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  Jean Shafiroff  With Mike Bloomberg & Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman Jean Shafiroff With Diana Taylor Kevin Berlin The final day of the 2022 Hampton Classic which took place in Bridgehampton, NY on September 4, 2022, brought together over a thousand people including former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg and his longtime partner Diana Taylor, philanthropist and social icon Jean Shafiroff , Donna Karan , Brooke Shields, Don Lemon, business tycoon John Paulson, NYS Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright, real estate titan Howard Lorber, and Stony Brook Southampton President Robert Chaloner.   Chris Wasserstein And Dan Rattiner Proceeds raised from the event will go toward funding Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. This year , the first place winner of the Hampton Grand Prix Classic was Karl Cook who took home the $410,000 Hamptons Classic Five Star Grand Prix. Karl Cook placed first by two tenths of a second.  Photos Courtesy Of James Bayrami / Patrick McMu...

Kevin Berlin Miami Beach, Florida - December 5 - 9, 2018 - Aqua Art Miami, the premier gathering spot for collectors, curators and art lovers to discover fresh talent, is pleased to unveil new works of the Russian Ballet by internationally celebrated artist Kevin Berlin, on December 5-9, 2018, at 1530 Collins Avenue Miami Beach. The solo exhibition will feature Berlin's highly anticipated new body of new work, HOPE DIES LAST. The Aqua Art Miami exhibition showcases the worldwide premier of Berlin's new monumental bronze sculptures "Dying Swan" and "F*** You Ballerina." In addition, VIPs are invited to a private Artist Talk on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 1pm at Booth 111. Berlin's paintings focus on the interior and secret lives of ballet dancers - depicting their hidden thoughts in sensual black and white paintings, sculpture, and works on paper. HOPE DIES LAST stems from time the Artist spent studying ballet dancers in 2015, wor...

Kevin Berlin Sponge Bob Ballerina 2018 New York, New York - May 2018- Gallery 198, a contemporary art gallery at the gateway to Industry City in New York, is pleased to unveil new works of the Russian Ballet by internationally celebrated artist Kevin Berlin at Art New York, on May 3 - 6, 2018, at Pier 94 in New York City. The solo exhibition will be the worldwide premiere of Berlin's highly anticipated new body of new work, HOPE DIES LAST. Berlin's paintings focus on the interior and secret lives of ballet dancers - depicting their hidden thoughts in sensual black and white paintings, sculpture, and works on paper. HOPE DIES LAST stems from time the artist spent studying ballet dancers in 2015, working from a makeshift studio on Nevsky Prospect in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he had the opportunity to interview 14 ballet dancers and learn their innermost fears, desires, and thoughts. Berlin has worked with some of the most famous dancers and thea...

Kevin Berlin New York -- Gallery 198, a contemporary art gallery at the gateway to Industry City in New York, is pleased to unveil new works of the Russian Ballet by internationally celebrated artist Kevin Berlin at Art New York, on May 3 - 6, 2018, at Pier 94 in New York City. The solo exhibition will be the worldwide premiere of Berlin's highly anticipated new body of new work, HOPE DIES LAST. Berlin's paintings focus on the interior and secret lives of ballet dancers - depicting their hidden thoughts in sensual black and white paintings, sculpture, and works on paper. HOPE DIES LAST stems from time the artist spent studying ballet dancers in 2015, working from a makeshift studio on Nevsky Prospect in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he had the opportunity to interview 14 ballet dancers and learn their innermost fears, desires, and thoughts. Berlin has worked with some of the most famous dancers and theaters in the world including Kirov Ballet, St. Pe...

**** NEW YORK HITS MIAMI Photos By: Patrick McMullan **** Jean Shafiroff Lee Fryd With Jonathan Fryd And Karen Fryd Kevin Berlin & Tiffany Masters Philanthropist Jean Shafiroff, with Nathan & Alan Lieberman of the South Beach Group Hotels, hosted the Power of Art to Heal at the Hotel Croydon Miami Beach during Art Basel Miami 2017. The event was inspired by Mrs. Shafiroff’s desire to add a philanthropic element to the week’s events. “We all know art heals,” says Mrs. Shafiroff, citing art therapy utilized to treat those in need such as children battered by domestic abuse, veterans and individuals from war-torn countries suffering from PTSD, and incarcerated individuals for whom describing trauma might not be possible. “Art therapy is a common method of treatment by charitable organizations,” says Mrs. Shafiroff. Jean Shafiroff With Lee Fryd And Diane Lieberman Notable attendees included: Jean Shafiroff, Alan Lieberman, Diane Liebe...

