Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld Hosts Outtara Watts Opening
Kicking off fashion week was Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld’s (son of former vogue Paris Editrix Carine Roitfeld) opening for Outtara Watts: Vertigo which attracted over 1000 guests comprising a glamorous mix of the social, art and fashion worlds. Featuring fifteen large-scale paintings, Vertigo is the first major New York solo exhibition of Ouattara Watts in nearly five years. Yielding an unmistakable aesthetic that integrates traditional painting, native emblems, and collages of everyday materials, Watts has emerged on the international art scene over the last 25 years as a prolific painter whose work breathes fresh air into the Neo-Expressionist landscape. Guests at the exhibition opening included Salman Rushdie, Carine Roitfeld, Serge Azria, Giovanna Battaglia, Diane von Furstenberg, Brice Marden, Richard DuPont, Stellan Holm, Tom Sachs, Alba Clemente, Philip Taaffe, Eve Therond, PC Valmorbida, Dustin Yellin, Chiara Clemente, Nemo Librizzi, Nicola Vassell, John Newsom, Christian Viveros Faune, Stefano Tonchi, Christian Rattemeyer, Waris Ahluwalia, Demet Muftuoglu-Eseli, Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, Isaach de Bankole, Jon Neidich, Jean-Marc Houmard, Nick Jones, Shala Monroque, Tony Arcabascio, Sante D’Orazio, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Eddie Borgo, Zani Gugelmann, Genevieve Jones, Johan Lindeberg, Elisa Sednaoui, Rachel Roy, Lily Kwong, Richie Rich, Fabiola Beracasa , Glenn O’Brien, Attilio Brillembourg, Stavros Niarchos, Caroline Sieber, Virginie Courtin, Claire Courtin, Todd English, Hamilton Fish, Nina Flohr, Nicky Hilton, Lily Kwong, Daniel Hesidence, Mauro Nicoletti, Sam Orlofsky, Jane Holzer, Michael Phelan, Francesco Maccapani Missoni, Jonathan Neidich, Pietro Quaglia, Ann Dexter-Jones, Jessica Hart, Vivi Nevo, Eugenie Niarchos, Lucrezia Buti, Victor Calderone, Jazzy de Lisser, Simone Leigh, Alex Von Furstenberg, Tico Mugrabi, Seth Campbell, Julio Santo Domingo, Ben Watts, Jimmy Traboulsi, Gherardo Guarducci, Lily Donaldson, Keith & Inga Rubenstein, Jennifer Brill, Yigal Azrouel.