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FOURTH OF JULY 400+ MARKET ART + DESIGN’S pages to WEEKEND DEBUT! savor! THE MAIDSTONE CLUB CELEBRATES ITS 125TH! The Ultimate Guide to the BROOKE SHIELDS Philanthropic CURATES AT Party Scene ART SOUTHAMPTON 6 SUPERSTAR CHEFS PREPARE THE Refresh ULTIMATE BBQ + Renovate BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE BEST An Inside View of BREWMASTERS the Chicest Homes in the Hamptons PLUS RACHELLE HRUSKA MACPHERSON, ERIC FISCHL, AND PIPPA SMALL BLAKE STUNSLively THIS SUMMER IN THE SHALLOWS hamptons-magazine.com GREENGALE PUBLISHING, LLC SCENE EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT WILD “WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE KINGDOM SCHOOL IS THAT THEIR FOCUS IS ON TRADITIONAL ACTRESS BROO E SHIELDS CURATES A SPECIAL EXHIBITION TRAINING IN PAINTING, FOCUSED ON ANIMALS AND DRAWING, AND SCULPTURE, NATURE FOR THIS YEAR’S ART SOUTHAMPTON. SO THEY’RE ALL HIGHLY BY R. COURI HAY SKILLED ARTISTS”. Brooke Shields—actress, model, —BROOKE SHIELDS author, original Calvin Klein jeans ingénue, and onetime Tom Cruise nemesis—is expanding her repertoire to the visual arts. The Princeton grad has cocurated an exhibit for the New York Academy of Art titled “Call of the Wild.” Featuring more than 60 paintings and sculptures inspired by nature and the animal kingdom by alumni of the Academy (of which Shields is a board member), it will be shown at this year’s edition of the art fair Art Southampton, running from July 7 through 11. The theme seems apt, as the school’s MFA program has a long history of working with human mod- els as well as exotic animals brought in by handlers; the Academy also partners each year with the Westminster Kennel Club to run its art competition, with the winning work adorning the club’s annual post- card and official promotional poster. “What I love about the school is that their focus is on traditional training in painting, drawing, and sculpture, so they’re all highly skilled artists,” says Shields. “It’s like learning a language and mak- N ing sure that the fundamentals and Brooke Shields is ATIO no stranger to the C DI grammar are instilled.” Hamptons, where she N has a home with her I SY Shields has another tie to the school, established in 1982: Among husband and their two daughters: “We the Academy’s founders was Andy just realized how Warhol, a friend of Shields begin- happy it made us and what a great respite ning when she was a teen model. it was from the “What I think Andy would be craziness of our lives proud of, probably even more îî in New York City.” PHOTOGRAPHY BY NIGEL PARRY / CP HAMPTONS-MAGAZINE.COM 133 SCENE SOCIAL STUDIES White Lion, Angela Hinge, Nicolas V. Gram, 2016. Sanchez, 2016. so than just what the school Untitled, Loretta produces, is the supportive Mae Hirsch, circa 2016. left: nature of it,” she says. “It’s a Curators Brooke rigorous training course, but Shields and the support that the artists David Kratz, president of the have for one another—I think New York he would have loved that Academy of Art. because it’s very genuine. It’s not a cutthroat environment.” She Wrote–style series based On this particular afternoon, on the Flower Shop Mystery Shields is traveling to the books by Kate Collins, Shields Hamptons, where she and her plays a big-city lawyer who husband, Chris Henchy, have moves back to her hometown RT) a home. “We just realized how to open a flower shop after the happy it made us and what a death of her husband. “It’s great respite it was from the lighthearted comedy,” says the craziness of our lives in New actress, who is also an execu- K ACADEMY OF ART (A York City,” she says. They tive producer of the films. OR share the East End residence And in Daisy Winters, with their two daughters, Shields stars alongside a girl ages 10 and 13. “We have a who reminds her of herself dog now, and whenever I when she started in the busi- OFSY THE NEW Y take the dog on the beach, it ness. “I love the idea that I OURTE is literally one of the most have this longevity,” she says, peaceful times that I have.” “because I do think in this The trip out East comes at industry there is something to a perfect time: Shields just be said for still being around. BFA.COM (KRATZ); C finished filming Daisy Winters I don’t know about relevancy in Georgia, which she per se, but I definitely am squeezed in between shooting stubborn enough to be in the several Dearly Depotted made- game still.” Art Southampton for-TV movies in Ontario for runs July 7–11 at 60 Millstone the Hallmark Channel. For Road, Bridgehampton;. the latter project, a Murder, art-southampton.com SCHILDHORN/ JOE BY PHOTOGRAPHY 134 HAMPTONS-MAGAZINE.COM SCENE BEACH PATROL LET THE “YOU’RE GOING TO SEE ME GOOD RUSHING AND JUST TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY AND TIMES SEE ALL MY CUSTOMERS.” ROLL —ZACH ERDEM 75 MAIN’S ZACH ERDEM EXPANDS HIS EAST END HOSPITALITY EMPIRE WITH A NEW RESTAURANT, AN INN, AND TWO NIGHTLIFE VENUES. BY R. COURI HAY “I started as a bartender and loved the space,” says restaura- teur Zach Erdem, 32, about 75 Main, where he worked his way up to manager before eventually taking over as owner. “I loved the vocation, I loved the crowd, I loved the people we had, and it was always my target to one day own the restaurant.” This summer, Erdem has launched four new projects, including the Japanese restaurant Kozu, with a menu by Nobu alum John Keller. Behind Kozu, he unveiled a renovated late-night lounge, Summer House, which hosts renowned DJs, as well as an adjacent inn, Hotel ZE. Plus, there’s the massive night- club AM on Tuckahoe Lane, which can accommodate 1,000 patrons; it has been extensively redone, with new lighting and graffiti-covered walls, and fea- tures live acts, DJs, and dancers from the risqué Manhattan Opening Kozu was nightspot The Box. “You’ll see especially sweet for me running between those Erdem (seen at 75 places,” Erdem laughs. “You’re Main), who was fired from a going to see me rushing and just previous restaurant trying to make everyone happy occupying that space. (There were and see all my customers.” no hard feelings, Kozu, Summer House, Hotel ZE, however; his 136 Main St., Southampton, 619- former boss texted to congratulate 6660; AM, 125 Tuckahoe Lane, him: “I know you Southampton, 353-3888; 75 will do well. No one knows that place Main, 75 Main St., Southampton, better than you.”) 283-7575; 75maingroup.com . PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICK WENNER 136 HAMPTONS-MAGAZINE.COM.