On Tuesday evening, May 7th Pierre Dumonteil and Franck Laverdin gave a reception at their gallery on 475 Park Avenue for the opening of the exhibition ' Big Cats" of the renowned Palm Beach neo pop animals painter Helmut Koller. Among guests were Helga Wagner, Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, Geoffrey Bradfield, Pierre Durand, Margaret Douglas Hamilton, Lucinda Herrick, Beatrice and C.C. Pei, Patricia and Jean Francois Bouzanquet, Arthur de Saint Vincent, Cyrille des Vallieres, Antoinette Botarelli, Roger Herz, Shaune Arp, Jacques Allouf, Antoine Blech, Roberta de Plano, Serena Calvet, Jean Baptiste Solanet, Brent Purin, Lisa Williams, Axel Marteau, Philip Lartigue, Yael Azoulay, Georgia Pangel, Saundra Santiago, Hello Chi, Roland de Linares, Arnoud de Nicolay, Richard Taittinger, Arnold Fisher, Sallie Brady, David Gilmor, Jean Kennedy Smith, Simone Galton, Elaine Uzan-Leary, Jorge Sarengo, JY Song, J.J. de Saint Andrieu. Helmut Koller is a regular contributor to the Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches in its mission to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat through endangered species propagation, education, health and wellness, field research, and conservation medicine; and assist the Palm Beach Zoo in its mission to provide an open-air classroom of living creatures to foster awareness, appreciation and respect for the natural world. Galerie Dumonteil, is located at 475 Park Avenue (between 57th & 58th Streets), New York City