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Photos: Art of Living

Power curators Philippe Vergne and Sylvia Chivaratanond always see eye to eye.


Philippe Vergne and Sylvia Chivaratanond
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Vergne and Chivaratanond in their L.A. apartment, with a Richard Prince joke painting and sculptures by Cameron Jamie and Urs Fischer on the mantelpiece. Chivaratanond wears Stella McCartney dress. Photograph by Jeremy Liebman.

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Chivaratanond with Ed Ruscha, 1999. Courtesy of subject.

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The couple’s wedding, 2002. Courtesy of subject.

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Their traditional French croquembouche cakes. Courtesy of subject.

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Mike Kelley’s Four Part Butter-Scene N’Ganga, 1997. Courtesy of Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

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Vergne and Chivaratanond like the work of artist Paul Chan. Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York.

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Chivaratanond collects Vincent Van Duysen bowls. Courtesy of When Objects Work.

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A painting by their son, Indra. Photograph by Jeremy Liebman.

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Artists Gedi Sibony and Kara Walker at the farewell dinner, New York. Courtesy of Shawn Brackbill.

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Photographs: Shawn Brackbill

Vergne, seated at the head of the table.

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A wall hanging by Heather Levine, another young artist on her radar. Photograph by Nicole LaMotte.

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The couple in front of their “bookshelf box,” New York. Chivaratanond wears J. Mendel dress. Photograph by Jeremy Liebman.

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Franz Erhard Walther’s Schichtzeichnung, 1978–’81, in their L.A. apartment. Photograph by Jeremy Liebman.

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Sturtevant’s Untitled (Empire State), 1997, in their L.A. apartment. Photograph by Jeremy Liebman.

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A detail of Doug Aitken’s 2010 Sonic dining table, which can be played like a percussion instrument. Photograph by Jeremy Liebman.

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Work by Michele Quan, a favorite young artist of Chivaratanond’s. Photograph by Jeremy Liebman.

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A Serge Mouille ceiling lamp above the Sonic dining table in the couple’s L.A. apartment. Photograph by Jeremy Liebman.

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Tired Seat P., 2005, by Nari Ward, in their Manhattan loft. Photograph by Shawn Brackbill.