Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
Amanda Gordon of Bloomberg reports: There were many happy pairs at the New Museum Spring Gala in Manhattan’s financial district last night. The couples garnering the most attention were the event’s honorees: collectors Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis and the artists Gilbert & George, who have been working, dressing and talking in sync since the 1960s. The duos accepted their awards at a Lucite lectern. “We are so happy that we are smiling at both ends,” Gilbert & George said in unison. The party, on the 45th floor of 7 World Trade Center, brought in $1.3 million. Sotheby’s, auctioned off a photographic portrait-sitting with Chuck Close for $250,000. The 33 collages that Josh Smith made for the gala, some of which were exhibited next to a red carpet as guests arrived, sold out.
