Going MAD
The Museum of Arts and Design Turns One
The Museum of Arts and Design celebrated its first anniversary in its new Columbus Circle home with a PAPERBALL last night, inviting 45 artists to create works made of cut, torn, burned, and shredded paper and enlisting Mad Men's Bryan Batt—a.k.a. the recently axed Sal Romano—to host. Rose McGowan, who shared hosting duties, was so upset over Sal's firing that, she said, "I'm going to hound Bryan until I find out what happens." But other guests—Fabiola Beracasa, Harley Viera-Newton, and Lorenzo Martone among them—were more enthralled by the elaborate commissioned works. A set of cheeky paper dolls by Matthew Williamson went for $800 and a Rubin Chapelle paper dress sold for a cool $2,800, all to benefit the museum's education programs. Enjoying a break after his opera performances in Paris, art provocateur Terence Koh pondered his next move. Eyeing the displays, Koh mused, "I don't usually work in paper. But I say, why limit yourself?"
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