Gagosian’s uptown gallery was quite a motley scene last Friday evening, as an unorthodox assortment of art enthusiasts gathered to toast and, of course, view Richard Prince’s latest exhibition, The Tiffany Paintings. A veritable social experiment: well-to-do Park Avenue types not-so-subtly investigated downtown fixtures like Max Snow while sipping wine in the back courtyard. Marc [...]
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Culture: Comfortable Looking at Other People Naked, Not So Sure About Itself
October 6, 2009 – 10:17 am
A week ago, the Tate gallery staged a large party to celebrate the opening of Pop Life, née Sold Out, its blockbuster investigation of the dominance of Warholian mass production in the art market. It seemed a fittingly hubristic affair, the after-party taking place in Tramp, a nightclub in the genteelly unfashionable St James’ – [...]
Luxury Cowboy
June 27, 2009 – 2:18 am
In light of this past season’s collaboration with Gerard Malanga, Adam Kimmel’s decision to hire Jim Krantz, who used to shoot for Marlboro (as in the cigarette), is hardly surprising. Kimmel sent Krantz down to the same Utah ranch he had used to photograph the Marlboro Man ads to shoot artist (and Kimmel regular) Dan [...]
