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P E O P L E & P L A C E S

The Kota Ancestors Opening Reception
by Bernard Dulon at Friedman & Vallois

Mr Bernard Dulon is pausing in front of an extremely rare double-sided ancestor reliquary figure. It stands adjacent to two astonishing and very old male and female effigies that are completely covered in hammered metal of Bakota origin.

Photo courtesy Remy Amezcua for Friedman & Vallois

Mr. Dulon has published an exhibition catalog in which he speaks of collecting and exhibiting Kota Art over the years, and he specializes in Tribal Art in Paris. The Kota Ancestors exhibition held at Friedman & Vallois will be shown in Galerie Bernard Dulon in Paris during Parcours des Mondes Gallery walk from the 6th to the 11th of September 2011 in Saint Germain des Près.

Photo courtesy Remy Amezcua for Friedman & Vallois

Kota Ndasa reliquary figure – Congo, 19th Century.

Photo courtesy Remy Amezcua for Friedman & Vallois

Mrs. Jacqueline Trouillot Amezcua, and VSP

Mrs. Jacqueline Trouillot Amezura, Mr. Michael McConkey,

Mr. Franck Hall, and and Mr. Remy Amezcua

Mr. Bernard Dulon dedicates this exhibition to the memory of the anonymous artists who invented a flamboyant architectural style which still attracts and fascinates beyond geographical and cultural boundaries.

The Kota Ancestors on view now until June 11, 2011

Friedman & Vallois

27 East 67 Street

New York, NY 10065

Tel: 212.517.3820
www.vallois.com

Georgetti’s party at The Plaza Hotel Penthouse

Breathtaking views from the $35 million penthouse’s master bedroom

Ms. Adele Nino, and Mr. and Mrs. Arlati

Artemide’s party at the Andaz Hotel

Mr. Karim Rashid

Sous Chef, Mr. Gerard Spezio

Wanted Design at La Venue

photos by High End Weekly™

Poetry of Time at Van Cleef & Arpels

Mr. Larry Schaffer

Mr. Bartolomeo Bellati

Master watchmaker, Mr. Jean-Marc Wiederrech

Savage Beauty

“I want to be the purveyor of a certain silhouette or a way of cutting, so that when I’m dead and gone people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.”

The house of Alexander McQueen will be honored next week by The Costume Institute of The Met Museum and I can’t wait to be there to witness this spectacular event. One hundred designs will be on display and no doubt, they will all reflect Lee’s true essence – imaginative, dark, and romantic.

Yesterday, I was at The Met, and picked up the book – Savage Beauty. Believe me, you don’t want to miss out on purchasing this one. I can’t remember the last time I was so enthralled by a fashion book. McQueen certainly improves upon acquaintance, and his legend lives on!

Alexander McQueen

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
May 4, 2011–July 31, 2011
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall, 2nd floor

Alexander McQueen at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Have You Met Alexander?

New Yorkers will once again experience one of the many joys of living in this fashionable city. The Met’s Costume Institute is getting ready for their May 4th exhibit of the great fashion designer, Alexander McQueen. The show will focus from McQueen’s postgraduate collection, dated back in 1992 to the sad final runway show in February 2010, which took place after his death.

Alexander McQueen and Bjork

This exhibit means so much to McQueen’s devotees who have long since regarded him as one of the main King of Fashion. His designs always pushed the boundaries, and stayed true to their conceptual expression of culture, and identity. To watch the heart racing video from the museum, go to: Alexander McQueen at The Met. The Met will also produce a book from London photographer, Solve Sundsbo: Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty ($45).

Alexander McQueen had a way of making melancholy look so romantic
Photos via The New York Times

Naomi Campbell

McQueen all the way!

Andrew Bolton is the curator behind the McQueen Exhibit

The Wondrous World of Parisian Florist Olivier Giugni

Parisian Flair

For the last few days, I’ve been eagerly anticipating my copy of Living Art by Oliver Giugni, and was not one bit disappointed when it finally arrived in the mail. Oliver’s latest book has a multitude of pages, all filled with stunning photographs, of some of the most breathtaking floral creations I have ever seen. My love for flowers, especially when they are beautifully arranged by such a talented florist like Olivier, will never wither away, even when the time has come to close the book and move on with my day.

L’Olivier Floral Atelier has a definite flair. Located at 19 East 76th Street, and 213 West 14th Street, it is truly “a wondrous world of flower extravaganza”.