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Gallery
Valentine's
Ryan Ross,
Art
Southampton's
Pamela Cohen
,Host
Committee
member
Jeanine
Edington and
Art
Southampton's
Nick
Korniloff at
the kickoff
reception at
East
Hampton's
Gallery
Valentine
for the
first Art
Southampton
presented by
Art Miami.
Photo by Tom
Fitzgerald
and Pam
Deutchman
www.society-in-focus.com
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Kickoff
Reception
for
Inaugural
Art
Southampton
Fair at
Gallery
Valentine
Draws
Hundreds of
the Hamptons' Prominent Collectors & Art
Enthusiasts
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Despite the
torrid
temperatures
Saturday,
hundreds of
the East
End's most
prominent
collectors,
cultural
figures,
philanthropists,
social
dynamos and
community
leaders
flocked to
the
beautiful
Gallery
Valentine on
East Hampton�s
tony
Main Street
for an
elegant
kickoff
reception
for the
Inaugural
Edition of
Art
Southampton
presented by
Art Miami.
Gallery
Valentine
with
locations in
East Hampton
and
Bridgehampton
is the
Official
Host Gallery
of Art
Southampton
which debuts
July 26-30.
Art
Southampton's
Partner �
Director
Nick
Korniloff
and
Pamela Cohen
Director
Sponsorships
+ VIP
Relations,
along with
Gallery
Valentine
owners
Ryan Ross
& Dara
Ross and
filmmaker
Alexandra
Fairweather
were on hand
to welcome
and thank
the members
of Art
Southampton�s
prestigious
Inaugural
Host
Committee
which has so
welcomed
this
endeavor to
offer a
world class
art fair to
a world
class art
community.
Guests
sipped on
cool
cocktails
including a
summery
Bootlegger
21 Vodka
libation
infused with
cucumber
(white
gazpacho for
the drinking
set),
nibbled on
delectable
hors
d�oeuvres
such as
seared
scallops,
spicy
shrimp, tuna
tartar and
addictive
mini-pulled
pork tacos
by Restivo
while
admiring the
dizzying
array of
master works
that filled
the massive
gallery
including
works by the
late
renowned
sculptor
John
Chamberlain.
Filmmaker
Alexandra
Fairweather
Chamberlain's
step-daughter
discussed
with guests
her
documentary
on her
renowned
step-father�s
career, "HEAARTBEAT"
which will
premiere at
Art
Southampton
with two
intimate
screenings
on July 26
and July 27
with 100% of
the proceeds
benefiting
the
Ross School
Chamberlain
Fairweather
Scholarship
Fund and
The
Watermill
Center/Chamberlain
Residency
Grant Fund.
For more
information
or to
purchase
tickets
visit:
www.art-southampton.com.
Limited
seating is
available
and the
screenings
are expected
to sell out
quickly.
Guests
included:
Jean
Shafiroff,
Larry Ross,
Joy Marks &
Leif
Bringlesmark,
Dan & Alicia
Bythewood
with
their
beautiful
daughter
Brie,
filmmaker
Alexandra
Fairweather,
Ian & Grace
Burliuk,
Gary &
Katherine
Andreassen,
Beverly
Camhe,
Andrea
Gurvitz,
designer
Berry Brown,
Carolyn
Kendall
Buchter &
Ron Buchter,
Sara Herbert
Galloway,
TV
sports
journalist
Ann Liguori
& Scott
Vallary,
artist
Kevin
Berlin,
Susan
Madonia,
Baroness
Sheri de
Borchgrave,
Sherry
Dobbin &
Marc
Fasanella,
Heidi & Gay
Wachtel, Ron
Meyers &
Erika Faust,
Dawne Marie
Grannum,
Sophia
Bishop,
Dolores &
Frank
Berrafato,
Carol & Alex
Kogan,
art
consultants
Laura
O�Reilly &
Pamela
Willoughby,
Walter
Feiden,
Chris
Norwood,
Yael &
Daniel Falk,
Steven &
Maria Gavios,
Edward
Callaghan,
John
Wegorzewski,
Ryan Horn &
Jean Dodds,
Gail
Schoentag
and
scores more.
