Living with Legends
Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Art
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Presenting Moet and Bouquet Sammy Jos’ layered Pretty Plaid Meredith Coral Bow Margie Orange Swirl Sophie Under Salt Water Sophie with Laid Dovetail Coat Doucette Duvall Fall/Winter Presentation at the Hotel Chelsea
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Jackson Pollock would have turned 95 on January 28, but it’s never too late to celebrate. Take a look at jacksonpollock.org, which allows you to mouse around and create your own Abstract Expressionist masterpiece. (Be sure to click to change the color of your “paint.”) The site was created by an artist named Miltos Manetas,…
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If you dig this, and we’re sure you will, check out youtube.com where you’ll find Ms. Amelia doing "The Titanic," "The Godfather," and "The Night Before Christmas." Stay tuned, there’s more to come….
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Lisa Gruenberger performs her original work, "I’ll Never Sleep in the Chelsea Hotel," in honor of Patti Smith at her 60th birthday bash, Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, 12/28/06.
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The other night as we were giving a friend a tour of the building, and who should we run into but none other than the famed photographer Claudio Edinger! He was up on the 10th floor with a couple of friends, admiring Arthur Weinstein’s mobile. We chatted with Claudio briefly and he told us that…
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We met the cameraman Robin Adams when he was filming us for an episode of the Japanese T.V. show "Streets of New York." It turns out he stayed here back in 1990. Too bad he didn’t see any ghosts, because he would have been just the man to capture them on film. This time he…
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Cindy Gallop, out neighbor across the street at the old McBurney Y building, has a thing for the work of the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who lived here at the hotel with Patti Smith back in the 70s. (And hey, I bet he paid a few visits to the Y as well.) The other…
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Now you don’t even have to leave the safety of your home to enjoy Hawk Alfredson’s paintings. Supertone Surfin Dude Tim Sullivan has uploaded a virtual tour of Hawk Alfredson’s paintings. The video and the music were created by Ted Stauber.
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Filmmaker Roberto Bentivegna recently stopped by the Chelsea to film a short murder mystery. Thanks for giving us another ghost to be on the look out for! We hope he’s talking hypothetically when he says that he can’t think of a better place to kill oneself than the Chelsea Hotel. Oh, and if anybody knows…
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In response to our earlier post about the exclusion of Rene Ricard’s photo from "Edie: Girl On Fire" Sarah Weiss writes to reassure us that Rene will be in the movie: It is true that the absence of photos of Rene Ricard in Edie: Girl On Fire is a glaring omission and one which the…
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