One Thousand Nights and One Night: Sleepless Nights of Sheherazade 21st Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit and Auction
[Amanda Hearst] [Anne Hearst, Jay McInerney via Neil Rasmus/BFAnyc.com] [Constance Jablonski via Matteo Prandoni/BFAnyc.com]
Where: The Watermill Center
Who was there: Guests included Lisa Anastos, Yigal Azrouel, Princess Khaliya Aga Khan, Daniel Arsham, Deborah Bancroft, Phillip Bloch, Valerie Boster, Janna Bullock, Kim Cattrall, Jennifer Creel, Cecilia Dean, Kyle DeWoody, Stacy Engman, Lise Evans, Whitney Fairchild, Philip Glass, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Amanda Hearst, Jay McInerney, Leila Heller, Sally Hershberger, Kathy Hilton, Rick Hilton, Maja Hoffman, Lucia Hwong- Gordon, Jim Jarmusch, Phil Kline, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Fern Mallis, Mark-Anthony Edwards, Nicole Miller, Di Mondo, Inga Maren Otto, Lisa Perry, Richard Perry, Anneliese Petersen, Campion Platt, Eric Ripert, Kelly Rutherford, Jean Shafiroff, Susan Shin, Tracy Stern, Vivienne Tam, Prince Dimitrti of Yugoslavia, and Bettina Zilkha.
[Photo: Kim Cattrall, Jorn Weisbrodt via Neil Rasmus/BFAnyc.com]
[Robert Wilson, Isabelle Huppert, Sheikha Paula Al-Sabah via Neil Rasmus/BFAnyc.com]
Other details: The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation celebrated its 21st Annual Summer Benefit – One Thousand Nights and One Night: Sleepless Nights of Sheherazade at The Watermill Center. The Benefit raised a record setting $2.2 million dollars to support the Center’s International Summer Arts Program and the year-round Artist Residency and Education Programs, providing young and emerging artists a unique opportunity to develop their work. Honoring international art patron Shaikha Paula Al-Sabah, the evening featured new work by 100 artists from 30 countries; the US premiere of Portraits of Lady Gaga by Robert Wilson; and a highlight performance of SISYPHUS by acclaimed experimental theatre director, visual artist and choreographer, Dimitris Papaioannou.
[Robert Wilson via Matteo Prandoni/BFAnyc.com]