LOS ANGELES — Evelyn Lau­der played Beverly Hills artist-in-residence last week when her "Perceptions of Beauty" photography exhibit decorated the walls of the Gagosian Gallery for three days.

Lauder, dressed in a black Michael Kors number she chose for its high waist and vintage bodice, said at a reception at the gallery on April 12 that proprietor Larry Gagosian called her multiple times to compliment her art. "He said, 'I really thought it was a young, new artist,'" she recounted.

The photographs, which raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation founded by Lauder, had a turn from March 20 to 21 at San Francisco's John Berggruen Gallery before landing in Southern California. Frequent subjects of the work are flowers, ceramic lady-head vases and natural settings.

One of Lauder's favorite images is of orange calla lilies bathed in natural light and bunched in a glass vase on a wooden tabletop. "I schlepped that vase all the way down to Miami for Art Basel," Lauder recalled. "I woke up in the morning and the sun was coming in, and I grabbed the camera." — Rachel Brown

Clinique Names Mackler Vice President

Clinique has appointed Stacy Mackler vice president of global communications. Mackler, who will officially take the post on Monday, was most recently senior vice president of global consumer marketing and director of fashion and beauty at Manning Selvage & Lee. At Clinique, Mackler will report to Lynne Greene, global president of Clinique, and Marianne Diorio, senior vice president of global communications for the Estée Lauder Cos.