Sofia Coppola's Chic Lunch Club Is the Invitation Everyone Wants

How four artists found sisterhood over pasta and arancini.

Mar. 18, 2026 at 5:00pm

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A group of four acclaimed female artists - filmmaker Sofia Coppola, sculptor Rachel Feinstein, writer-director Tamara Jenkins, and artist Sarah Sze - have been gathering for a regular lunch together for over a decade. The women, who are also mothers, have formed a supportive community where they can discuss their art, share advice, and find inspiration from one another.

Why it matters

This story highlights the importance of female creative professionals coming together to support each other's careers and personal lives. In an industry that has historically been male-dominated, these women have found strength and camaraderie in their shared experiences of balancing motherhood and artistic ambitions.

The details

The group, which includes Coppola, Feinstein, Jenkins, and Sze, first started meeting for lunch around 10 years ago. They were introduced to each other through mutual connections in the art and film worlds, including artist Lisa Yuskavage and producer Jim Taylor. Over the years, they have served as sounding boards and cheerleaders for each other's creative projects, with Coppola crediting the group for encouraging her to make the film 'The Beguiled', which won her the Best Director award at Cannes in 2017.

  • The group has been gathering for lunch for around 10 years.
  • Coppola won the Best Director award at Cannes in 2017 for 'The Beguiled'.

The players

Sofia Coppola

An Oscar-winning filmmaker known for movies like 'The Beguiled' and 'Lost in Translation'.

Rachel Feinstein

A sculptor and installation artist who had a solo show at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach in 2024.

Tamara Jenkins

A writer-director whose credits include 'Slums of Beverly Hills', 'Private Life', and 'The Savages', for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Sarah Sze

An artist who recently had a solo show of her large-scale paintings and video installations at Gagosian in Beverly Hills. She won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003 and represented the United States at the Venice Biennale in 2013.

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What they’re saying

“Too many salads?”

— Sofia Coppola

“I'm all for salads. Do you guys want to get anything, like, fried and nasty?”

— Rachel Feinstein, sculptor

“She's always got so much going on, it's incredible. Like, I don't know how she does her life.”

— Rachel Feinstein, sculptor

“And she's always cheerful and relaxed.”

— Sofia Coppola

“My mom always had her girlfriends, and they each always really struggled with being a mother and a wife and an artist. Our mothers' generation didn't have that figured out. We're trying to figure it out.”

— Sofia Coppola

The takeaway

This story highlights the importance of female creative professionals coming together to support each other's careers and personal lives. The four women in this 'lunch club' have found strength and inspiration in their shared experiences, demonstrating how collaborative communities can help women in male-dominated industries thrive both professionally and personally.