Sotheby’s opened its new headquarters on the nook of Madison Avenue and East seventy fifth Avenue final November, contained in the Marcel Breuer–designed museum constructing from 1966. A mild contact renovation by Herzog & de Meuron and PBDW Architects stored the Brutalist landmark’s signature architectural options intact.
Virtually six months after the constructing reopened, Sotheby’s has debuted The Marcel—a brand new French-continental restaurant named after the architect and helmed by chef associate Marie-Aude Rose. A brand new all-day bakery and cafe positioned within the Marcel, led by pastry chef Rae Gaylord, La Mercererie Patisserie, additionally opened for enterprise at Sotheby’s on April 16.
The design for the restaurant was cooked up by Roman & Williams, a New York Metropolis structure agency famend for its consideration to element.
The Marcel is positioned within the Breuer constructing’s decrease degree, and includes customized Roman & Williams Guild lights in solid bronze and solid glass. Different bespoke options embrace banquettes upholstered in a brown mohair, a design impressed by Higher East Facet institutions circa 1966, the yr Breuer’s Whitney opened.
Eating cubicles and tables within the restaurant complement the Breuer constructing’s concrete partitions and lighting fixtures.
A bar with drinks served in handcrafted Japanese glassware coalesces close to wealthy walnut-paneled partitions, candle lighting, and a grand view of the eating room and outside sculpture backyard.
Charles F. Steward, Sotheby’s CEO, mentioned in a press release the “restaurant provides a brand new dimension to the Sotheby’s expertise, the place our shoppers and associates can take pleasure in our exhibitions and an distinctive meal in a phenomenal setting.”
Diners take pleasure in a revolving number of artworks pulled from Sotheby’s assortment, together with works by Joan Mitchell, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, François-Xavier, and Claude Lalanne, very similar to they might upstairs in the primary galleries.
Vitrines displaying jewellery designed by David Webb, Boucheron, and René Boivin, in addition to “pure historical past curiosities” resembling asteroid fragments and a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth are additionally positioned throughout the restaurant house.
“Marcel is the fruits of many years of labor on the intersection of structure, craft, artwork and hospitality,” mentioned Robin Alesch, Roman & Williams cofounder.
“On the Breuer,” Alesch added, “we deliver collectively positive artwork and culinary custom in dialogue with one among New York’s nice architectural landmarks. With Marcel, we hope to reignite the spirit of historic cultural eating places as locations for gathering, dialog, and change.”
