Proenza Schouler Honored at Art Production Fund’s Annual Gala

“Jack and Lazaro asked me if I would come have dinner with them,” Liv Tyler purred from her hideout, a darkened corner of the Downtown Association’s sprawling home on Pine Street. Of course, this wasn’t your typical Tuesday night dinner party. It was Art Production Fund’s annual gala, which this year was “Gangs of New York”-themed and honored Proenza Schouler designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez as well as the artist Haim Steinbach. The event spanned four floors of the building, built in 1859 as a club for maritime lawyers — which explained the stained glass windows with images of boats and the sea. For the social set, who have partied at nearly every venue in the city, the unfamiliar space was like unearthing a hidden gem. “Actually Yvonne [Force Villareal] came here for a Burning Man event,” said Art Production Fund director Casey Fremont. Come again? “My husband is a big Burner, and I am too,” explained Villareal, the fund’s cofounder. “About a year ago we came to this crazy party here. And I thought if they allow an outrageous Burning Man party they’ll certainly allow an art party.” Even an art party that involved S&M-like tassels hanging from light fixtures

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