Art
Southampton
will feature
a carefully
selected
group of 50
international
art
galleries,
with a
strong focus
on primary
artists and
select
secondary
market
works. An
advisory
committee
has been in
place to
assist in
the vetting
of gallery
programs
ensuring
that the
quality of
art will be
on par with
the
excellence
of Art Miami
allowing
collectors,
institutions,
curators and
art advisors
to buy with
confidence.
Art
Southampton
will take
place from
July 26-30,
2012
in a
state-of-the-art
75,000
square foot
Pavilion
located on
the
sprawling
18-acre
fairgrounds
of the
Southampton
Elks Lodge,
605 County
Rd. 39
Southampton
NY 11968
Art
Southampton's
Host
Committee
includes
Gary &
Katherine
Andreassen,
Angela
Anton,
Christopher
Arnold, Ted
& Ruth Baum.
Ian & Grace
Burliuk,
Steven
Bernstein,
Haley &
Jason Binn,
Roger Blaugh,
Berry
Brown, Henry
Buhl, Liz
Burns,
Sharon Bush,
Alicia & Dan
Bythewood,
Lady Liliana
Cavendish,
Robert
Chaloner,
Gregory D�Elia,
Jamie de
Roy, Sherry
Dobbin &
Marc
Fasanella,
Jeanine
Edington,
Tom &
Maribeth
Edmonds,
Southampton
Village
Mayor Mark
Epley,
Millie
Fellingham,
Michael
Forestano,
Dora Frost,
Judy & Rod
Gilbert,
Lucia Hwong
Gordon, Dede
Gotthelf,
Audrey &
Martin Gruss,
Andrea
Gurvitz,
Jeannette
Hecktoen &
Neill
Slaughter,
Sara Herbert
Galloway &
Barry
Klarberg,
Ryan Horn,
George &
Joan Hornig,
Maryann
Horwath &
Michael
Shaheen,
George & Amy
Kane,
Carolyn
Kendall
Buchter,
Andrea Kent,
Michaela &
Stephan
Keszler,
Gary
Lawrance,
Ann Liguori,
Susan
Madonia,
David
McDonnell,
Bruce
Michael &
Clif de
Raita,
Nicole
Miller, Juan
Montoya,
Chris
Norwood,
Laura
O�Reilly,
Jere
Paterson &
Sarah Hunter
Paterson,
Cassandra
Seidenfeld,
Jean &
Martin
Shafiroff,
Seren &
Michael Shvo,
Brenda
Simmons,
Martin &
Nancy Stone,
Mary Lou
Swift Pamela
Willoughby,
Chris
Wragge
(Committee
in
formation)
FAIR
INFORMATION
To learn
more visit www.art-southampton.com
Art
Southampton
Sponsors +
Partners:
Art
Southampton
is
generously
supported
by:
Southampton
Hospital;
Ross School,
The
Watermill
Center,
Maserati,
The Art
Newspaper;
ARTLOG; Art
+ Auction;
Blouin
ARTINFO; Art
Nexus; VOSS
Artesian
Water;
Bootlegger
21 NY Vodka;
NY Observer;
Art
Circuits;
arte al dia,
Mutual Art,
ArtFacts.net;
Bourlet Art
Logistics,
Southampton
Chamber of
Commerce,
Southampton
Fresh Air
Home
Art
Miami, LLC :
is a
partnership
consisting
of art and
media
industry
veterans
Nick
Korniloff,
Mike Tansey
and Brian
Tyler. Art
Miami, LLC
also
produces Art
Miami
www.art-miami.com,
Miami's longest
running
contemporary
art fair,
CONTEXT
www.contextartmiami.com
and Art
Wynwood
www.art-wynwood.com
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