The 17th annual Los Angeles Antiques, Art + Design Show announces its host committee for the Opening Night Party October 10, which includes leaders from the worlds of entertainment, culture, the arts and design. The list was announced by Wendy Kaplan, Department Head and Curator, LACMAs Decorative Arts and Design Council (DADC) and Oliver M. Furth, Chair, Decorative Arts and Design Council.
The committee includes: Debbie and Mark Attanasio, Colleen and Bradley Bell, Allison and Larry, Berg, Bianca Chen, Evgenia Citkowitz and Julian Sands, Ellen DeGeneres, and Portia de Rossi, Andrea Fiuczynski, James Franco, Ken Fulk, Steven Gambrel, Ric and Suzanne Kayne, Diane Keaton, Pearl Lam, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Eliza Osborne, Alexander and Alison Palevsky, Suzanne and Frederic Rheinstein, Michael S. Smith, Rose Tarlow, Kelly Wearstler and Brad Korzen.
The list of participating exhibitors includes both returning and first-time vendors. Of the 60 participants, Daniel Stein Antiques Inc. and T. Reggiardo Antiques from San Francisco will be returning along with Los Angeles-based galleries Habite and Dragonette, among others.
For the first time in its rich history, the show will include contemporary art and 21st century design. Debuting presenters include Copenhagen’s Danish Silver, London-based Stephen Kalms, Atlanta-based Jon Eric Riis, New Hampshire’s
Antique American Wicker and world-renowned antiquarian Joel Chen of JF Chen of Los Angeles. Chen will also be honored by LACMA’s DADC with its Design Leadership Award during the Opening Night Party for his extraordinary contributions spanning four decades as a gallerist, impresario, and philanthropist.
Also new to the show this year is a sculptural venue entrance erected by Los Angeles-based design and architecture firm, Oyler Wu.
Tickets are now available for the Opening Night Party commencing with a Collectors Preview Hour beginning at 6 pm followed by the cocktail reception at 7 pm., featuring DJ Dublab.
*The complete committee includes:
Collectors Circle:
Debbie and Mark Attanasio
Off The Wall Antiques
Carole Gaba
Ric and Suzanne Kayne
Evans Y. Lam
Shau-Wai and Marie Lam Family Foundation
Lee Family
Michael S. Smith
David and Deborah Trainer
Margaret Weitzman
Designers Circle:
Abell Auction Company
Kim Alexandriuk
Andrea Michaelson Design
ATX and LA Mart
Gina Berschneider
Thomas Beeton
Blackman Cruz
Chip Bohl
Bonesteel Trout Hall
Mark Boone
Branca
Thomas Anthony Buckley
Chris Barrett Textiles
Commune
Cowtan & Tout
Jean de Merry and Christian D. Maroselli
Elizabeth Dinkel Design Associates, Inc.
Maurizio and Kathleen Almanza, ECCOLA
Lori Erenberg
Tania Ferris and Guy Hackbarth
Gina Furth
Oliver M. Furth
Galerie Half
John Geresi
Gary Gibson
Greg Lynn FORM
Gray Gallery
Hallworth
Sheldon Harte of Harte Brownlee & Associates
Johnson Hartig
Jeffrey Hitchcock
Judith Hoffman/Szalon
Hollyhock
Molly Isaksen Sures
Jamie Bush & Co.
Janet Yonaty, Inc.
JF Chen
John J. Nelson Antiques
John Wooden Interiors
Keith H. McCoy & Associates
Ken Fulk Inc.
Kerry Joyce of Kerry Joyce Associates Inc.
Kevin Kolanowski
Thomas Lavin
Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Lois C. Esformes Interior Design Inc.
Lorraine Letendre
Levander Design - Melissa Levander
Joe Lucas and Parrish Chilcoat
Mary Luby Interior Design
Maxine Greenspan Design
Mary McDonald
Natasha Baradaran Interior Design
Nickey . Kehoe, Inc.
Matthew O'Dorisio
One Kings Lane
Opuzen Design
Lynda and Stewart Resnick
Richard Hallberg Interior Design
Richard Wright, Wright Auction
Robert Joyce Architecture & Landscape Design
Scott Roberts
Margaret Russell
Azadeh Shladovsky
Karen Smits
Lee Stanton
Lars Stensland Jr. and Kim Baer
Madeline Stuart
Tim Barber Ltd Architecture
Stephen Tomar and Stuart Lampert
Suzanne Tucker
VRAM Jewelry
Mark Weaver
Sean Yashar