NOVEMBER 10, 2023 New York Social Diaries
All roads led to the American Academy in Rome annual gala with guests entering the Altman Building through a series of “gates” with banners depicting locations in the city’s St. Peter’s Basilica. Over 300 artists, writers, scholars, supporters assembled to honor awardees Agnes Gund, Sir Isaac Julian, and Mark Robbins. An original performance by groundbreaking artist Laurie Anderson preceded an after-dinner dessert buffet and dancing at the event which raised over a million dollars.
Waiters offered beverages, featuring Italian Negroni cocktails, as attendees mingled upstairs and downstairs, sampling artfully crafted chanterelles crustada, golden beet brulee and other nibbles created by caterer Bite. Read more