Jeremy Scott Attends Dinner at The Whitney

With less than a month to go before its official opening, the Whitney Museum has kept a tight lid on its new building in New York’s Meatpacking District, not too far from its very original location in the West Village. Finishing touches and some cosmetic work remain to be done before the space is ready for New Yorkers’ withering scrutiny. On Thursday, the museum cracked open the door just a bit. Audi, one of its sponsorship partners during the opening year, wanted a peek to coincide with the New York International Auto Show, now underway. So a handful of boldface personalities like Lake Bell, Mamie Gummer, Tali Lennox and filmmaker Darren Aronofsky turned up at the museum’s front steps facing the Hudson River in a fleet of cars from the German automaker, ready to poke around the new digs. What did they see? The lobby of an education center, a dining room for events, a spectacular view of the New Jersey skyline and…that’s it. Come back on May 1 for more. For Jeremy Scott, walking around with a crown perched on his head like the king of pop fashion that he is, the museum’s move to the West Side from the Breuer

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