Out & About
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It was a night of filial affection at the International Asian Art Fair preview, which benefited the Asia Society.
The chairman of the Museum of Arts & Design, Barbara Tober, and her husband Donald, who share a passion for skiing and art, last night bought a Japanese basket made of gold at the Thai Gallery. It may be just the thing for an exhibit of gold works the museum is planning in 2007, its 50th (and gold) anniversary.
Meanwhile Monica von Zadora-Gerlof was wearing jewelry designed by her husband, Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof. For himself, he had just purchased a falcon sculpture, to aid him in a future design project.
Flying high in the Harvard family were university benefactors Robert and Renee Belfer and the Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard, Robert Mowry.
Mr. Mowry was glowing about the item he had just bought for the museum – a 14th-century blue and white porcelain vase.
“There is tremendous excitement,” Mrs. Belfer said about Asian Art Week. Mr. Belfer had an eye on international affairs. “There’s a flood of money moving from America to China and just a little trickle coming back with the art,” he said.
But American buyers seemed to dominate the party scene. Andrew and Wan Kim came to Asia Art Week from Scottsdale, Ariz. Julie and Ed Lewis came from Chicago.
“I love New York. Asia Week is the best,” Ms. Lewis said.
