Yves Saint Laurent partnering with
the Guggenheim Museum’s
Young Collectors Council hosted the 2005 Artist Ball, celebrating
a generation of young artists, collectors and friends of the
Guggenheim.
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Stefano
Pilati and Usher
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This year’s
Artist Ball honored Stefano Pilati, Yves
Saint Laurent’s Creative Director and artist, Philippe
Parreno. The evening included an impressive
silent auction showcasing works by David Altmejd, Hernan
Bas, Slater Bradley, Los Carpinteros, Tim Noble, and Sue
Webster, among others.
The party was hosted by an eclectic group of international
collectors, artists, and otherwise creative individuals dedicated
to supporting
the Guggenheim’s worldwide exhibition and acquisition
programs.
The event was chaired by Sally and Rufus Albemarle, Amanda and
Christopher Brooks, Amalia Dayan and Adam Lindemann, Eva and
Lorenzo Lorenzotti, and Jacqueline and Mortimer
Sackler.
The committee included Assume Vivid Astro Focus (ne Eli
Sudbrock),
Lisa Airan, Claire Bernard, BJ Topol Blum, Tory Burch,
Will Cotton, John Currin and Rachel Feinstein, Lauren Davis,
Tiffany Dubin,
Sam Durant, Ben Elliot, Linda Evangelista, Leslie Fremar, Barnaby
Furnas, Douglas Gordon, Valesca and Mathias Guerrand-Hermes,
Celerie Kemble, Lulu de Kwiatkowski, Jazz Johnson Merton, Gigi
Mortimer, Tico Mughrabi, David Muller, Sivan A. Ochshorn, Matthew
Ritchie, Ines Rivero, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Amy Sacco, Alejandro
Santo Domingo and Eugenia Silva, Allison Sarofim, Shirin von
Wulffen, Barbara Wilhelm, and Jacquetta Wheeler.
The theme of the evening referenced Stefano Pilati's Spring
2006 Collection which took inspiration from the abundant wells
of
Spain – its literature, art, its temperature and its
cultural winds: The Spain of our imagination, its arabesques,
its Moorish
history, its corrida, and its passion. |
