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Our Frieze week went by in a blur of beauty. Alongside visiting as many exhibitions as we could, we co-sponsored two divinely beautiful dinners – The Wallace Collection Young Benefactors' Dinner, hosted with founder Quaid Childers, and the Friends of Emalin dinner with Benedict Winkler – cultivating new friends and welcoming new members to our community with gifts of vintage erotica, carefully curated by the Jouissance team.
Keep scrolling for all the aesthetically pleasing highlights, photographed by Alice Sharpe and Cherry Cheng.
Opposite: 'Nell Gwyn', Simon Verelst, c. 1680
Jouissance tablescaping at the Wallace Collection Young Benefactors' dinner
Emma Rose Schwartz at Brunette Coleman
Flowers for the Friends of Emalin dinner
'Thanks for everyone, I did it', Shafei Xia, 2024
Co-hosts Cherry Cheng [jouissance] and Quaid Childers at The Wallace Collection Young Benefactor's Dinner
'Roméo et Juliette', Leonor Fini, 1979
Guests reading their vintage books at the Friends of Emalin dinner
'Nerissa Garnett Reading at Charleston', Duncan Grant, Late-1950s
Guests at The Wallace Collection Young Benefactors' Dinner
'Triple Self Portrait', Suzanne Fairy, 1935
Friends of Emalin dinner co-hosts Cherry Cheng [Jouissance] and Benedict Winkler.
'Demain', Man Ray, 1929
Guests at the Friends of Emalin dinner
'Evening palace: Two Women on the Balcony', Marie Laurencin, 1915
Detail from The Wallace Collection Young Benefactors' Dinner
Anna Weyant at Gagosian
Guests at The Wallace Collection Young Benefactors' dinner
'Je ne trompe pas mes amants', Gerda Wegener, 1912
Detail from The 'Deceived Weakling' or 'Mockery of the Age', Meissen, c. 1745
"It was while writing a Diary that I discovered how to capture living moments," Anaïs Nin wrote. "In the Diary I only wrote of what interested me genuinely, what I felt most strongly at the moment, and I found this fervour, this enthusiasm produced a vividness which often withered in the formal work. Improvisation, free association, obedience to mood, impulse, brought forth countless images, portraits, descriptions, impressionistic sketches, symphonic experiments, from which I could dip at any time for material."
In tribute to Anaïs Nin, one of our foremost inspirations for Jouissance, our DIARY captures our most treasured moments, our obsessions and preoccupations, our research and the lessons we learn, and the work of our cherished friends and collaborators.
