Not like nearly all of artwork gala’s elsewhere on the earth, Frieze Los Angeles has a fame for attracting A-list Hollywood celebrities. The secrecy of the artwork world’s enterprise dealings makes it exhausting to confirm if these stars really shopping for, however on the honest’s VIP day on Thursday, you had been sure to see a couple of actors strolling by means of the aisles. That the honest relocated throughout from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills for this version might act as a good better draw for celebrities. Right here’s a rundown of sightings that we’ve seen and that ARTnews’s sources inform us have been noticed.
Actor Owen Wilson (presently starring within the lately launched Marry Me, reverse Jennifer Lopez) and The Late Late Present host James Corden had been each readily available. Additionally seen on the honest had been two Saturday Evening Dwell alums: Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell, whose spouse Viveca Paulin is a significant collector in her personal proper and a trustee on the Los Angeles County Museum of Artwork.
The James Bond connections had been robust on the honest, with Pierce Brosnan, the fifth actor to play the long-running franchise’s titular MI6 agent, strolling round in a brown suede blazer. A number of individuals noticed Jane Seymour, identified for her position as Bond lady Solitaire, a psychic with a penchant for tarot card studying, within the 1973 movie Dwell and Let Die, during which she appeared reverse Roger Moore as Bond.
One frequent honest attendee, Brad Pitt, was doubtless lacking from the honest as we speak, as he appears to presently be in Europe. On Wednesday, the Centre Pompidou in Paris tweeted that he had lately visited the museum together with his pal, artist Thomas Houseago, whose work is the topic of a solo sales space at this yr’s Frieze, courtesy of Brussels-based gallery Xavier Hufkens.
Essentially the most buzzed-about celeb regarded as in attendance this yr was Gwyneth Paltrow, reportedly with an artwork adviser in tow. Paltrow made headlines earlier this month after a profile in Architectural Digest instructed she owned main works by pioneering sculptor Ruth Asawa. The article went viral on Twitter, however for the improper causes, after information emerged that the Asawas weren’t the actual deal. Plainly Paltrow would have quite a bit to show to the artwork world with regards to her gathering bonafides. And, in any case, what higher place to do this at Frieze Los Angeles, which continues by means of Sunday.
This submit shall be up to date as we hear or see extra.