A First Time for Everything

Last week, art partiers on both coasts turned out to celebrate firsts. In New York, the Museum of Modern Art opened "Take your time: Olafur Eliasson," the first comprehensive exhibition of Olafur Eliasson's work in the U.S. (which debuted at SFMoMA last fall), with a reception on April 16. Scads of high-profile guests turned up to marvel at the artist's large-scale installations, which will recreate the sights and sounds of his native Iceland for New York viewers through June 30. Among the celebs, ARTINFO spotted David Byrne, Michael Stipe, Kim Cattrall, and Rufus Wainwright.

Over on the left coast, L.A. welcomed the premiere of Los Angeles Art Weekend, a brand new arts festival celebrating art, architecture, design, and film in the big city, from April 10 to 13. Seen around town at various openings, screenings, talks, and art walks were the likes of of art-world bigwigs Lawrence Weiner, Pierre Huyghe, and Enzo Mari.

Check out the photo gallery to the left for pictures of the festivities.