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ACRIA 14th Annual Holiday Dinner
12/09/2009 - By New York, NY

ACRIA 14th Annual Holiday Dinner

On Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 AIDS COMMUNITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE OF AMERICA (ACRIA) presented its 14th Annual Holiday Dinner at the Urban Zen Center at the Stephan Weiss Studio in NYC.

On Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 AIDS COMMUNITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE OF AMERICA (ACRIA) presented its 14th Annual Holiday Dinner at the Urban Zen Center at the Stephan Weiss Studio in NYC.

This year ACRIA honored Claudia Cohen for her generosity and enduring support over the years. Her daughter Samantha Perelman accepted the award in her mother’s memory

The event was hosted by Ross Bleckner, Bob Colacello, Francisco Costa, Ariel Foxman, Reinaldo & Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, and Martha Nelson

Guests included Donald Baechler, Mary Boone, Nan Bush, Liliana Cavendish, Gillian Hearst-Simonds & Christian Simonds, Susan & John Hess, Jane Holzer, Gabby Karan DeFelice, David Kleinberg, Terence Koh, Adam Lippes, Wayne Maser, Nicole Miller, Ronald Perelman, Martin Saar, Allison Sarofim, Helen Lee Schifter, Stewart Shining, Bruce Weber and Jason Wu

The ACRIA Gallery featured works on sale by some of the most celebrated and talented visionaries from the contemporary art world, including works by John Baldessari, Ross Bleckner, Dale Chihuly, Brian Farrell, Eric Freeman, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ryan McGinness, Julie Mehretu, Herb Ritts, David Salle, Richard Serra, Kiki Smith, Ruud van Empel, Massimo Vitali, and many more

InStyle and Urban Zen presented the event and sponsors included Andre Balazs, Paul Beirne, Calvin Klein Collection, Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, Gillian Hearst-Simonds & Christian Simonds, Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hess, Montgomery Capital Advisors, People magazine, Perelman Family Foundation, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Mrs. Lily Safra

Additional support for the evening was given by Champagne Ayala & Xavier Flouret Wines.

Photos courtesy of Deborah Hughes, Inc.


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