The Los Angeles Modernism Show & Sale will bring together VIPs and influencers from the worlds of design, fashion, art, and entertainment for a special preview of the show to raise money for P.S. ARTS, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to improving children’s lives through arts education. All proceeds from the event go toward P.S. ARTS programs currently serving 20,000 local students. Guests will enjoy an evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while previewing decorative and fine arts from more than 40 of the most respected 20th Century dealers in the world.
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What is P.S. ARTS?
P.S. ARTS’ mission is to improve the lives of children by providing arts education to underserved public schools and communities. It is the only organization in Southern and Central California that provides yearlong arts education in dance, visual arts, music, and theater arts to every child in a school during the regular school day. Each week, P.S. ARTS serves 20,000 students in 10 school districts and 50 public schools. For more information, please visit www.psarts.org.
Friday, April 24th 2015
The star-studded Opening Night Party will feature hors d’oeuvres by Serves You Right, music by DJ Kelly Cole, show catalog and complimentary valet parking. Opening night tickets range from $150 to $500 depending on entrance time, and are available in advance at http://psarts.org/ events/modernism2015/ or at the door.
The host committee for the preview party includes P.S. ARTS supporters Maria & Bill Bell, Julie Bowen, Kristen & Lindsey Buckingham, Amanda & Shepard Fairey, Frank Gehry, Chaz Guest, Tracy Hiner, Carey Hotchkis & Tara Kuhnert, Jeffrey Alan Marks, Alex K. Mason, Tanya Nolan, Carolyn Powers, Hadley Davis Rierson & Lee Rierson, Kenny Scharf, Lisa Kudrow & Michel Stern, and Kelly Wearstler.
“Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.”
SPECIAL LECTURE EVENT
An Eames Anthology with Daniel Ostroff
A special appearance, lecture, and booksigning to celebrate the upcoming release of An Eames Anthology: Articles, Film Scripts, Interviews, Letters, Notes, and Speeches” by Charles and Ray
Eames edited by Daniel Ostroff. The book, published by Yale
University, collects for the first time the writings of the esteemed American architects and designers, illuminating their marriage and professional partnership of fifty years. Preceding the booksigning will be a 30-minute lecture with the book’s editor Daniel Ostroff, followed by a Q & A to take place at 3LABS on Saturday, April 25, at 1 p.m. Lecture included with show admission.
EXHIBITOR HIGHLIGHT
Didier Ltd., London
Since 2006, Didier Ltd. has specialized in jewels designed by leading modern masters, painters, and sculptors who are recognized internationally for their art, in addition to working in jewels, which often comes as a surprise. Currently the gallery has over 300 jewels by over 150 different artists that date primarily from the 1940s to 1980s. With this historical perspective, the gallery is uniquely placed to acquire only the finest examples and does not deal in reissue or pieces produced by artists’ estates. After being neglected for forty years, this overlooked expression of the artists’ oeuvre is now regaining international recognition. In addition to the LA Modernism Show, Didier Ltd. has participated in the some of the most prestigious design fairs in the world, including Design Miami, TEFAF Maastricht, and New York’s Winter Antiques Show.
SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT
1stdibs
Returning premier LA Modernism Show sponsor 1stdibs is the world’s leading online marketplace for the most beautiful things on Earth. 1stdibs connects the world’s best dealers, finest shops, and most important galleries with sophisticated collectors, designers and curators.
Starting with a few dealers that were hand-selected by founder Michael Bruno at Paris’ legendary antiques market, Marche Aux Puces, in 2001, 1stdibs has become the global destination for those who must have ‘first dibs’ on treasures from around the world that would be otherwise inaccessible.
SPECIAL OPENING NIGHT EVENT
Jacqueline Suskin and Poem Store in residence at Reform Gallery
On opening night celebrated writer Jacqueline Suskin will create on-demand poems on any topic selected and produce them immediately on her manual typewriter in the booth of LA Modernism Show exhibitor Reform Gallery of Los Angeles. Suskin and her projects have been profile in the New York Times Style Section and T Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and TimeOut Los Angeles.
The show is supported by premier sponsor 1stdibs, and additional sponsors Boxed Water, Delta Air Lines, the Resnick Family Foundation, Marc Phillips Decorative Rugs, California Homes, MODERN Magazine, Palm Springs Life magazine, and Culver City.
For additional information, please visit www.lamodernism.com.