ESTHETIQUE

Curated by Debbie Dickinson
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CFDA Call This Exhibition

“THE MUST SEE CULTURAL EVENT OF 2025”

As curator, I am thrilled to invite you to Esthétique, an extraordinary exhibition presenting an assemblage of figures of style, haute portraits, and abstracts—an emergence of historic artistry and today’s most visionary creatives, a celebration that your presence will make truly unforgettable. Icons of elegance, immortalized in art, an exhibition where fashion and art converge in timeless sophistication—honoring the art of iconic design or icons of elegance, fashioned identity, and style.

Featuring artists Anthony Haden-Guest, Marc Bouwer, S.L. Fuller, Mary Reid, Helene Guétary, Noah Becker, Bill Buchman, Christophe Von Hohenberg, Eddy Ochieng, Audrey Schilt and Peggy Bates, Esthétique highlights the dialogue between vision, tradition, beauty and style. It’s not something one can teach: either you have it or you don’t. Fashion is so much more than clothing: it’s a state of mind. Bouwer’s gowns are not just articles to wear; they capture a moment in time and evoke an essence of glamour while accentuating the female form. S.L. Fuller’s “Les Desmoiselles” pay homage to the cutting-edge sensuality of Aubrey Beardsley and the Art Nouveau movement and complement other works of ink like Anthony Haden-Guest’s witty and ironic cartoons. The epitome of style, Guest has worked as a writer and art critic throughout his decades-long career and is still, at 88, a social butterfly. Reid, whose Florentine education honed her classical training, paints fashionable women in oil on canvas with a mastery reminiscent of Vermeer. Her divinely feminine paintings pair seemlessly with Noah Becker’s striking works of whimsy and the haberdashery also seen in Audrey Schilt’s work. A recent addition to the group is Eddy Ochieng, with his expression natural beauty, made up with an aqua finish. Guétary, who styled, painted, choreographed, and photographed children to build a suburban school, transforms empathy into art. Peggy Bates’ richly textured pieces are tactile and turn color into its own entity as Bill Buchman’s abstractions evoke movement much like a stunning garment swaying to jazz music. Christophe Von Hohenberg’s stunning black and white portraits tell more of a story than any single piece of attire. Hélène Guétary’s multi-disciplinary art combines several forms of media as she transforms herself into a character one moment (à la Cindy Sherman) and then focuses on the movement of red flowing fabric the next.

After curating over 150 exhibitions and serving as muse on the runway for Saint Laurent, Miyake, Chanel, Lagerfeld, and Armani, to name a few, and appearing on numerous Vogue covers, commercials, advertising, and editorials, Supermodel Curator Debbie Dickinson, from her namesake Debbie Dickinson Gallery, proudly presents this premiere exhibition at the Arthouse Hotel. This red-carpet Opening will welcome leading figures in art, fashion, culture, and society to one of 2025’s most anticipated cultural evenings.

ABOUT THE GALLERY

Founded in 2010 by Debbie Dickinson, the Debbie Dickinson Gallery has quickly become a leading force in Post-Modern Fine Art. With over a decade of curating more than a hundred exhibitions across major art hubs like New York, Nantucket, The Hamptons, Palm Beach, Wynwood, Paris, and Art Basel Week in Miami Beach, the gallery is a recognized name in the art world.

Debbie’s discerning eye and commitment to the arts have earned her accolades from the ChaShaMa organization and top art critics. The gallery’s journey began in Chelsea’s Arts District, expanded to Union Square, and most recently hosted prominent exhibitions at 456 West Broadway and 32 East 57th Street.

Before establishing the gallery, Debbie Dickinson enjoyed an illustrious career as an international supermodel, collaborating with renowned artists and fashion designers. In this exciting new chapter, she continues to inspire as a muse while leading her gallery to new heights. The Debbie Dickinson Gallery is renowned for its curated blend of 21st Century Masters and rising stars, positioning it as a
global leader and trusted advisor in the Post-Modern Fine Art world.

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Good morning Bill Buchman
Grace like rain Eddy Ochieng
Zephyrus Mary Reid
Velvet & Flame Audrey Schilt
Daphne S.L. Fuller
Pink Mali Helene Guetary
Concorde Christophe Von Hohenberg
Parallel Grove Peggy Bates
Yellow Hat Noah Becker
Yves Saint Laurent Anthony Haden-Guest
Eye See You Marc Bouwer

Fashion has always been more than fabric — it is movement, rhythm, and cultural narrative. Esthétique unites artists whose work is profoundly influenced by fashion’s power to shape perception, inspire identity, and crystallize moments of history. Through painting, photography, and mixed media, the exhibition captures the individuality and bold creativity that define both fashion and art.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Audrey Schilt

Audrey Schilt
Audrey Schilt is an acclaimed fashion illustrator and designer whose work bridges fine art and couture. Halston’s first sketch artist, she then spent 22 years at Ralph Lauren as Creative Director and Vice President of Women’s Collection. Her hand has touched culture from atelier to red carpet. Featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, plus international exhibitions, her admirers span generations, from Salvador Dalí to Busta Rhymes and Maggie Norris Couture.

Bill Buchman

Bill Buchman
Bill Buchman is a New York–based artist, musician, educator, and author whose career spans more than fifty years. Known for abstractions described as “symphonies of space, form, and color” and figures seen as “lightning bursts of energy condensed into a fine line,” his work draws on his musical background, infusing painting with harmony, rhythm, and improvisation. Buchman paints with the expressive vitality of fabric itself, his canvases flowing like textiles in motion, alive with gesture and form.

Christophe Von Hohenberg

Christophe Von Hohenberg
Christophe von Hohenberg photography explores culture, identity, and the unseen world through series such as Shadows of the Gods, The Flower Series: Shadows of the Soul, and Images and Icons 1982–2018. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at Fotografiska Museum, Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery, and MM Fine Art.

