A Walk Around Colnaghi Gallery

On this past Wednesday evening, members and friends of the Club gathered at Colnaghi Gallery to learn about the gallery’s latest showcase of antique and contemporary Latin American treasures.

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Associate Director at Colnaghi, LeeAnna Wolfman and guests.

Associate Director at Colnaghi, LeeAnna Wolfman and guests.

The guests got to enjoy a wide variety of delicious cheese, crackers, fruit, and wine.

Cheese boards and Chefanie custom printed sugar cookies.

Cheese boards and Chefanie custom printed sugar cookies.

Associate Director at Colnaghi, LeeAnna Wolfman.

Associate Director at Colnaghi, LeeAnna Wolfman.

Chefanie custom printed sugar cookies to match the art.

Chefanie custom printed sugar cookies to match the art.

Guests gather around the gallery’s pieces.

Guests gather around the gallery’s pieces.

Evening at Arlene Angard's Art Gallery

An evening of art and food to highlight Arlene’s collection, focused on emerging artists and diverse cultures.

Gallery owner and art curator, Arlene Angard.

Gallery owner and art curator, Arlene Angard.

Venezuelan empanadas in honor of Arlene’s Venezuelan background, including custom Chefanie cocktail napkins and Chefanie Blue Embossed Stem Glasses.

Venezuelan empanadas in honor of Arlene’s Venezuelan background, including custom Chefanie cocktail napkins and Chefanie Blue Embossed Stem Glasses.

Pieces from Arlene Angard’s Collection.

Pieces from Arlene Angard’s Collection.

Pieces from Arlene Angard’s Collection.

Pieces from Arlene Angard’s Collection.

Stephanie Nass founder of Chefanie.

Stephanie Nass founder of Chefanie.

"What's for Dinner?" at Galerie Gmurzynska

Wednesday night, Victory Club members spent their evening at Galerie Gmurzynska, a Zurich-based art gallery that is known for its modern, contemporary and Russian avant-garde exhibitions. The current exhibit, “What’s For Dinner?”, surrounded the theme of food and art.

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Martin Friedrichs, the gallery’s director, started the tour by showing off Robert Indiana’s piece, “For”, explaining the possible meanings it, and how neither the text nor the graphic was exactly a fork.

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Martin then went on to describeWill Cotton’s “Delicious” (2008). The work itself includes 9 dummy cakes stacked on top of one another, looking like they are about to collapse. One extraordinary aspect of this sculpture is how life-like it is.

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Several more pieces of art were showed off by Martin throughout the tour, including images by Rodchenko, “Tunnel of Love” by Marjorie Strider, “Speck” by Kurt Switters and “Three Meringues” by Wayne Thiebaud.

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Of course, the tour would not be complete without some bites and sweets! Featured are custom Ladurée macaroons and a signature Chefanie sheet cake, along with some champagne to top it off.

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Snacking With Ceramics

Victory Club members had exclusive access to see Cary Leibowitz’s Drawings on Ceramics at fortyfiveten.

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The guests were welcomed with drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Throughout the tour guided by Benjamin Tischer of New Discretions, members were served cookies by Chefanie that looked like the ceramics themselves.

Cookies by Chefanie to match Cary Leibowitz’s Ceramics

Cookies by Chefanie to match Cary Leibowitz’s Ceramics

Cary Leibowitz’s Ceramics

Cary Leibowitz’s Ceramics

A bowl from the collection

A bowl from the collection

Some ceramics captured humorous schemes like the one below, “Elizabeth Taylor is thinking about fried chicken.”

Some ceramics from the exhibit.

Some ceramics from the exhibit.

Some plates even payed tributes to George Michael.

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Afternoon at 10 Corso Como

This afternoon, Victory Club members visited 10 Corso Como, the New York outpost of Carla Sozzani’s Milanese concept store that brings together the visual arts, culinary arts, and fashion in the South Street Seaport. The visit began with a tour of Steve Hiett’s photographs.

Victory Club 10 Corso Como Gallery

Ali Price, the gallery manager at 10 Corso Como, explained Hiett’s legacy within the fashion world, the differences between editorial photography and fine art photography, and the history of 10 Corso Como with Steve Hiett.

Victory Club 10 Corso Como Steve Hiett

“Whether I take them in Paris or Miami, my photographs are middle-class stories of the suburbs; they’re about being alone and dreaming,” Hietts said. The works in his exhibition, “Beyond Blond,” show exactly that.

Marie Claire Steve Hiett 10 Corso Como

After the gallery tour, Victory Club members enjoyed a meal in 10 Corso Como’s restaurant, which Food & Wine called “The Most Italian Restaurant in NYC.”

Victory Club 10 Corso Como Lunch

From the cacio e pepe to the tiramisú, a good time was shared by all.

Lunch with Elizabeth Sutton

Victory Club members and friends enjoyed lunch and an art talk at the home of artist Elizabeth Sutton. 

Elizabeth Sutton Victory Club

Chefanie and Elizabeth met at Sushi of Gari on 46th Street, where Elizabeth was commissioned to create flower paintings to decorate the restaurant. At the intersection of food and art, the idea for a Victory Club luncheon inspired by Elizabeth's work was born. Elizabeth's work is recognizable for its use of bright colors, and for the luncheon, Chefanie created a meal inspired by Elizabeth's art. 

Place Setting at Elizabeth Sutton's home

Place Setting at Elizabeth Sutton's home

Menu painted by Chefanie and embellished by Elizabeth

Menu painted by Chefanie and embellished by Elizabeth

Rainbow Waffles

Rainbow Waffles

Pistachio Crusted Salmon with asparagus and rainbow butterfly pasta

Pistachio Crusted Salmon with asparagus and rainbow butterfly pasta

Vanilla Cake with Chefanie Sheets inspired by Elizabeth Sutton's rainbow graphic work

Vanilla Cake with Chefanie Sheets inspired by Elizabeth Sutton's rainbow graphic work

Chefanie and Elizabeth Sutton

Chefanie and Elizabeth Sutton