CULTURE

Inside the 25th Annual Take Home a Nude Auction

by Steph Eckardt

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Dozens of fleshy canvases and New Yorkers as varied as Brooke Shields and Bobby Flay mingled at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual auction-turned-party, Take Home a Nude, this year honoring former Andy Warhol muse Jane Holzer.

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The scene at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s.

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Naomi Watts at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s in a dress by Vilshenko.

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Bob Colacello and Jane Holzer at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s.

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Guests at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s.

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Francisco Costa and Stefano Tonchi at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s.

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Brooke Shields and Bobby Flay at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s.

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Anja Rubik at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s.

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Brandon Maxwell at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s.

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Zoya and Damian Loeb at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s.

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Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Yelena Yemchuk at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s.

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Cynthia Rowley, Will Cotton, and Eileen Guggenheim at the New York Academy of the Arts’ annual Take Home a Nude Auction and Party at Sotheby’s.