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SWEET AND GOLD
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| NEW YORK—When Marina Abramovic celebrated her 60th birthday at the Guggenheim Museum someone spread the rumor that she was offering cocktails especially “enriched” with her own tears. | | |  | | Cristina Ricci. Photos: Vera Miljkovic | | | | | Well if this was just a rumor, we know for sure that for the closing day of “The Artist is Present,” her retrospective at MoMA, Marina Abramovic has done her best to stupefy a very selected audience. | | | | |  | | Daniel Boulud with Raphael Castorino; Fabiola Beracasa. Photos: Vera Miljkovic | | | Collaborating with the historical NY Italian restaurant Sant Ambroeus, theartist has created a sweet treat, the Gold Ball, which will be enjoyed as part of a performance piece to commemorate her exhibition. Guests — actress Cristina Ricci, artist Terence Koh and Chef Daniel Boulud among others — also had the unique opportunity to enjoy a chocolate mold of Abramovic’s lips that were made from a cast of the artist’s face during a recent silent performance. | | | | |  | | guest with Marina Abramovic Golden Lips; Terence Koh With Klaus Biesenbach. Photos: Vera Miljkovic | | | According to rumors with this “trick” she conquered LVMH CEO, who then became the main sponsor of the show… The guests covered their lips in homage to the artist using the gold from Marina’s Tibetan dessert balls. | | | | | | | | | |
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