There is a dizzying range of gifts, from African ceremonial stools beaded in French colors with Mr. Chirac's name to cowboy boots presented to him by President Bill Clinton to numerous bejeweled gold and silver desert scenes given by Arab leaders.
Wherever it takes place, one thing is for certain: It is not the silver, but the scene — from the clientele to the décor — that makes this tradition so entertaining.
Felix is a meticulous producer and his club hit, "Silver Screen (Shower Scene)," which was heard more than once on Wednesday night, matches a catchy spoken vocal to a lush, cascading electronic pulse.
NEW YORK — Looking across the angular architecture of the Museum of Modern Art to a display of the designer Ron Arad's sculptured silver chairs, the scene looked like the essence of American style: a streamlined modernism without fuss or embellishment.
On the throbbing Silver Screen (Shower Scene), vocalist Miss Kittin intones "Sweet seduction in a magazine, endless pleasure in a limousine" with the joyless, dead-eyed cool of a model in a 1980s Face fashion shoot.
No weapon was recovered from the scene; a silver watch was.
A large silver plate has a scene in relief that shows him hunting lions with bow and arrow, and countless silver coins portray his face in profile.
Warhol appropriated images from newspapers, which he then silk-screened onto canvas, using reflective silver paint, repeating the scene many times over.
"We did it with Bradley with a scene from Silver Linings Playbook, and something about that got us very excited," he said.
