Celebrating African Art
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When Jason Wright saw guests lined up outside the Puck Building on Wednesday night, waiting for the doors to open at 6:30 sharp, he knew he’d done well as co-chairman of the Museum of African Art gala.
But it got better: Guest after guest told him the event felt like an intimate dinner party at someone’s home, a high compliment in Mr. Wright’s book.
The event drew 480 guests and raised $700,000 for the museum, which has an exhibit of board games on at the United Nations as it builds a new home at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue.
