Garden Partying

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The scene at The Frick Collection's Spring Garden Party, Sprezzatura: A Celebration of Italian Renaissance Poetry and Style.

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Last Wednesday night, there was the annual Frick Spring Garden Party for Fellows. Like everything else the Frick does, this is an elegantly simple party, or as elegant and simple as it can be in and around one of the great remaining mansions from early 20th century New York.

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	Frick Guest Curator Aimee Ng and Parmigianino's Schiava Turca.
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The Frick is always the allure. The world feels better, at least for the moment once you are on the grounds and in the house of Mr. Frick with his stupendous collection paintings, sculpture and furniture, not to mention décor.

This year's party was named Sprezzatura. The name was taken from the famous and enigmatic portrait by Parmigianino, Schiava Turca, which is on loan to the collection through July 20th. The painting of the sumptuously costumed noblewoman epitomizes the "nonchalant grace" (sprezzatura) of Renaissance courtly behavior and fashionable style.

It wasn't the warm night that it had been only a couple of days before, so the 500 guests moved into the mansion once the Sun began to set over Central Park across the avenue.

In the 1935 Music Room The Bob Hardwick Sound had begun warming up the guests for the night of dancing and cocktails, champagne and hors d'oeuvres. A beautiful party in such an elegantly timeless environment.

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Frick Trustee Aso O. Tavitian, Frick Trustee Ayesha Bulchandani-Mathrani, Chairman of the Frick Board of Trustees Margot Bogert, Frick Trustee Barbara Fleischman, and Frick Director Ian Wardropper

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Wendy Cooke, Roquelle Lynn, and Elizabeth Baltz

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Lana Smith, Yan Assoun, and Polina Proshkina

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Bill Cunningham shooting Neil Totton and Stella-Maria Matzari

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Jazz Band "The Flail" performing in the Garden

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Neil Totton and Stella-Maria Matzari

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Madeline Noal and Barbara Klein

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Kate Falchi, Christina Eberli, Juliet Falchi, Alex Falchi, and Alexandra Brock

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Eileen and Frederick Hill

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Christina Eberli, Kate Falchi, Juliet Falchi, and Alexandra Brock

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Simon Lewis and Frick Guest Curator Aimee Ng

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Blue Quail Wine provided the wine

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Roberto Camacho and Yan Wang

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Benjamin Riley and Sarah Hylton

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Kate and Barbara Reibel

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Hardwick Caldwell, Andrew Fenet, and Jameson McFadden

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Frick Associate Director of Media Relations and Marketing Heidi Roseneau and Joe McGlynn

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Barbara Regna, Kristyna Halouzkoua, and Natasha Das

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Redmond Ingalls, Jennifer Macdonald, and Elizabeth Belfer

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Barbara de Portago and James Figg III

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Sam and Martha Loring

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Livia Cheung and Cheuk Lai Choi

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Turna Franz, Tim Franz, Soham Sen, and Carlton Bennett

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Frederick and Lucy Danziger, Teresa Carbone, Frick Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer Robert Goldsmith

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Joshua Knowlton and Alexandra Longanecker

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Elizabeth Kurpis and Melanie Lazenby

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Frick Deputy Director of External Affairs Tia Chapman and Peter Brechter

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Christey Robinson and Carl Krebs

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Jamee and Peter Gregory

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Sharon Sharma Patal, Lydia Fenet, Morgan Tupper, Kate Reibel, and Lacary Sharpe

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Barbara Reibel, Sandeep Mathrani, and Frick Trustee Ayesha Bulchandani-Mathrani

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Frick Chief Conservator Joseph Godla, Frick Associate Curator of Decorative Arts Charlotte Vignon, Lucy Jane Lang, and Scott Asher

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Jane Pakenhal and Paul Arnhold

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Caitlin Davis and Amory McAndrew

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Mick and Caitlin Davis

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Alan Wintermute, Frick Trustee Ayesha Bulchandani-Mathrani

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Sofia Blanchard, Frick Trustee Juan Sabater, and Marianna Sabater

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Steven Picciano, Juliette Jeanfreu, Michael Espiritu, Tiffany Frasier, and Karl Yeh

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Amanda Haynes-Dale, Daniele Bodini, Frick Director of the Center for the History of Collecting Inge Reist, Robert Freeman

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Chris Peregrin and Sarah Maslin Nir

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Emily Elliot and Brent Winston

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Frick Head of Human Resources Dana Winfield and Dana Ribe

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David Shields, Jameson McFadden, and Jerry Shields

