New York, NY, January 23rd – Gallerist Isabelle Bscher and famed curator Jerome Neutres teamed up with chef Daniel Boulud for an exclusive exhibition of “What’s for Dinner” at Galerie Gmurzynska in New York on Tuesday, January 21st. A not so exclusive version of the exhibit is up until January 31st.
Esteemed guests joined Daniel Boulud and Jerome Neutres as they were led on a roving talk of the artwork featured in the gallery, which included works by Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, and Joao Miro amongst others. The exhibition was co-curated by Isabelle Bscher and gallery director, Mathias Rastorfer. Chef Daniel entertained guests as he shared stories of when he first moved to New York in 1982, he could not afford to buy art but would instead feed the artists on the Upper East Side. The walls of Bar Boulud, one of Daniel’s 10 NYC restaurants are famously lined with French vintage wine stains nodding to the chef’s playful personality. While quoting French philosopher, Brillant Savarin, Daniel paraphrased the famous quote, switching food for art, “tell me what you like, and I will tell you who you are.”
Notable guests included artists Will Cotton and Anne Dong, Grace Hightower, CeCe Cord, designer Nicole Miller, Muffie Potter Ashton, skincare mogul Peter Thomas Roth, Lillian Cavendish, Leon Black, Libbie Mugrabi, Lucas Bscher, Diandra Douglas, Janna Bullock, financier Dan Loeb, Michael Musto, Izzy Englander, Krystyna Gmurzynska, Christine Vachon, Dmitri Mavromatis, collectors Prosper and Martine Assouline, author Daniel Kehlmann, and French Ambassador to UN, Nicolas de Riviere.
The evening was followed by an elegant dinner at Bar Pleidas, prepared by Chef Boulud’s, at his UES cocktail lounge at The Surrey Hotel which was closed for the occasion. The esteemed culinary icon created dishes inspired by the exhibition including caviar, foie gras, steak tartare, seafood towers, and charcuterie, reflecting the 20th century.
“What’s for Dinner” is on view at Galerie Gmurzynska located at 43 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075. Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 10am – 6pm daily, tel. (212) 535-5275.
About What’s for Dinner
The exhibition spans movements of the 20th century, leading spectators on a unique journey through the artistic languages that have characterized the relationship between art and food depicted by these (and other) artists:
Arman – Donald Baechler – Rudolf Bauer – George Braque – Will Cotton – Sonja Delaunay – Ann Duong – James Ensor – Robert Indiana – Wifredo Lam – Kazimir Malevich – Joan Miro – Louise Nevelson – Richard Pettibone – Jean Pigozzi – Otto Piene – Arnulf Rainer – Mel Ramos – Alexander Rodchenko – Antonio Saura – Victor Servranckx – Kurt Schwitters – David Smith – Daniel Spoerri – Wayne Thiebaud – Georges Vantongerloo – Theo van Doesburg – Bart van der Leck – Eduard Vuillard
At its core, the concept of “What’s for Dinner” is related to and inspired by the seminal 2015 Expo Milan “Art & Food” Pavilion, hosted by the Palazzo Triennale and curated by Germano Celant, to which Galerie Gmurzynska was a substantial lender. Several of the works lent to the Milan Expo are featured in “What’s for Dinner?”
About Galerie Gmurzynska
Founded in Cologne, Germany in 1965 and now housed in a landmark building at Paradeplatz in Zurich, Switzerland Galerie Gmurzynska is an internationally renowned gallery known for its museum quality and uniquely curated exhibitions. In 2018, the gallery opened a location in New York’s historic Upper East Side. Situated between The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Met Breuer, this location offers a fitting blend of the traditional and the modern in a historic area known for its premier and accredited cultural institutions. Galerie Gmurzynska is proud of its long-standing collaborations with these institutions. The gallery has mounted numerous critically acclaimed exhibitions and has been instrumental in many museum retrospectives. Galerie Gmurzynska represents the estates of esteemed artists such as Yves Klein, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Louise Nevelson, and Antonio Saura.
For more information visit www.gmurzynska.com
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