**** NEW YORK SOCIETY **** Singer Angelique Kidjo Lauren Santo Domingo Charlie Rose And Francoise Gilot Angelique Kidjo With Marie Moniqu Steckel And Vanessa Redgrave Grammy Award winner and activist Angelique Kidjo received the 2012 -and 20th- Trophée des Arts in New York on Friday, November 30th, 2012. During the gala evening, the former French minister for Economy and Finance, and current Chairman and CEO of IT giant Atos, Thierry Breton, was honored with the 2012 Pilier d’Or. More than 400 guests attended the gala evening, which raised about $900,000 to support the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) cultural and educational programs. The gala was dedicated to the late Lorenzo Weisman who passed away last September and was a former Chairman of FIAF. The author of The Bonfire of the Vanities Tom Wolfe, Picasso’s muse Françoise Gilot, Henri Matisse’s great granddaughter, art dealer Eric Mourlot, H.E. the A...