HÉLÈNE GUÉTARY

Hélène Guetary is a French visual artist, writer, and director working across photography and multimedia. She began her career as a painter in the 1980s and later turned to writing and directing before returning to photography during the lockdown. Her work has been shown internationally and is held in major collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum, MEP Paris, and the Polaroid Collection. Her recent series KUMARI NAYIKA, created with the CITTA Foundation and the young girls of the Rajkumari Ratnavati School in Jaisalmer, India, is featured in Esthétique.

Eddy Ochieng
Eddy Ochieng is a distinguished hyperrealism artist, born in Nairobi, Kenya. His fascination with art began around age ten, growing from early scribbles into intricate drawings. He went on to study at Kenyatta University, where he explored a range of painting techniques and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art. His career has since flourished with accolades including the 2021 Manjano Award, multiple Mask Art Prize victories, and most recently the Butter Art Fair in Indianapolis. With each work, Ochieng seeks to capture the diversity and essence of humanity, conveying stories and emotions through extraordinary detail.

 

Mary Reid

Mary Reid
An American painter and printmaker, Reid’s work blends classical realism with vibrant, contemporary color. Inspired by Renaissance painters and impressionists, her work evokes timeless narratives through compositional symmetry and luminous brushwork. She travels regularly to Florence to study and paint. Her current series, The Virtues, reinterprets Renaissance themes for modern times. In Zephyrus, her brushwork reveals the sculptural qualities of drapery and textile, classical figuration and contemporary elegance.

Noah Becker

Noah Becker
An American and Canadian artist and musician, Becker has been based in New York City for the past twenty years. His paintings have been exhibited at art institutions worldwide, including the Vancouver Art Gallery in Canada. Becker publishes Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, an art journal featuring writings by art critics, such as Donald Kuspit, Anthony Haden-Guest and Phoebe Hoban. His writing has also appeared in Art in America, Interview Magazine, Canadian Art, Huffington Post and Artvoices.

Peggy Bates

Peggy Bates
Peggy Bates lives and works in New York City and has been exhibiting actively in New York since the early 1990’s. Her successful solo exhibitions and participation in international art fairs, have received critical praise in The New York Times, Art in America, Vanity Fair, and Elle. She is the recipient of residency fellowships at La Macina di San Cresci, Fundacion Valparadiso, Stichting Kunst en Complex, and Yaddo, MacDowell, Millay, Hambidge and Atlantic Center for the Arts.

S.L. Fuller

S.L. Fuller
Stephanie Fuller, former lead singer of Kid Creole and the Coconuts with the hit Take Me for a Night in New York, is a New York–based artist whose work is inspired by travel, sailing, and the sea. Her acclaimed series Off the Coast of Me was commissioned for World Water Day, NYC, to support Water.org. Fuller works across three genres: India ink line drawings (Les Demoiselles), early primitive works, and mixed-media paintings in acrylic, glass, gold leaf, and sand. A graduate of VCU in Richmond, Virginia, her art has been collected worldwide. With Les Demoiselles, privileged women are depicted in a refined Deco style. Known for evocative explorations of form and design, Fuller’s work extends fashion’s aesthetic language into the realm of abstraction and narrative.

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Anthony Haden Guest Headshot - Debbie Dickinson Gallery

Anthony Haden-Guest
Anthony Haden-Guest’s art is defined by incisive cartoonery, translating his journalistic eye into a visual medium. His illustrations offer dry, acerbic humor and social critique, exposing the conventions of the art world, high society, and popular culture. Through minimalist line and sharp wit, Haden-Guest delivers work that is both accessible and intellectually engaging, merging humor with pointed observation.

Marc Bouwer

Marc Bouwer
Internationally acclaimed fashion designer, Bouwer takes us on a journey of the imagination with colorful and quirky portraiture and abstractions, painted on repurposed canvas, cardboard, and wood. A master draper under Halston, he has achieved worldwide recognition for his timeless, formfitting silhouettes and cinematic glamour. His transition from couture to canvas reflects the same artistry and daring vision that has defined his celebrated career.

THANK YOU

Debbie Dickinson, Diane Smith and the visionary artists Anthony Haden-Guest, Audrey Schilt, Bill Buchman, Christophe Von Hohenberg, Eddy Ochieng, Hélène Guetary, Marc Bouwer, Mary Reid, Noah Becker, Peggy Bates and S.L. Fuller unite in heartfelt gratitude to our generous sponsors. Your unwavering support has brought our collective vision to life, and we are forever grateful for your commitment to spreading the message of emerging philosophies and boundless creativity throughout New York City and beyond. With your help, we strive to inspire, educate, and share the beauty of art with the world at large. A special thank you to Barrymore Edwards and his Team at The Arthouse Hotel for our new gallery alliance after many seasons at art fairs and gallery exhibitions. We are honored to have you as our colleagues. Our sincerest thanks go out to Dr. Giuseppe and Nicole Calloni at Regen Skincare, Nabila Khashoggi at Nabila K, Jose Zavala at US Private Jets, Katherine Sempecos and Vasilis Mezini at Prism Med Spa and their Team for all for your generosity and support. And a very special thank you to the talented artists, their friends and family, who have made this exhibition possible. To Jenny Pfister for the beautiful Catalog and Graphic Design, Jaime Paez for your strength and tenacity for installation – the backbones of this exhibition – we extend our deepest thanks. Your contributions and dedication have been instrumental in bringing our collective vision to life. To anyone we may have not mentioned, please know that you are in our hearts and we thank you for your support. We invite all of our sponsors to visit us for a personal tour of the exhibition, where we can share our art and gratitude in person. And Evan, your mother loves you!

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