Yayoi Shionoiri and Nancy Rubins at our Frieze LA event. Photos by Billy Farrell/WWD

A great night for Great Women Artists

Phaidon joined auction house Christie’s and luxury group Kering to celebrate great female artistry during Frieze LA

A few months ago, to mark the publication of Great Women Artists, the most extensive fully illustrated book of women artists ever published, Phaidon and Artspace teamed up with the fashion and luxury goods firm, Kering, to produce a charitable portfolio of limited-edition prints to benefit the Kering-selected non-profit Promundo, a global leader in advancing gender equality.

 

Pae White and Laurent Claquin
Pae White and Laurent Claquin

A few days ago, Phaidon and Kering partnered with Christie’s auction house, to continue its support of female artists, when the three companies co-hosted a dinner during Frieze LA.

 

Bridgette Romanek and Alex Israel
Bridgette Romanek and Alex Israel

Together they welcomed 70 collectors, curators, artists, media and art-world influencers to the historic Laurel Canyon home of AD100 interior designer and art collector Brigette Romanek.

 

Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer

Guests included artists Alex Israel, Simon and Nikolai Haas, Nancy Rubins, Pae White, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, and Aaron Young.

 

Hans-Ulrich Obrist (centre left) and Bettina Korek (far right)
Hans-Ulrich Obrist (centre left) and Bettina Korek (far right)

Frieze LA’s executive director Bettina Korek, was also in attendance, alongside the world-famous curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, collectors Beth DeWoody and Cathy Vedovi and the art dealer Jeffrey Deitch.

 

Gloria Chang and Sonya Roth
Gloria Chang and Sonya Roth

 

Phaidon’s CEO, Keith Fox, was joined by Laurent Claquin, president of Kering Americas, and Sonya Roth, managing director of Christie’s Southern California.

 

Rosetta Getty, Brigfette Romanek and Tania Fares
Rosetta Getty, Brigfette Romanek and Tania Fares

 

The Great Women Artists portfolio was styled throughout the space, although the real stars of the evening were the artists such as White, Rubins and Dupuy-Spencer, who are all featured in our new book.

 

Great Women Artists
Great Women Artists

You can find out more about their work by buying a copy of Great Women Artists; meanwhile, to find out more about the limited edition prints, take a look at Artspace.