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On Saturday, July 19th, LongHouse
Reserve—legendary textile designer Jack
Lenor Larsen’s not-for-profit arboretum, art museum,
sculpture garden, and educational organization—hosted its
2014 Summer Benefit, WHITE
HOT + Blue 2. The gala, took place on LongHouse
Reserve’s beautiful 16-acre East Hampton grounds, and
celebrated the foundation’s 23rd season
and honor internationally acclaimed photographer, filmmaker
and social commentator Cindy
Sherman with
the LongHouse
Award, and Agnes
Gund, philanthropist, patron, collector, President
Emerita of MoMA, and founder of Studio in a School with the LongHouse
Art Leadership Award.
The evening began at six o’clock,
when the gardens opened for a frisky and festive reception.
Guests had a rare opportunity to mingle amongst Fashion
Institute of Technology’s ‘Fowl
Play’ exhibit as
the students’ spectacular bird ensembles came to life. The
exhibition explores ornithology, and how nature inspires
fashion and is exemplary of the LongHouse spirit.
Projected images from the #HearstLovesLongHouse
Instagram campaign
and “selfie” photo booth stations also amused guests
during the evening. The festivities concluded with a grand
dinnerbeneath the stars, and dessert and an After
Dance Party with
the stunningly stylish DJ
Donna D’Cruz.
WHITE HOT + BLUE 2 was
organized by LongHouse Reserve President Dianne
B., and Executive Director Matko
Tomicic; LongHouse
Reserve Board of Trustees, including honorary chairs Edward
Albee,Kim Cattrall, Rufus
Wainwright, Jorn
Weisbrodt, Fred
Wilson, and Robert
Wilson, among others; and LongHouse Reserve Founder and
Curator, the esteemed Jack
Lenor Larsen.
About LongHouse Reserve:
LongHouse Reserve is a not-for-profit organization with
close-to-16 beautiful acres in East Hampton, New York.
Through its art collections, arboretum, sculpture gardens,
and educational programs, LongHouse Reserve brings together
art and nature, aesthetics and spirit, with the strong
conviction that living with art in all its forms is central
to living fully and living creatively. It seeks to expand
the imaginations of all its visitors, no matter what age or
level of appreciation. Each year the LongHouse Reserve
presents major exhibitions in the pavilion and the gardens.
Currently, there are more than 60 sculptures for the gardens
including works of glass by Dale
Chihuly, ceramics by Toshiko
Takaezu, bronzes by Peter
Voulkos,Lynda Benglis and Willem
de Kooning. Works by Alexander
Calder, Alfonso
Ossorio, Yoko Ono, Pavel
Opocensky, and Takashi
Soga are also
on view, while the installation of a “Fly’s Eye Dome”
designed by Buckminster
Fuller and a
site-specific Sol
Lewitt piece
add interesting scale and dimension.
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