Cartier + de Young Museum’s Mid-Winter Gala
Cartier turned the de Young Museum into a spring garden on Friday, April 6, with vivid red wall tapestries of thousands of roses, orchids, jasmine, anemones, cherry blossoms and peonies. The occasion for this floral artistry by Bronson van Wyck was the fifteen annual Mid-Winter Gala, a Junior Committee benefit for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Honorary chairs Vanessa Getty and Trevor Traina, along with co-chairs Kathryn Lasater and Allison Speer, arrived early to greet Mercedes Abramo, President and CEO of Cartier North America, and Arnaud Carrez, International Marketing and Communication Director. Earlier in the week, Cartier had hosted three days of lectures, lunches, a grand party and social labs, while participants Freida Pinto, Lily Collins, Bianca Brandolini and Sofia Boutella added the gala to their San Francisco festivities. Lasater noted that this would be the last and final Mid-Winter. “We’ve raised great funds for our beloved city museums, and now we’re moving forward with new plans and ideas,” said Lasater.
And the fashion was dazzling. Getty was wearing a Loris Azzaro vintage gown. “It’s from a secret vintage source of mine,” she said. Stephanie Marver wore a sparking Dior couture gown, with a trio of David Webb rock crystal and diamond bracelets and mesmerizing diamond chandelier earrings—a recent birthday gift. “We’ve attended the Mid-Winter Gala for years—but can’t stay for dessert this evening as we’re heading to Paris, Moscow and St. Petersburg to see the ballet,” said Marver as they discreetly took their leave.
Also attending were Marissa Mayer and Zach Bogue, Carolyn Chang, Megha and Nirav Tolia, Mary Beth and David Shimon, Katie and Todd Traina, Eric Buterbaugh, Kate and Adam Clammer, and OJ and Gary Shansby. Some guests at the museum gala also seized the opportunity to view the current, much-buzzed-about show, “Cult of the Machine,” the first large-scale exhibition in over 20 years celebrating the American style of early 20th-century modernism. The exhibit boasts masterworks by artists such as Charles Sheeler, Georgia O’Keeffe and Charles Demuth, as well as photographers such as Imogen Cunningham and Paul Strand.
Written by Diane Dorrans Saeks
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