THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 90 OCTOBER 16, 2019
Photographed by Claudia LuciaHOLLYWOOD DESIGNMAKING ART ‘FLOW’
IN BEVERLY HILLS
CRAZY RICH ASIANS PRODUCER SIDNEY KIMMEL AND PHILANTHROPIST AND
WIFE CAROLINE CONSOLIDATED PIECES FROM FOUR HOMES INTO A NEW ABODE:
‘IT WAS LIKE PLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHESS’ BY ABIGAIL STONEhen producer Sidney Kimmel
and his wife, Caroline,
decided to concentrate their
life in Beverly Hills last year,
combining the art that they’ve
collected over the years in
their Malibu, New York City, Palm Beach
and Aspen homes proved to be a challenge.
“I started to think how I could make that art
read all together in this environment and not
feel as if it’s a museum,” says Caroline of the
$27 million, 6,330-square-foot home.
The “design program was led by a Chinese
screen,” an 18th century work that measures
nearly 10 feet tall by 15 feet wide, she says. “If
I could find a wall big enough, then I could
dial in the entire design.” Sidney discovered
a house that fit the criteria while reading
THR’s real estate section in late 2017. Once the
house closed, I-Grace Construction, which had
worked on the couple’s Malibu property, found
split-faced travertine in Italy to add height to
the walls. With the support of designer Chris
Barrett and SUBU Design Architecture’s May
Sung, the Kimmels met their target of moving
in within eight months.
One of the newly created walls showcases
Giacomo Manzù’s Buste de Inge from the
Malibu residence, flanked by two large 1930s
French Deco hand-painted vases found at1
Sidney and Caroline
Kimmel were
photographed Oct. 1
at their home in
Beverly Hills in front
of a Georgia O’Keeffe.
Alberto Giacometti’s
Grande Femme
Assise and Giacomo
Manzù’s Passo di
danza sculptures vie
for second billing in
the living room.
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Jim Dine’s Tw o
Hearts was a gift
from Sidney to
Caroline, painted
to celebrate their
1999 wedding. It sits
outside the bedroom,
which features
Marc Chagall’s
Painter Over Vitebsk.W
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