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Maison Martin Margiela Men’s S/S 2011

Video Caroline Gaimari

The opening of Villa Louis Vuitton with drawings by Andre, St.Tropez

Photo Rachel Chandler

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Louis Vuitton dinner at the hotel Ermitage in St.Tropez

Photo Olivier Zahm

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Die Antwoord performing live at The Creators Project, Milk Studios, New York

Photo Aaron Ward

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Bill Powers and Jeff Koons at the unveiling of his kids’ CatScan machine with RxArt at Hope Hospital, Chicago. Photo Bill Powers

After Deitch project : The Hole

With Jeffrey Deitch now the head of MOCA in Los Angeles, former Deitch Projects directors Kathy Grayson and Meghan Coleman have opened their own gallery. Appropriately named The Hole, this temporary space opened its doors for the first time last weekend with a show Not Quite Open for Business. The group exhibition included many former Deitch artists, as well as a selection of others reminiscent of Grayson’s recent New York Minute show at MACRO in Italy. In keeping with the theme of the exhibit, works, such as the Aurel Schmidt piece here, (including painting, drawings, poems) were “unfinished” and displayed on the floor or leaning against walls. At The Hole, 104 Greene Street, New York. Text and photo Juliana Balestin

The view of Saint Tropez from the Louis Vuitton yacht. Photo Olivier Zahm

Asia Zahm outside Hotel Ermitage, Saint Tropez. Photo Olivier Zahm

A fantastic Fernado botero public exhibition in the street of Saint Tropez. Photo Olivier Zahm

Josephine de la Baume, Asia Zahm, Rachel Chandler, and Aaron Bondaroff on the way to the airport, Saint Tropez. Photo Olivier Zahm

Asia Zahm taking polaroids with Sarah Nataf’s old camera, Toulon. Photo Olivier Zahm

Scott Campbell giving Natacha Ramsay her first tattoo at Purple Institute, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm

Outside Maxim’s after the amfAR dinner, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm

Vincent Darré at the amfAR dinner honoring Jean-Paul Gaultier and hosted by Kylie Minogue, Maxim’s, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm

Arielle Dombasle after her performance of a Klaus Nomi song wearing her vintage Gaultier suit at the amfAR dinner honoring Jean-Paul Gaultier and hosted by Kylie Minogue, Maxim’s, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm

Kylie Minogue and Lou Doillon at the amfAR dinner honoring Jean-Paul Gaultier and hosted by Kylie Minogue, Maxim’s, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm

Cedric Rivrain, rue de Verneuil, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm

Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm

Les Lalanne sont, il me semble, un cas unique dans l’univers culturel, tour à tour complices, complémentaires, unis et confortés dans leurs différences. Ils rêvent et évoluent chacun dans leur sphère, dans leur imaginaire, tout en se nourrissant l’un de l’autre. La nature, l’environnement sont leur domaine qu’ils modèlent à leur fantasie, à leur imagination … C’est un art où tous les rêves sont permis, ou animaux, végétaux, humains se retrouvent, se confondent, se répondent. Text by Hélène David-Weill from the Les Lalanne catalogue

L’homme à tête de chou by François-Xavier Lalanne at his show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs open until July 4th, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm