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Party in the Garden


The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden.

The Museum of Modern Art honored philanthropist Donald B. Marron and director Mike Nichols at The Museum of Modern Art’s 40th annual Party in the Garden on June 10.  Over 850 guests attended the dinner.  They were joined by an additional 700 guests at the After-Dinner Dance.  At the After-Dinner Dance, DJs were James Murphy and Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem, and musician M.I.A. gave a live performance. The event raised $2.7 million.

Marie-Josée Kravis, Agnes Gund, and Jo Carole Lauder were Event co-chairs.  Dana Farouki and Mazen Makarem, Evanne and Edward Gargiulo, Jr., Hillary and Peter Hatch and Jaime Johnson were Junior co-chairs.

Guests included: Tina Brown, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo Cisneros, Chuck Close, Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy, Barry Diller, John Elderfield, Kathleen and Richard Fuld, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Agnes Gund, Mimi Haas, Marlene Hess, Ellsworth Kelly, Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis, Jo Carole Lauder, Ronald Lauder, Glenn D. and Susan Lowry, Brice and Helen Marsden, Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron, M.I.A. (Maya Arulpragasam), Robert B. Menschel, Isaac Mizrahi, Mike Nichols and Diane Sawyer, Jake Paltrow, Peter G. Peterson, David Rockefeller, Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Anna Marie and Robert Shapiro, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Diane von Furstenberg,  Barbara Walters, and Anna Wintour.

Party in the Garden is a benefit for MoMA and the maintenance of The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden as well as the Museum's general operating fund, helping to make possible the Museum's educational programs and the care, study, and exhibition of its collection.


Honoree Donald B. Marron, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, MoMA board chair Jerry I. Speyer.


Event co-chair Agnes Gund, honoree Mike Nichols, Diane Sawyer.


Marie Josée Kravis, president MoMA Board of Trustees.

 
MoMA director Glenn D. Lowry, Susan Lowry.


Chuck Close.

 
Mike Nichols and Diane Sawyer.


Diana Taylor, Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

 
Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy.


Mimi Haas, David Rockefeller, Marnie Pillsbury.


Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Karin Greenfield-Sanders.

 
Peter Rogers, Liz Smith.


Tina Brown.

 
Fabiola Beracasa.


Peter Galassi, Janet Wallach, Robert Menschel.


M.I.A. Maya Arulpragasam, Benjamin Brewer.

 
Pat Mahoney, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem.


The Dinner.

Photos: Julie Skarratt, courtesy of MoMA.
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