Yoshitomo Nara Museum Gala @ Asia Society

Yoshitomo Nara & Timothy Blum of Blum & Poe

It’s been a wild few weeks of activity in which Yoshitomo Nara & Asia Society blessed the city of New York with a series of statues along Park Avenue, an Open-Studio Visit and a fantastic retrospective. It would be only fitting to send Nara-san back to Japan with a big bash. And indeed, earlier this week, Asia Society hosted a museum gala for its distinguished guest artist with many of the art scene’s who’s who was in attendance. A fun time was had by all as DJ Yo La Tengo & High Teen Boogie provided the entertainment while food and drinks flowed continuously.

Check it all out after the jump.

Nara rockin it with HTB on stage

Nara & High Teen Boogie

High Teen Boogie

Eric Shiner (curator at Warhol Museum) & Matsu

AM with Nara & Matsu

Yoshitomo Nara & Tomokazu Matsuyama

Remember when we mentioned that the first 50 attendees to the gala would recieve a special signed poster by Yoshitomo Nara? Well below are images of the actual signed posters for people who pre-donated for admittance. Each 18 x 24 inch vintage image was hand signed by Nara in an edition of 25.

Lonely -18 x 24 - 1 of 25 signed

Pyromanic Day & Pyromaniac Dead of Night - 18 x 24 - 1 of 25 signed

Dancefloor was redecorated to resemble a prom

Nara drawing on the guitar backstage

Matsu, Laura & Akie

Discuss Yoshitomo Nara here.