By The Art Newspaper. From In The Frame

Want to eat a home-cooked Milanese meal with Museum of Modern Art curator Paola Antonelli? Or take a private tour of the Pérez Art Museum Miami with its former director Terence Riley? Now you can—but it will cost you at least $1,600 and $750, respectively. The experiences have been donated, along with 28 others, to benefit the architecture and design non- profit Van Alen Institute. The organisation, which is dedicated to advancing innovation in urban design, asked its famous friends to volunteer interactive items for its auction, which runs through 23 May on the website Paddle8. The most sought-after experiences include a helicopter ride with the architectural photographer Iwan Baan, whose aerial shot of Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy landed on the cover ofNew York Magazine (current bid: $2,000) and an early-morning breakfast with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist (current bid: $3,000). Sadly, nobody has yet bid on the former Cleveland Art Museum director Aaron Betsky’s offer of tea and a one-on-one Skype conversation. Bidding starts at $250—but the winner still has to supply his or her own tea.