How the Jet Set Party in Aspen
Aspen was the pitstop on the international art world circuit over the weekend for the city’s ascendant museum, which on Tuesday began throwing its annual series of events around the popular ArtCrush gala. From a party on Wednesday at the home of collectors Amy and John Phelan, where the crowd was surrounded by modern masters in the flesh and on the walls, to the Buttermilk Ski Area, where the gala culminated on Friday by raising $2.8 million for the museum, Aspen cocktail style seems to be all about bold colors to compete with the artwork and enough outré pizzazz to stand out amid a sea of flamboyant peacocks and chameleons, like artist Adam Pendleton, the Whitney‘s Adam Weinberg, collectors Stefan Edlis, Larry Fields, Richard and Kitzia Goodman, plus Aspen fixtures Nancy Magoon, Allison Kanders and Eleanore De Sole. The exuberance was fitting as this year’s gala, sponsored by Audi and W, among others, was paying tribute to the upbeat conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner. “May I honestly say—this is nice. I am 75 years old, and I am a very lucky person,” he said on stage with museum director Heidi Zuckerman. “I’m not a holiday person, but please do party. That would be the greatest—better than any applause for me.” And they did.
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Shari Applebaum and friend at the after party following the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Jamie Fletcher and Ellere Fletcher at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Lawrence Weiner at ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year was staged in his honor.
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Kitzia Goodman at the after party following the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Emily Hoerdemann and Ariel Adkins at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Guests at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Erin Pariser at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Ashley Todey at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Museum director Heidi Zuckerman and Lawrence Weiner at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, where the artist was honored with an award.
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Nancy Magoon, Barbara Kaul, Kitzia Goodman, and Amy Phelan at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Ann Philbin at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Shari Applebaum, Mish Tworkowski, and Carrie Wells at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Adam Pendleton and Larry Fields at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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L.A. gallerist Hannah Hoffman and Aram Moshayedi at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Karin Luter and Nicola Marcus at the annual ArtCrush gala for the Aspen Art Museum, which this year honored artist Lawrence Weiner.