**** ART BASEL **** Kevin Berlin's "Monkey Business" Kevin Berlin is excited to announce the unveiling of a major new work "Monkey Business" for Barton G. in Miami Beach! Kevin will be in Miami for Art Basel Miami Beach till December 10th. About Kevin Berlin (born February 18, 1965): Kevin is an American painter, sculptor, performance artist based in Southampton, New York and Florence, Italy. Berlin, a Yale University Alumnus, studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Shanghai Daily, The Miami Herald, USA Today, MTV, Tokyo Television, BBC Radio and over 40 television stations. Berlin's works are found in collections including Kim Basinger, Luciano Pavarotti, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Quincy Jones, Buzz Aldrin, HRH Princesse Antonella de Orleans-Bourbon, and Pieter & Marieke Sanders. Visit www.kevinberlin.com    Photo Courtesy Of: Kevin Berlin

Artist Kevin Berlin Livingstone Gallery presents on September 8th, the paintings and works on paper by Kevin Berlin (New York, 1965). This is the first solo exhibition of the American artist in the Netherlands. As an artist Kevin Berlin provides access to particular communities that normally remain sealed. He has explored the world of ballet dancers from St. Petersburg, Russia and became involved with the National Circus of Ukraine. The tensions and emotions he observes behind the scenes are made visible in his paintings. At the circus he got the chance to be very close with lion tamers and their hidden world. He literally entered "into the cage." From this experience emerged an extensive series of paintings entitled "Tiger Training For Beginners." With works like "into the cage," he refers to the moment when the animal trainer enters the cage and comes face to face with the man devouring beasts. Themes such as vulnerability...

**** FAMED ARTIST KEVIN BERLIN IN CHICAGO **** Kevin Berlin's "Woke Up On The Wrong Side Of Bed" Kasia Kay Art Projects is pleased to present Woke Up On the Wrong Side of the Bed, Kevin Berlin's second solo exhibition with the Gallery. This show follows a breakthrough year for Kevin Berlin with major shows in London, New York and Miami with Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery. The exhibition features a selection of new large oil on canvas paintings, the artist's most uncensored works to date. Among the works are Berlin's signature style, mostly black and white, cocktail party scenes such as "The Lonely Girl," "Woke Up on the Wrong Side Of Bed" and the monumental canvas "The Striped Dress." Highlights include a sneak preview of the artist's new "Uncensored" series including several versions of his "F*** YOU" (expressed in English, Italian, and Russian languages) cigarette paintings, packs o...

**** THE HAMPTONS GOSSIP **** The Art Of Kevin Berlin With over 1000 in attendance, internationally renowned Artist Kevin Berlin made a dramatic entrance with "LIVE TIGERS!" hand painted by the artist, as the featured Opening Night art performance at ArtHamptons. Berlin's traveling painting exhibition "Tiger Training For Beginners" arrives direct from London to continue it's world tour: London, New York and Miami. The much larger than life oil on canvas paintings and accompanied performances are intended to raise awareness for the plight of the tiger in the wild. "There are only 3200 tigers left alive in the wild, the tiger faces extinction." says Berlin. Inspired by the Artists time spent at the Ukrainian National Circus in Kiev, the paintings also explore contemporary ideas such as "tigers at cocktail parties." Featured works include the monumental canvases "The Striped Dress," "Tiger In The House,...

