Facing federal funding cuts, the Parrish Art Museum is among the institutions increasingly relying on elaborate parties to lure the nation’s elites to pitch in.
“An auctioneer from Sotheby’s goaded diners, whose collective wealth could make a dent in world hunger, to raise paper fans to make donations to the museum’s programs for immigrant youth and people with Alzheimer’s.” wrote Dionne Searcey in the story.
