Town & Country June/July 2017

2016 THE LION ATREST David Rockefeller, who died on March 20 at the age of 101, towered in many fields: urban development, art, banking, and, of course, philanthropy. It was for the last that T&C interviewed him last year at his family’s estate on Mount Desert Island, Maine. After photographs were shot outdoors with his son David Jr. and granddaughters Ariana and Camilla, David Sr. posed for a solo portrait inside a small private residence on the property. This image, which has never been published before, captures him in a moment of pure ease, surrounded by art and artifacts, in a place he loved.…

I’m not sure when exactly I started going to Shakespeare in the Park religiously, but it pleases me greatly to look at the collage above and note that I saw every one of these productions, save Meryl Streep’s legendary 1976 turn as Katherine in Henry V. I will be there again this summer to see Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and if I’m lucky enough to be there on opening night I will also get to see Oskar Eustis take the stage. He speaks, sometimes clad in a seersucker suit, about Public Theater founder Joseph Papp’s belief that theater is a need and a right for all, and Eustis is himself a powerful preacher for the religion of the theater. He believes in its capacity to change the…

ZOSIA MAMET “One benefit of celebrity is that our voices are a bit louder,” says the actress, who stars off-Broadway this summer in The Whirligig. Here, she profiles Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child, for “CHARACTER STUDY” (page 82). “We have to speak for those who can’t be heard.” ELIZABETH HOLMES The Wall Street Journal reporter was struck by how Dede Wilsey, her subject in “ABOVE BOARD” (page 164), revels in giving. “She told me, ‘You have to be comfortable with being wealthy to understand the real fun of giving money away.’ ” CORY BOOKER The U.S. senator spoke with musician John Legend (now on a U.S. tour) about Legend’s work on criminal justice issues and his impetus for giving back in “THE T&C 50 PHILANTHROPISTS OF THE YEAR” (page…

INSTA-GEM To see in real time my Vegas jewelry finds at the Couture Show (June 2–6), follow me on Instagram: @MRWILLKAHN LAS VEGAS DEALERS CHOICE Every June the jewelry world heads to Las Vegas to unveil new designs at the Couture Show. Yes, Sin City, but the only sinful thing about this event is that the jewel-filled ballrooms at the Wynn Las Vegas are open to the trade only. Luckily, I will be there to sift through the collections and bring back the best. In the meantime we have some exclusive previews, including an Ethiopian opal and orange sapphire necklace that Coomi sent us fresh offher workbench; Oscar Heyman’s sketch of a soon-tobe- completed 13.07-carat bicolor tourmaline ring; and Vhernier ear clips in a newly cast shape. Will Kahn, Fashion…

TRAVELING SHOW PEOPLE, PLACES, AND PARTIES One night last April, while on assignment in Tokyo for T&C, I was walking through the narrow alleyways of Ginza en route to a friend’s favorite yakitori-nabe restaurant (a nearly century-old establishment where businessmen feast on self-cooked meat and smoke openly between courses), when I was almost blinded by the multistory signage of a Max Mara store that occupies the first two floors of a recently built mall. Myriad new buildings have popped up in the city’s oldest district, but something struck me about the store, and over a dinner of tsukune (chicken meatballs), I described the experience to my companion. A Tokyo native who works at a popular fashion magazine, Mihoko nodded her head and told me that in Japan Max Mara is…

ANDY WARHOL Contemplate his prints at the High Museum in this futuristic-cityinspired dress. Atlanta’s skyline makes for a nice backdrop. JUNE 3; WOOL DRESS ($1,190), MAXMARA.COM FOR ALL ART BASEL It might be warm in Switzerland this time of year, but the sheer immensity of works displayed in the Herzog & de Meuron– designed hall will give you chills. JUNE 15–18; ALPACA WRAP COAT ($6,090) DAVID SMITH Head-to-toe white puts you in the right mindset for David Smith’s meditative sculptures, now at Storm King in upstate New York. THROUGH NOV. 12; VISCOSE SWEATER ($765) AND WOOL SKIRT ($765) PABLO PICASSO The graphic silk dress is a way to pay homage to the artist, who never shied away from juxtapositions, as evidenced at the Gagosian London. THROUGH AUG. 25; CREPE SILK…