Opening Night of Lucien Smith's "Macabre Suite" @ A Warehouse In The South Bronx

Last Thursday night, Keith Rubenstein and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn hosted artist Lucien Smithโ€™s "Macabre Suite," a one-night only art installation and epic party in the South Bronx to celebrate the purchase and the revitalization of the historic South Bronx Piano District by Rubensteinโ€™s Somerset Partners. Guests included the likes of Gigi Hadid, Naomi Campbell, Adrien Brody, Baz Luhrmann, and more. There was also a strong line up of musical performances from Frankie Bones, Kool Herc, Mess Kid, Lucas Vercetti, Tigga Calore, DJ Chase B with a finale by Travis Scott. Widely considered one of the most gifted artists of his generation, Lucien Smith conceived Macabre Suite as an โ€œart happeningโ€ inspired by the medieval genre danse macabre. A three-part exhibition evoking the seasonโ€™s morbid undertones, Macabre Suite consisted of a special dance performance by Kobe Kanty borrowing from a wide range of traditional movements such as Sioux Ghost Dance and Japanese Butoh, a central sculpture which was part of Smithโ€™s โ€œScrap Metalโ€ series and a selection of oil paintings and video. photographs by Angela Pham and Matteo Prandoni/BFA.