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Gwyneth Paltrow to Headline Keynote Program, asWorld-Renowned Designers Gather for the 2016 Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville
Famed designer Bunny Williams named Honorary Chair; Louis Benech and Shane Connolly to talk floral and landscape design trends
NASHVILLE, Tenn. November 16, 2015 — Academy Award winning actress and Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow, will be the Featured Speaker for the Keynote Program at the 26thannual Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville, which will take place at Music City Center during President’s Day weekend, February 12-14, 2016.
For this year's Keynote Program, Paltrow will take the stage for a conversation with interior designer Windsor Smith, as the close friends share insights on their enviable personal design and lifestyle aesthetics. Paltrow wrote the forward to Smith’s most recent book, “Windsor Smith Homefront: Design for Modern Living.”
The three-day event, presented by TVV Capital and lifestyle sponsor Goop, is the largest show of its kind in the country with more than 150 fine antiques and horticultural vendors. The Show draws crowds of up to 12,000 to shop, view the spectacular garden spaces and attend lectures.
“We’re absolutely thrilled to host Ms. Paltrow as our special guest,” said event co-chair Amy Liz Riddick. “Her eye for design is impeccable, and we can’t wait to hear her exclusive insights.”
Paltrow is the founder of Goop, a lifestyle website that offers curated recipes, tips and more. Her passion for interior design, effortlessly chic style and wellness will bring her to Nashville alongside several celebrated designers.
The 2016 Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville will also include design lectures and panels with Honorary Chair Bunny Williams, Brian McCarthy, Mark Sikes, Suzanne Rheinstein and Brian Murphy. In addition, garden lectures will be offered by French landscape designer Louis Benech and British floral designer Shane Connolly.
Benech most recently redesigned the Water Theater Grove at Versailles, the first new commission at the palace since the era of Louis XVI. Connolly, aptly dubbed “The Flower Maestro” by Flower Magazine has brought his expert eye to the floral world for over 25 years – including the wedding ofHis Royal Highness Prince William and Catherine Middletonin April 2011.
“Louis Benech and Shane Connolly epitomize what makes the Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville a one-of-a-kind event,” said co-chair Elizabeth Coble. “The show is a celebration of the best in home and garden design, and they both offer nothing short of that.”
These renowned designers and authors will discuss current and traditional design elements, and how to best incorporate antiques into the modern lifestyle. Further discussion and book signings will follow each event. In addition, Clinton Smith, editor-in-chief of Veranda and author of “The Romance of Flowers,” and David DiBenedetto, senior vice president and editor-in-chief of Garden & Gun and the editor of “The Southerner's Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories,” will also be hosting book signings.
Tickets and a full schedule of the 2016 Antiques and Garden Show are available atwww.antiquesandgardenshow.com.
About the Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville
The Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville brings together top interior designers, landscape architects and purveyors of fine furnishings for a three-day event that showcases the elements – indoors and outdoors – that make a house a home. The charitable event was founded in 1989 by Connie Cigarran and the late Sigourney Cheek. It is produced in partnership with theEconomic Club of Nashville, formerly The Nashville Exchange Club, and over 200 volunteers. Since its founding, The Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville has raised over $6 million for Cheekwood, as well as many Nashville charities supported by The Economic Club, such as Big Brothers of Nashville, Fannie Mae Battle Home for Children, Martha O’Bryan Center, the W.O. Smith Nashville Community Music School and the YWCA of Nashville.
Aboutgoop
In2008, Gwyneth Paltrow establishgoop, one of the rare places on the web where food, shopping, and mindfulness collide—where the ever-evolvingintentis to make every choice count. Launched out of GP’s kitchen,goopwas originally conceived as a weekly e-mail newsletter. The conceptwas two-fold: She wanted a place to organize her unbiased travel recs, health-centric recipes, and shopping discoveries for friends, and also wanted to get her own questions—about health, fitness, and the psyche—answered. Now,goophas become a place to meet incredible experts who are pioneering new paths for the latter, and a place where readers can find suggestions about where to shop, eat, and stay from a trusted friend—not from an anonymous, crowd-sourced recommendation engine. It’s also now a tightly-editede-commerce boutique, where you can find everything from the perfect white top, to the ideal dutch oven, along with exclusive collaborations with designers.
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