SOFA NEW YORK 2006 OPENING NIGHT PREVIEW GALA
A Benefit for the Museum of Arts & Design, New York
Wednesday, May 31
Seventh Regiment Armory, Park Ave. at 67^th
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CHICAGO, APRIL 24, 2006.  For the ninth consecutive year, the Opening Night Preview Gala for SOFA NEW YORK 2006: The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art will benefit the Museum of Arts & Design (MAD) and its exhibitions and public programs. The event takes place from 5 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31, at the Seventh Regiment Armory, Park Avenue at 67^th Street, Manhattan. 

Those attending the Gala will enjoy an exclusive private viewing of an extraordinary selection of more than 1,000 art objects bridging the fine and decorative arts, presented by fifty-nine of the world’s finest international galleries and dealers. Be among the elite to first view and acquire top quality pieces at SOFA NEW YORK 2006. Download Reservation
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The elegant evening will be a feast for the palate as well as the eye. The theme for the Gala is “A Taste of New York,” featuring delights from some of New York’s finest restaurants including Il Gattopardo, specializing in rustic classics from Naples and its surround, like cabbage-wrapped meatballs and braised baby escarole filled with minced black olive, anchovy, and pine nuts; and Austro-Hungarian specialities from Danube, David Bouley's Klimptian restaurant in Tribeca, renowned for his “near perfect” Wiener schnitzel and “airy” palatschinke, the classic Hungarian pancake. ^I

Hot and sweet from Stephen Hanson and Executive Chef Scott Linquist’s Dos Caminos, upscale Mexican cuisine with innovative ingredients like earthy huitlacoche-mushroom masa tarts and hot banana crepes with goat cheese caramel; and the venerable French bistro flare of La Mirabelle, prepared by Annick Le Douaron and her family of transplanted Bretons, like roasted duckling with Mirabelle plums and sweetbreads “as rich and satisfying as any on the Continent.” ^II

Robert Arneson (1930-1992) Self-portrait of the Artist Losing his Marbles, 1965 Hand-built earthenware, lustre glaze, marbles, pigments 31 x 17.5 x 9.5” Photo: Eva Heyd Gift of the Johnson Wax Company, from OBJECTS: USA, 1977. Donated to the American Craft Museum by the American Craft Council, 1990. “Jubilee! 50 Years on 53rd Street”, Special Exhibit at SOFA NEW YORK 2006

In celebration of its 50^th year of leadership in promoting the value of materials and mastery of process in contemporary arts, MAD will present a special anniversary exhibit at SOFA NEW YORK entitled Jubilee! 50 years on 53rd Street, displaying masterworks from each decade since the Museum opened in 1956, all from its permanent collection.  Featured artists include Lenore Tawney, Peter Voulkos, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Arneson, Dale Chihuly, Cindy Sherman and Frank Gehry, among many others. Presented in the form of a timeline, the exhibit documents the history of contemporary arts during a half-century of dramatic change, documenting decade by decade, the art, people, and events that shaped MAD’s collective vision.

Support MAD’s programming and progress on the construction of its new home at Two Columbus Circle at the Gala’s silent auction (5 to 10 pm) of outstanding art, donated by artists and other friends of MAD. 

Join an estimated 800 top collectors, museum curators and arts cognoscenti and over 300 artists represented by SOFA NEW YORK 2006 galleries and dealers at the Opening Night Gala for a “first look, first choice” of artworks for sale at the exposition.  READ MORE ON SOFA NEW YORK 2006.

Barefoot Wine is the proud sponsor of SOFA NEW YORK 2006 Opening Night Benefit.

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T:  212.956.3535, ext. 129
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