According to my Dark Sky app, Thursday’s sunset was slated for 8:06 p.m., meaning that the opening night dinner for “Drifting in Daylight: Art in Central Park” was all about the cocktail hour. Artist Spencer Finch was serving Mr. Softee-style cones out of his solar-powered, Care Bear–hued ice cream truck in the colors of the sunset: a lemon chiffon for me at 7:48 p.m., a starburst orange for Sofía Sanchez de Betak at 8:15 p.m., and presumably shades of violet as twilight approached. Hosted by Creative Time and Calvin Klein Collection, the evening marked the unveil of the eight, site-specific art installations in the northeast corner of Central Park, which drew downtown denizens up to 110th Street for dinner served in a greenhouse custom built for the occasion on the banks of the Harlem Meer. Anne Pasternak, director of Creative Time who masterminded the project with the Central Park Conservancy, welcomed guests to “this masterpiece of landscape art that we all use all the time.” She also noted that other than Christo and Jean-Claude’s The Gates, displaying art in Central Park is highly unusual and therefore a particular thrill. Ragnar Kjartansson’s S.S. Hangover, a replica of a thirties Icelandic fishing boat, and its brass sextet came into view—and earshot—every so often on its continuous loop around the Meer while the glo movement artists performed some of the choreographed piece that they will enact in the North Woods. Joan Smalls and Karlie Kloss posed for selfies together while Lauren Santo Domingo and Barbara Bush chatted across the table throughout appetizers. Francisco Costa sat with his date for the evening, Marisa Tomei, who was, naturally, wearing Calvin Klein Collection—like many of the polished ladies in attendance. “Creative Time such an amazing institution in New York City, it felt very natural to do this with them,” Costa explained. “I love the park, I used to live on Seventy-fifth Street and I used to bike in the park all the time, and I still do. And this part of the park is so obscure to us who live downtown and it’s so magical,” he looked around appreciatively. “It’s very sharp of them to pick up on that.”
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