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LET THE FIREWORKS BEGIN By R. Couri Hay Photographer contributions by Patrick McMullan
KAWS, ANH DUONG, ISABELLE BSCHER, KAREN LEFRAK, MADONNA, ANNE HEARST AND JAY MCINERNEY, CHRISTIE BRINKLEY, AND KAYLA AND KIMBERLY ROCKEFELLER
With the summer in full swing, the Parrish Art Museum’s Midsummer Weekend, dubbed Shadow and Light, celebrates the institution’s 126th anniversary and is not to be missed. This year’s events will salute artists Kaws, Shirin Neshat, and Sean Scully, and will honor philanthropists Susan and Louis Meisel. The predominantly young dance party, co-chaired by Larry Ivy Getty and Larry Milstein Milstein and Kendall Werts, is a personal favorite of mine and will be held on July 12 in the museum’s Lichtenstein Theater. The patrons dinner, whose hosts include Deborah Bancroft, George Wells, Timothy Davis, and Alexandra Stanton, will be in the covered Mildred C. Brinn Terrace on July 13. Guests will have the chance to view the “Fresh Paint” exhibition, featuring works by Lauren Halsey, before the merrymaking heats up. parrishart.org
Paula and William Hearst Harris
Christie Brinkley, Baroness Milly de Cabrol, Paula Peck, and Nicole Miller were among the friends and family at the christening of Paula and Randy Hearst Harris’s son William Hearst Harris at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Southampton, which was opened for the special occasion. After the intimate ceremony, there was a seated lunch for 30 at Ashgrove Farm, the far-flung Water Mill estate of Randy’s mother, Anne Hearst, and her husband, Bright Lights, Big City author Jay McInerny. The festivities also served as the opening of their mansion after the scary fire that almost burned the place to the ground with them in it in 2019. The extensive renovations were overseen by top interior designer and architect Robert Couturier, and now the property includes an over-thetop Greek-tiled spa and bath with antique lanterns lighting up the blue and
gold tiles, inspired by one at William Randolph Hearst’s castle in San Simeon, California. William Randolph Hearst, Anne’s grandfather, inspired the Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane.
Anh Duong Isabelle Bscher’s Galerie Gmurzynska George Hamilton, Thom Browne, and Peter Som were among the guests at a solo exhibition by artist Anh Duong at Isabelle Bscher’s Galerie Gmurzynska. The critically acclaimed show was titled “The Incoherences of a Gentlewoman.” Duong has gained acclaim for both her self-portraits and her paintings of Vincent Gallo, Susan Sarandon, Anjelica Huston, Karen Elson, and Christian Louboutin — several of Isabelle Bscher and Anh Duong which were on display. Titles included The Melancholy of Impotence, Without Obsession I Am Lost, and The Gentlewoman or the Aggravation of Our Incoherences. Duong’s work can also be found in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the Statue of Liberty Museum in New York. Her pieces are also in the private collections of filmmakers, artists, architects, and designers, ranging from Dennis Hopper to Bruno Bischofberger. Among those perusing the art and drinking Aphrodise bubbly rosé were Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict, Anne McNally, Christopher Mason, Derek Blasberg, attorney Daniel Stock, Eugenia and Janna Bullock, Joseph and Sabine Getty, Janis Gardner Cecil, and Monica Elias. Galerie Gmurzynska is Daniel Stock an internationally renowned gallery known for its museum quality and uniquely curated exhibitions, with locations in New York City and Zurich. gmurzynska.com
Paula, William, and Randy Hearst Harris
Social Life
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The Parrish Art Museum’s Midsummer Weekend