Living with Legends
Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Art
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George’s work hangs in the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea where many have admired it for years. Last year, we had the pleasure of hearing George read his poems of life and love in the Chelsea at the Bowery Poetry Club. Like many Chelsea residents, George was a long time member of McBurney Y until…
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One of the most interesting friendships to grow out of the early 70s Hotel Chelsea scene must be that between drag-queen actor Holly Woodlawn and artist Vali Myers. Woodlawn, who was immediately intrigued by Myer’s facial tattoos recalls Vali as being “like an aborigine priestess. She was a pleasure to be around, and I admired…
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From an article in the New York Times about the Chelsea gallery scene. Daniel Reich, another Chelsea dealer, has opened a second space at a place that so far seems inured to gentrification: the Chelsea Hotel. Called Daniel Reich temp., it will reopen in March with a group show organized by Nick Mauss. (Source: NYTimes,…
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Robert’s answers are succinct, but as they say, a painting is worth a thousand words. Robert sent us a recent photo taken in his studio, which is located in a room formerly inhabited by Arthur C. Clarke. In between stops at the Chelsea, Robert can be found cafe sitting at La Palette in Paris. How…
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Readers of this blog are going to be thrilled to learn that one of our nice neighbors has taken this crazy Internet thing to the next level and launched Chelsea Hotel Vlogs and Pods. Before it’s too late to vote, let them know which "dead or near dead resident you’d like to hear from in…
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Painter Jan Cremer has added more photos taken at the Chelsea Hotel to his website.Jan & Nico, and Jan in room 403 in 1966.
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Revolutionary drag-queen, Warhol superstar, and actor Holly Woodlawn was at a high point in her career when she moved into Hotel Chelsea. She had just starred in Warhol’s crossover hit Trash for which she received outstanding notices. Famous ‘women’s director’, George Cukor [the Philadelphia Story, the Women, My Fair Lady‘], was so taken by Woodlawn’s…
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From WFMU’s Beware of the Blog comes a tale of a failed suicide here at the Hotel Chelsea. I find it hard to believe that someone jumped from the roof and lived. Perhaps this is the guy we heard of who flung himself down the stairwell and bounced back and forth off of the wrought…
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And Renee Ricard hides in his room. If Sienna had waited until the holidays to stop by maybe she could have caught the slug fest that went down in the lobby between Renee and The Painter. Sienna wants to hear Edie’s voice and has been told that the brilliant artist René Ricard might have rare…
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Sculptor Allen Jones mentions the Chelsea in a recent issue of the London Times.The painter and sculptor Allen Jones, 58, came to fame as a pop artist in the 1960s and is best known for his "furniture sculptures" of women in fetish gear. We were living in New York when we found out we were…
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