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"  Last night, &amp;quot;The Left Hand Is The Dreamer,&amp;quot; a selling exhibition of works by the legendary artist, author, actress, heiress, and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt, opened at the 1stdibs.com gallery in the New York Design Center. Featuring over 50 new works in gouache, pastels, and collage rendered in deep blues, dusty pinks, and soft lavenders, the show speaks to Ms. Vanderbilt&amp;#039;s whimsical imagination, conjuring up images of forgotten dreams, ethereal memories, and places from the past. Many of the works explore the idea of palmistry and the art of palm-reading, while others incorporate notes written by the artist to friends like Carol Matthau and Joyce Carol Oates. All of the works in &amp;quot;The Left Hand Is The Dreamer&amp;quot; were created between 2013 and 2014 and represent the first time she has worked in guache since 1947.  &amp;quot;Painting is the art form that gives me the most freedom,&amp;quot; Ms. Vanderbilt said, who was escorted at her show by her son, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. &amp;quot;The creative process is like getting on a train and not getting off.&amp;quot; Many of the American artist&amp;#039;s friends were on hand for the evening including jewelry designer Kenneth Jay Lane, film and theater director Michael Lindsey-Hogg, and composer and diarist Ned Rorem, as well as members of her family including Alfred Jr. and Consuelo Vanderbilt. The works, along with a salon-styled room Ms. Vanderbilt created with interior designer Matthew Patrick Smyth, will be on view through March 28.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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