It took the Biblical God seven days to make a new world. All the party designer Jennifer Rubell needed was Friday night. To benefit Performa 09, the three-week biennial of performance art under way on stages all over town, Rubell’s creation story involved an inspired D.I.Y. dinner that brought the R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe, the artist Cindy Sherman, the avant-garde director Robert Wilson, the chef Mario Battali and nearly 600 other unsuspecting guests to the X Initiative (formerly the Dia Art Center)Chelsea. More> >
