"At Le Chene in Manhattan, chef Alexia Duchene indulges diners with a haute spin on French classics while another kind of artistry hangs on the walls. Diners nibble sweet shrimp tartelettes or golden, pastry-covered pithiviers beneath Warhol's Flowers and sip rare Grand Cru across from a Basquiat triptych. And, for deep-pocketed guests, there's even the chance to take a masterpiece home."
"The Van de Weghe gallery, an Upper East Side establishment, lends Le Chene a host of blue-chip works, which also include a 1960 Dubuffet ink drawing and a site-specific piece by Frederic Anderson. Through the gallery, diners can acquire any of the pieces shown on the restaurant's walls. Le Chene stands as one example of a new class of restaurants doubling as gallery spaces."
"People obviously come for the food, but art and music really set the tone of an evening, says Duchene, who opened the restaurant in May. The rest of Le Chene's interiors, with colorless walls, white-tablecloths, and deep, cherry-red banquettes, are deliberately minimalist with longevity in mind, she adds. We don't want to be edgy. We're looking to be timeless. So it was fitting to fill the space with [art] pieces that are as relevant now as they ever wereand by artists"
Le Chene, a Manhattan restaurant opened by chef Alexia Duchene, combines haute French cuisine with blue-chip artwork displayed on its walls. Diners eat dishes such as sweet shrimp tartelettes and pastry-covered pithiviers beneath works by Warhol and Basquiat, and can purchase pieces via the partnering Van de Weghe gallery. The gallery supplies works including a 1960 Dubuffet ink drawing and a site-specific Frederic Anderson piece; its founder is an investor in the restaurant. The restaurant favors minimalist, timeless interiors to complement art and music that shape the room's energy. Similar gallery-restaurant models appear elsewhere in NYC.
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