Ms. Duwaji, who avoided the spotlight during her husband’s campaign and grants few interviews, had slipped into the party discreetly, opting not to be photographed on the red carpet, which saw appearances from celebrities like Martha Stewart, the Dare and Ego Nwodim. Wearing a leopard-print jacket and black boots, Ms. Duwaji nursed a beverage as she hung out with a small band of friends. She turned away from photographers but warmly greeted young New Yorkers who approached her, as a security detail kept watch. For Ms. Duwaji, an illustrator of Syrian descent known for her pen-and-ink portraits that focus on Middle Eastern life and diasporic experience, the Whitney’s Art Party, as the fund-raiser is called, was one of her first notable public appearances of the new year. The post Rama Duwaji Joins New Yorkers at an Art Party appeared first on New York Times.