiro, Robert K. Shaye, Eric Shiner, Robert J. Speyer, Elisabeth Sussman, Sarah Sze, Alice Tisch, Laurie M. Tisch, Lizzie S. Tisch, Jonathan Tisch, Fred Tomaselli, Calvin Tomkins, Tom and Diane Tuft, Leo Villareal, Claude Wasserstein, Adam D. Weinberg, Lawrence Weiner, Harvey Weinstein, TJ Wilcox, Fred Wilson & Dustin Yellin. Gala guests enjoyed wine and spirits by Moet and Chandon.

Dinner guests joined Studio Party co-chairs Alexa Chung*, Josephine Meckseper and guests, including Lake Bell* & Scott Campell*, Derek Blasberg, Hannah Bronfman*, Chiara Clemente*, E.V. Day, Kyle DeWoody, Laure Heriard Dubreuil* & Aaron Young, Bridget Finn, Peter Kahng, Zoe Kravitz*, Lily Kwong*, Max Levai, Cooke Maroney, Josie Nash, Jon Neidich, Harley Viera Newton,*, Julia Restoin Roitfeld*, Sofia Sanchez Barrenechea*, Lauren Santo Domingo*, Aki Sasamoto, Olympia Scarry*, Taylor Schilling*, Victoria Traina*, Max Snow, Mickey Sumner, Greer Tessler, Monica & Peter Tessler, Ben Watts, Alissa & Jordan Zachary, Amy Zalaznick, Samantha Zalaznick, Princess Khaliya Aga Khan and The Untitled Magazine‘s editor-in-chief, Indira Cesarine, to enjoy DJ sets by Brendan Fallis. Studio Party attendees also got to experience Life Drawing Class with vintage Louis Vuitton trunks. Chandon and Belvedere provided wines and specialty cocktails for the party.

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