This past Saturday, the Glass House welcomed a design-forward crowd to New Canaan for its annual Summer Party—a vibrant afternoon of art, architecture, and tribute. Honoring the late Gaetano Pesce, the gathering debuted Big Surprise 2, a limited-edition resin vase created with Italian furniture design firm Meritalia and inspired by two Feltri chairs from the host’s own collection.
Guests picnicked, sipped rosé, and took in a site-responsive performance by dance company Pilobolus, as well as the center’s sweeping new exhibition, “Barbara Kasten: Structure, Light, Land.”
DJ Pete Brockman set the tone, while Max Mara’s Whitney Bag activation and gelato cart gathered curious eyes across the lawn. As attendees including James Frey and Paul Goldberger; designers Sophie Lou Jacobsen and Maximilian Eicke; artists Deborah Brown and Naudline Pierre; Aldrich Museum Director Cybele Maylone, creative director and curator Abby Bangser, and Phaidon’s Editor-at-Large Spencer Bailey took in the scene, the overarching mood of the afternoon couldn’t be missed—spirited, sculptural, and unmistakably Pesce.
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