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Dali’s Not So Dreamlike Retrospective at the Pompidou
I’ve always thought of Dali as an acquired taste; a taste that I can safely say intrigues me and I really enjoy, but it’s one that I was not so fond of five years ago. As a result, I didn’t think twice about hoping on the train and going to Paris to see his […]
My friend Marcel [Duchamp]
February 19, 2013
Marcel Duchamp… where to start? A very complex and complicated show that I saw yesterday at the Barbican Center, London about Duchamp and his influence over Rauschenberg, Johns, Cage and Cunningham left me brain fried. It seems like the curators tried to make connections and draw conclusions where there might not be any, and that […]
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Man Ray’s “Galactic Pantheon of 20th Century” Celebrities
February 18, 2013
As cliché as it may sound, I really wish I had lived in Paris during the 20’s. Is that too much to ask? I went to see Man Ray’s Portraits show at the National Portrait Gallery and I left wishing I could have been someone’s muse or actress or model back then. Maybe I could […]
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All Eyes on Sotheby’s London Tonight
February 12, 2013
In a few hours, 2013’s acclaimed Post-War & Contemporary auction season in London will commence. Kicking off the year with a booming 56 lot sale will be Sotheby’s. Along with its dynamite competitor Christie’s, the auction houses usually flip a coin to see who goes first, and then Phillip’s follows. Tonight’s evening auction will set […]
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Dan Colen – The Bubble Gum Boy
February 10, 2013
I had the most amazing flashback a few days ago when I went to see the Post-war and Contemporary sale preview at Phillip’s, London. A very good friend of mine who works there dragged me over to a medium size, white canvas with De Kooning-like colorful lines and squiggles, and told me to get close […]
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