Prior to dinner, Paul Morris, the founding director of the show, gave guests a preview of the art that will be on display and a presented a brief history of its modest beginnings at the former GramercyHotel to its move to the 69th Street Regiment Armory and finally to its current home at Piers 92 and 94.
At his recently completed Gramercy Park Hotel, Schrager talks about his own quest to build which has revolutionized the hospitality industry over the past four decades.