THE GALA, THEN LARRY’S

A look at this year’s National Portrait Gallery Gala, and the afterparty that followed at Larry’s. 

The night then stepped up as people headed downstairs to Larry’s. Guests arrived in waves, then it felt like everyone was there at once: artists, musicians, the Portrait Contemporaries set — the room full and humming. Cocktails in hand, music turned up, the energy was electric. Set beneath the Gallery in its vaulted walls, Larry’s had never looked better, candlelit corners, dark shadows, portraits lining the room, watching on.