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"    Photo: Billy Farrell Agency   The downtown crowd gathered last night to celebrate the Whitney Museum of American Art&amp;#039;s annual 2013 Whitney Art Party, hosted by MaxMara&amp;#039;s Maria Giulia Maramotti, Nichole Galicia, and Hannah Bronfman. MaxMara hier Maria Giulia Maramotti shared with ELLE.com: &amp;quot;Historically, my family has been very into contemporary art. When I moved to New York City almost two years ago, I really started to talk about the collaboration with MaxMara and the Whitney. It was such a natural connection both for the nature of such a party which sponsors young artists and also because it is one of my favorite museums.&amp;quot;   Another longtime fan of the Whitney is actress Olivia Wilde, who chatted with us about her connection to the art world. &amp;quot;I love the Whitney&amp;#039;s contemporary collections, and they have a restaurant called Untitled that has the best matzoh ball soup I&amp;#039;ve ever had in my life,&amp;quot; she joked. Wilde was dressed in a Maxmara printed dress paired with Stuart Weitzman strappy sandals and an Anya Hindmarch painted clutch, embodying an elegance-meets-bohemian flair that can be somewhat credited to her influence under the art. &amp;quot;Art definitely influences my style\u2014seeing color combinations, being inspired by different eras\u2014you can&amp;#039;t visit a museum without being inspired to take chances as an artist,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;Whether that manifests in your style or in what you&amp;#039;re creating, going to museums just feeds you. My personal style is eclectic\u2014I can go from structured and architectural to free flowing and bohemian, but comfort is always the common denominator.&amp;quot; As for her favorite museum exhibit to date? &amp;quot;I recently saw their Blues for Smoke exhibit twice in one week. I frequent the museum, so I&amp;#039;m always loving something new. I&amp;#039;m thrilled they are moving downtown into my neighborhood.&amp;quot; Wilde&amp;#039;s museum visits are about to become less frequent, as the actress has three movies to film this summer and a wedding to plan. Construction for the downtown Whitney Museum has already begun, with an opening date slated for 2015. Ruffian designer Brian Wolk shared his feelings on the new museum. &amp;quot;The old space is a landmark and was a strong part of my childhood growing up,&amp;quot; he noted. &amp;quot;But it is an amazing transformation to be able to move into such a big space. Youth is downtown, and the Whitney has always been about youth. This particular event is especially representative about that.&amp;quot; DJ&amp;#039;s Harley Viera Newton and Brendan Fallis kept half the crowd dancing in the transformed studio space, while the other half spent the evening viewing a silent auction supporting young contemporary artists. Among the participating artists, we chatted with tattoo and fine artist Scott Campbell, who is also excited about the upcoming downtown Whitney. &amp;quot;All of us artsy kids live downtown,&amp;quot; he told us. &amp;quot;So the new space will be really great. The Whitney is run by a great group of people, it is like a good little family&amp;quot;. His fianc\u00E9, actress Lake Bell, was on his arm in a body-hugging Temperley London dress. Bell has just finished promoting her latest film In A World, which she wrote, directed, and starred in. She has another movie, Black Rock, coming out in two weeks, co-starring Kate Bosworth and Katie Aselton. When we asked her if being with such a talented tattoo artist made her want to take the plunge, she responded, &amp;quot;Being with an artist brings me closer to the art world. And of course I&amp;#039;ve been tempted to get a tattoo since I&amp;#039;m surrounded by the most beautiful tattoos incessantly, but in a way I have a full body of them because my future husband is covered in them.&amp;quot; Campbell lovingly added, &amp;quot;I want to protect her body from all this, she doesn&amp;#039;t need a tattoo&amp;quot;. Partygoers danced well beyond midnight, eventually raising over $450,000 through the silent auction for the museum. Auction artists include: Joshua Abelow, Derrick Adams, Daniel Arsham, Trisha Baga, Katherine Bernhardt, Judith Bernstein, Sebastian Black, Andrea Bowers, Marco Brambilla, Issac Breast, Andrew Brischiler, Kadar Brock, Eric Cahan, Scott Campbell, Julia Chiang, Sarah Conaway, Sophie Crumb, Nick Darmstaedter, N. Dash, Liz Deschenes, Francesca DiMattio, Jim Drain, Ara Dymond, Dzine, Alex Eagleton, Louis Eisner, Franklin Evans, John Gordon Gauld, Michael Genovese, Amy Globus, Liz Glynn, Sayre Gomez, Jack Greer, Matthias Merkel Hess, Matthew Day Jackson, Gregory Johnston, Ellen Jong, Sanya Kantarovsky, KAWS, Brian Kennon, Liz Magic Laser, Margaret Lee and Michele Abeles, Nicolas Lobo, Brendan Lynch, Dylan Lynch, Andrea Mary Marshall, Kim McCarty, Sam Moyer, My Barbarian, Daniel Newman, Alex Perweiler, Scott Reeder, Ry Rocklen, Analia Saban, Aaron Sandnes, Andr\u00E9 Saraiva, Lucien Smith, Kasper Sonne, Zachary Susskind, Oscar Tuazon, Marnie Weber, John Williams\u2028. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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