Gagosian Gallery presents new paintings by Takashi Murakami. This is his first solo exhibition in Rome.

Wednesday night’s Surfrider Foundation’s programs benefit was the little sleeper hit of the night. Art Ruby buddy Tori Praver hosted the power silent auction and the dinner (along with Arc New York and Barneys) at the newly opened The Fat Radish. What do we mean by power? The auction artist group included Richard Phillips, Aaron Young, Art Box MVP Todd DiCiurcio, and Damien Hirst. So plenty to bid on, plenty to munch on, and plenty to discuss… Most intriguing art news of the night: Beautiful host Praver is collaborating with Damien Hirst, thus the donation. Eat your heart out Lara Stone. Most missed: Praver’s photog/surfer other half - Danny Fuller. He was plenty busy in Hawaii. Notables: DiCiurcio’s buddys Ed Westwick and Petra Nemcova, Jeisa Chiminazzo, Arc’s Ryan Brown and Lorenzo Marotne, Tom Florio, Ivan Bart, and Julie Gilhart. Best Quote: “I want to bid on Hirst, but I feel like I need to call my financial adviser first!” So who went home with that All You Need Is Love Love Love? Art Ruby did! Happy 1st birthday to us. [nggallery id=2]

The second edition of the bizzaro art-world-insider ceremony - Rob Pruitt's Art Awards will take place at the Guggenheim next month.