Living with Legends
Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Art
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The Chelsea community was saddened by the recent passing of one of its legends: artist, sculptor, and filmmaker Doris Chase. Doris moved into the Chelsea in 1972, after raising a family and divorcing her husband, and lived here for 30 years, though she split her time between New York and her native Seattle. Doris is most…
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Here’s an account of a dinner party thrown by Chelsea Hotel legend Arnold Weinstein (30-plus years in residence), Broadway librettist (“Red Eye of Love”) and famous Bon Vivant, known and loved by many at the hotel. It seems Arnold’s dinner parties must have been quite memorable, because poet Jascha Kessler still recalls this one. But…
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Scott Walker documentarian speaks to Chelsea Hotel resident Mia Hanson on the eve of the long- awaited U.S. debut of his film, 30 Century Man. (portrait by Mia Hanson) It's been a very busy year for filmmaker Stephen Kijak. He's back home in NYC just long enough to oversee the weeklong IFC screenings of 30…
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You don't mess with Rico, see. Our fellow Chelsea Hotel resident and pro-Bard activist Arthur Nash has a new book due out soon, "American Gangster: An Illustrated History of the Mob," (Madison Press Books, 2009). The book features rare photos and gangster-related artifacts from Nash's personal archives that he assembled over 15 years. For a…
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According to the New Yorker (Oct. 6) in 1993 artist Elizabeth Peyton had a show in room 828 of the Chelsea Hotel. That was Herbert Huncke’s old room — in fact I thought he was living there then, but if that is correct the show must have taken place before he moved in. Most recently…
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Friends and neighbors of the late Arthur Weinstein came together to celebrate his memory last Sunday on the Highbar roof. Read Steve Lewis’ account of the event in Black Book. Our esteemed proprietor Stanley Bard was among the Chelsea Hotel celebrities on hand to offer their tributes to Arthur. As Lewis points out, the economic…
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Ching ho Cheng lived at the Chelsea Hotel during the 70s and counted many of its most fabulous and creative residents among his personal friends including: Henry Geldzahler, Larry Rivers, David Hockney, Vali Myers, Richard Bernstein, Charles James and Dee Dee Ramone. Shepherd Gallery is pleased to present Ching ho Cheng’s first retrospective and their…
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In route from Nashville Tennessee to the DNC, former Chelsea Hotel resident Kyle Taylor brought his DonJon platform to the streets of Chelsea for a few hours yesterday. Lots of people happily jumped on the bus for the Last Great American Road Trip. It remains to be seen if they’ll make it to the DNC. …
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