Women: Inspiration and Enterprise 20th September 2010

Donna Karan at WIE Symposium
 

The first WIE Symposium, hosted by Sarah Brown, Ariana Huffington and Donna Karan, gathered 300 women, including world famous faces, political leaders, women from fashion, entertainment, and business, and young women from New York, Africa and Asia. Coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly, WIE focuses on improving worldwide womens and childrens healthcare. The fantastic art exhibition, curated by Pace Gallery director Nicola Vassell featured a dozen contemporary women artists. Yoko Ono's piece, two blank canvases, arrived with instructions for women to write memories of their mothers.

Queen Raina of Jordan 

Nora Ephron, Elizabeth Banks and Christy Turlington Burns

Lorna Simpson

Rachel Feinstein

Carolee Schneeman

Yoko Ono's piece being created by a WIE participant

Mom Love curated by Yoko Ono

Ulla inspires

I love this beautiful and elegant Alex Katz portrait of my dear friend (and blog guru) Ulla. It's just been finished and was shot in the artists studio. And here's Ulla again, painted by Alex for the Art Production Fund's taxi rooftop project. Yoko Ono and Shirin Neshat are the other participating artists. Check out the New York traffic for cruising artworks…..

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