Take Home A Nude: Naomi Watts, Mary-Kate Olsen, and More Attend the Sexiest Auction of the Year

On Wednesday in Manhattan, the New York Academy of Art honored John Alexander at the 26th annual Take Home a Nude auction. (Unofficial tagline: The sexiest auction of the year!) At one of the most hotly anticipated events on the fall social calendar, there was no shortage of beauty in the room. A mix of fashion and art world luminaries, like Mary-Kate Olsen and husband Olivier Sarkozy, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Chris Noth, Lorne Michaels, Dustin Yellin, and Nell Diamond, were on hand during the silent auction that preceded dinner, enjoying themed cocktails served up at what signage playfully dubbed “The Nudie Bar.”