To celebrate Terence Koh's newest book, Flowers for Baudelaire, the artist's friend Vito Schnabel hosted a dinner at his house—yes, that would be dad Julian's big pink Venetian palazzo in the West Village sky—for about 50 of their nearest and dearest, including Marc Jacobs, Tom Sachs, André Balazs, Lazaro Hernandez, and Nathaniel Rothschild. "I wonder if this is the first time all these people have had dinner under a big white cock," self-styled bad boy Koh said. He was referring to a giant light installation of his in the shape of a rooster, which Schnabel had hoisted at one end of the dining room. (The other end was dominated by a lacquered black grand piano and a wall of Schnabel père's paintings.)

The event was sponsored by Dom Pérignon. Schnabel toasted Koh and explained why copies of the book weren't available yet: The palette took a while to perfect so the finished version is still in production in Iceland. Over lobster salad and mushroom risotto (and, oh yeah, a ton of cigarettes), conversation unsurprisingly focused on the arts, specifically the Venice Biennale taking place this week. But the best part of the night for many guests was a tour of the triplex penthouse, a part of the Schnabel complex that is still for sale. Kate Hudson was taken by the place, but the actress did have one practical question. "I wonder if there's enough closet space," she joked.

— Derek Blasberg