Lily Kwong Receives Ruinart Artistic Innovation Award

On April 15, Ruinart Champagne and the New Museum hosted an intimate dinner to celebrate landscape designer and NEW INC member Lily Kwong, recipient of Ruinart's Artistic Innovation Award. Along with toasting Kwong's game-changing approach to using living flora and fauna as an artistic medium, the occasion celebrated artists Xin Liu and Gershon Dublon of creative studio Slow Immediate. In tandem with the award, Kwong will receive a grant by Ruinart to aid in her ongoing artistic endeavors. Heavy hitters from the fashion and art community including Joseph Altuzarra, Nick Kroll, Marina Testino, and Max Poglia flocked to the museum's famed Sky Room and sipped Ruinart's first Rosé champagne in celebration. Photos by Kelly Taub/BFA.