Peruvian artist Grimanesa Amorós recently hosted a congregation of contempos to view her latest art installation, Uros, at Tribeca Issey Miyake.

Before the holiday season came to a climax, Chelsea’s Emmanuel Fremin Gallery hosted the Art of Beauty Experience, an artwork auction and cocktail that benefited Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) and Haiti’s Diakonos Orphanage.

Hugh Jackman’s Back on Broadway show sizzled at the Broadhurst Theatre this past holiday season, reported Playbill: One set of weekly figures in December showed a $1.521m gross (third highest), a median ticket price of $158.53 (the highest), and a house capacity of 102.0%– his revue was certainly no laughing matter!

The 16th Annual AIDS Community Research Initiative of America Holiday Dinner took place Wednesday, December 7th, at the Urban Zen Center in New York City to much fanfare.

talian fashion label Dsquared² made a big slash at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach, when design-heads, Dean and Dan Caten, hosted an intimate, Friday night cocktail and dinner at über-chic boutique, The Webster Miami, in the heart of South Beach. The glittery engagement was Dsquared²’s inaugural Art Basel Miami foray and commemorated the label’s partnership with fashion bible VMAN Magazine for the Winter 2011 issue.

The AIDS Community Research Initiative of America recently hosted an exquisite autumnal feast in the phenomenal penthouse at the Mondrian SoHo. The sit-down, gourmet affair celebrated the appointment of Stewart Shining as vice president of the board of ACRIA. And seeing how intimate and unique philanthropic events are de rigueur in this day and age, place settings hovered around 40.

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Sundaram Tagore New York hosted an opening cocktail reception Thursday, November 10, for its Written Images: Contemporary Calligraphy From The Middle East exhibition.

An exceptional exhibit of serigraphs, gouaches, and bronze miniature statues by Russian artist, Romain de Tirtoff (commonly known as Erté), is currently on display at New York City’s Martin Lawrence Gallery, located at 457 West Broadway.