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Happy Holidays 2011: New York City Dresses Up for the Holidays

New Installation of Contemporary Art at MoMA Highlights Art from the 1980s to Now

"The Elizabeth Taylor Collection" Comes Home to Christie's New York. Sneak Peak at exhibition. Tickets Available Online

Artists for Japan, Takashi Murakami, Ken Watanabe, Gagosian Gallery and Christie's Raise over $8 Million to Fund Vital Relief Efforts in the Wake of the Devastating Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan that Triggered Explosions in 3 Nuclear Reactors

"Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience," Photographs by Marco Grob," 2011

"Artists for Haiti," Ben Stiller, David Zwirner, and Christie's Join Together to Help the Children of Haiti, 2011

"Talk To Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects" at The Museum of Modern Art, 2011

A Painting Donated By Mikhail Barishnikov to Benefit Barishnikov Arts Center Far Exceeds Its High Estimate at Sothebys

"German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse" and "South Africa: 1965 to Now" at MoMA Highlight the Importance of Prints as Social Commentary

"The Hurt Locker," a film by Kathryn Bigelow, winner of 6 Academy Awards 2010. MoMA Benefit 2010 Honors Bigelow

"Darkness of Day:" Recent Films by Jay Rosenblatt, at The Museum of Modern Art, October 2010

"Winter's Bone," a film by Debra Granik, premiere at the Museum of Modern Art, June 9, 2010

Distinguished Concerts International Presents U.S. Premiere of John Burge's "Mass for Prisoners of Conscience" at Lincoln Center April 5, 2009

Bono and Damien Hirst

(Auction) Red at Sotheby's February 14, 2008 organized by Bono and Damien Hirst

"Slumdog Millionaire," a review by Michele Leight

"Shame," a film about Muktaran Mai directed by Mohammed Ali Naqvi

"The Kite-runner," a review by Michele Leight

An Original Poem Dedicated to People Living with HIV/AIDS, World's Aids Day 2007

"Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids", a film by Zana Briski and Ross Kaufmann, shown at The Asia Society in New York, November 18, 2004 and reviewed by Michele Leight. This film subsequently won the Oscar in 2005 for best documentary.

dress worn by Audrey Hepburn helps kids

Dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's helps educate marginalized kids

What a Difference a Dress Makes

"A Beautiful Mind," film starring Russell Crowe

Rose Bapier Productions, A Chamber Music Society In New York, Supports Baton Rouge's Women's Hospital in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina with Benefit Concert September 25.

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