**** KEVIN BERLIN TIGER TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS  ARTHAMPTONS VIP OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY, JULY 12 Sculpture Fields of Nova's Ark   60 Millstone Rd. (just off Scuttle Hole Rd.) Bridgehampton, NY 11932 **** Lion Tamer #1 BY Kevin Berlin Tigers (Panthera tigris) are the largest species of big cat and although they have a fairly broad distribution across east and southeast Asia, over the past 25 years their range has declined by over 50%. The Born Free Foundation, one of the high profile big cat conservation organisations, estimates there are fewer than 3,500 tigers remaining in the wild. It is also estimated that there were 100,000 tigers a century ago and this dramatic decline has sparked scepticism about the effectiveness and impact of tiger conservation efforts. The biggest threat to tigers, like so many endangered species, is humans, with habitat destruction and poaching causing most concern. Current conservation efforts include the cre...

 Kevin Berlin Save The Tigers The world is invited to join Kevin Berlin in London for the official closing party on June 13 from 6:30- 8:30pm for his solo exhibition TIGER TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS. There is still time to see the exhibition though, which runs thru June 14th at Unit24 at 20 Great Guildford Street SE1 0FD London, on the doorstep of the Tate Modern. For all you London savy travelers, the nearest tube is London Bridge, Southwark. ABOUT KEVIN BERLIN Internationally renowned Artist Kevin Berlin's works are found in the collections of Kim Basinger, Luciano Pavarotti, David Letterman, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Dudley and Lisa Anderson, Quincy Jones, Buzz Aldrin, Henry Buhl, and General Motors Corp. Berlin, a Yale University Alumnus, studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Shanghai Daily, The Miami Herald, USA Today, MTV, Tokyo Television, BBC Radio and over 40 television stations across th...

**** THE MIAMI GOSSIP **** Elizabeth Zayas, "Miss National Debt" MISS FOREIGN EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL 2011 Kevin Berlin With Contestants Artist Kevin Berlin Madman internationally renowned Artist KEVIN BERLIN tries to solve the global financial crisis with a Beauty Pageant: MISS FOREIGN EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL 2011! Art Basel Miami Beach launched it's spectacular week of events at Scope Miami's VIP Opening Night. A packed house greeted the 18 international finalists for MISS FOREIGN EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL 2011! Elizabeth Zayas, "Miss National Debt" was crowned following a tense and dramatic competition with dazzling beauties who will serve as ambassadors to increase knowledge and understanding of the global financial markets. "While politics and religion tend to divide people; art brings them together," explained artist Kevin Berlin. "I can't guarantee it will solve the global financial crisis, but it's worth a try." ABOUT THE PAGE...

**** DOUBLE HAPPINESS FOR FAMED ARTIST KEVIN BERLIN **** Mark Miller With Kevin Berlin A well-heeled international crowd flooded Orchard Street for the private viewing of Kevin Berlin's major solo show "Double Happiness" at the newly Mark Miller Gallery. More than 60 major oil on canvas paintings originally displayed in Shanghai, China are seen in the USA for the first time. The wild, unpredictable Artist was at the opening first hand with a "performance art" piece entitled "Double Happiness" - which included the newly moved to New York Wirkus twins, "mini- popsicles" from Il Laboratorio Del Gelato, and a "Tiger Dance." Camera crews covered the event from New York's Sinovision TV, Canadian Television and Hampton's Television. ABOUT DOUBLE HAPPINESS The Mark Miller Gallery, brings Shanghai exhibition to NYC's most vibrant new art scene: the Lower East Side. The entire celebrated solo exhibition DOUBLE HAPPINESS by inter...

**** TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP ARTS **** KEVIN BERLIN HITS THE HAMPTONS WITH A SPLASH **** Kevin Berlin The wild and crazy International artist Kevin Berlin who divides his time between his studios in Florence, Italy and Southampton, New York returned to the Hamptons this weekend for his annual 4th of July exhibition and performance art piece. This year the bushy haired Berlin reeled in a live Mermaid! More than 200 people witnessed the catch of the day! A real Mermaid (Ina Visich) was reeled in by artist Kevin Berlin (in wetsuit) during his live performance on Jobs Lane at the opening of his "One Fish . . . Two Fish" at RVS Fine Art Gallery in Southampton, New York. The peripatetic Berlin is next off to Odessa, Russia to play with the tigers in the Odessa International Circus for a few weeks. Photos By: Katarzyna Zill