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Arnold and Hilda Neis

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Lawrence Keigwin, Amanda Haynes-Dale, and Christian Kessee

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Guest and Sarah McNear

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Oval Room Atmosphere

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Alexandra Brock and Kate Falchi Dancing

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Frick Trustee Jean-Marie Eveillard and Jeremie Patrier

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Guests, Chairman of Frick's Board of Trustees Margot Bogert, and Jerry Bogert

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Jennifer Wright and Lisa Millman

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Alessia Victoria Taveri, Morgan Arenson, and Daria Rose Foner

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Frick Database Administrator Courtney Toumey, Frick Media Relations and Marketing Assistant Julia Lukacher, and Frick Manager of Media Relations and Marketing Alexis Light

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Guests in the Garden Court

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Ivan and Winifred Phillips

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Frick Associate Director of Media Relations and Marketing Heidi Rosenau and Joe McGlynn

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Lana Smith and guest

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This past Thursday night, Joyful Heart celebrated its 10th anniversary at its annual Joyful Revolution Gala at Cirpriani 42nd Street.

Inspired by Mariska Hargitay's deep connection and love for Hawai'i, where she first experienced her own heart awakening, Mariska founded Joyful Heart in Kona in 2004 with the mission to heal, educate and empower survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse, and to shed light into the darkness that surrounds these issues. To learn more, visit www.joyfulheartfoundation.org.

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Peter Hermann

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Ali Wentworth, Mariska Hargitay, and Debra Messing

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Carl Folta, Mariska Hargitay, and Niels Schuurmans

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Mariska Hargitay and Christina Davidson

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Sir Martin Sorrell and Lady Cristiana Falcone Sorrell

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Coco, Ice-T, and Kelli Giddish

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Madeline Redstone

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Lilly Pino and Danny Pino

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Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin

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Mariska Hargitay, Philippe Dauman, Debbie Dauman, and Maile Zambuto

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Kym Worthy and A C Wharton

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Penn Badgley

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David Katz, Lenore Fedore, Mariska Hargitay, Michelle McCrea, and David Corpuz

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Debra Lee

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Jemima Kirke

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Out East at Lexington Clothing Co. on Main Street, Hilaria Baldwin and Lexington launched the Hamptonite capsule collection for Summer 2014.

A percentage of all sales from the Hamptonite collection will go to Guild Hall Center for the Visual and Performing and Arts, which is dedicated to providing a cultural space and arts education for the local community. Lexington founders Tommy and Kristina Lindhe sit on the Guild Hall board. Likewise, Baldwin and her husband, Alec, are longtime supporters.

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Hilaria Baldwin, Ruth Appelhof, and Kristina Lindhe

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Carmen Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin

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Hilaria Baldwin, Ruth Appelhof, Kristina Lindhe, and John Maroney

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Michelle Mesa, Genevieve Linnehan, John Maroney, and Cathryn Keller

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Cole Rumbough

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Michael Goldsmith and Harry

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Josh Bartky, Oliver, and Eric Bartky

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Morgan Rein and Gary Rein

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Keith McDonald, Betsy McDonald, and Tom Friedman

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Alec Baldwin, Hilaria Baldwin, Kristina Lindhe, and Tommy Lindhe

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Gary Adamek, Ruth Appelhof, Hilaria Baldwin, Kristina Lindhe, and Tommy Lindhe

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Marty Cohen, Michele Cohen, Hilaria Baldwin, and Kristina Lindhe

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Stephen Elrod, Tony Baratta, and John Maroney

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Gopa Dobson and Jay Dobson

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Danny Romanoff and Chris Sullivan

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Mark Mullett, Kristina Lindhe, and Keith Bloomfield

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Kendell Cronstrom, Antonella Bertello, and Alejandro Saralegui

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Catching up: Last month at the New York Athletic Club, the National Meningitis Association held its third annual "Give Kids A Shot! Gala," a benefit to save lives in the fight against Meningitis, a vaccine-preventable disease.

They honored Dr. Richard Besser, Chief Health & Medical Editor, ABC News, with the Health Achievement Award, presented by his WABC-TV colleague Dr. Sapna Parikh, who also served as M.C. for the evening; and Carol Tufano, who received the MOMS on MENINGITIS Outstanding Service Award, for her tireless volunteer support of NMA.

Errol Rappaport, longtime supporter of NMA was honored with the Nancy Ford Springer Humanitarian Award, presented by son Nick Springer, and husband Gary. Nancy, along with Lynn Bozoff were founders of the NMA.