Two Dinners and a Movie (Plus a Late-Night Bash or Two)
Another Busy Night at Art Basel Miami Beach
Last night in Miami, the party set was all dressed up with everywhere to go—actually, scratch the "all dressed up" bit. Albert Hammond, Jr., had trouble getting into the glitzy after-party for a screening of Julian Schnabel's latest film, Miral, on account of his hoodie and Dr. Martens, never mind that he was a guest of the filmmaker's son Vito. "This is the nervous-I'm-going-to-get-kicked-out corner," he explained, sitting on a bench in the lobby of the New World Symphony building. Also circulating were Alber Elbaz, Naomi Campbell, and Sean Penn, whose Haiti charity was the beneficiary of the evening's very lucrative auction (arranged by Maybach) of new artwork by Schnabel. In his sweatpants and a frayed flannel shirt, the latter looked even more than usual as though he'd just taken a late-morning stroll out to the mailbox—though presumably he didn't have any trouble at the door. Bruce Weber, a neighbor of Schnabel's in Montauk, barely lifted an eyebrow. "Yeah, he dresses like that back home," he shrugged.
Safe to say there was a little less sartorial insouciance at the W magazine dinner at Cecconi's, which was populated by the likes of Stefano Pilati, Elisa Sednaoui, and Colette's Sarah Lerfel. In conversation with artist Louise Neri at the head table was Francisco Costa, who'd done a talk about minimalism at DesignMiami earlier in the evening. Ron Arad, chatting with Chiara Clemente two tables over, had also done a talk that day. "It was one hour of my life," the designer concluded, and added that he now needed to try the Standard's pool.
Meanwhile, Bally was doing a bash in the Design District and Schnabel the younger was hosting a late-night party at the W with Alex Dellal and Stavros Niarchos. At the Delano, Interview partnered with Fendi and LVMH to throw a comparatively subdued rooftop dinner in honor of some of the subjects of a feature in the latest issue, about the L.A. art scene. Artist Kaari Upson seemed happy with the results—"I have one naked breast," she enthused. (In the photo spread, that is.) There was more nudity than that on the beach at the after-party, as part of a lively performance that combined Caribbean carnival, a cappella singing, and bagpipes, and had MoMA PS1 director Klaus Biesenbach urging revelers to get in the water. Another reason to go casual?
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