Steve Martin's Art

By Stephen M. Silverman

09/12/1997 at 12:00 AM EDT

Comedian, actor, author, playwright banjo player, singer and the March 25 Oscar host Steve Martin plans to let it all hang out in Las Vegas. His art collection, that is. Martin, 55, plans to display 28 examples of his modern and contemporary collection starting in April 7 at the Bellagio Hotel on the Vegas Strip. "The real reason," Martin says in the catalogue for this first-ever show of his, is because "it sounds like fun." Among those whose work will be on display, according to the Associated Press: Pablo Picasso, Georges Seurat, Roy Lichtenstein, Edward Hopper and David Hockney.