Living with Legends
Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Art
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London’s Scream Gallery, co-owned by Ronnie Wood, is the setting of Rene Ricard’s latest exhibition, "What Every Young Sissy Should Know". The typically reculsive Ricard even gave an interview to The Independent. According to Vito Schnabel, who curated the show, we need not worry if we can’t make it to London he’ll bring a similar…
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UPDATE — Both Elevators Are Now Out of Service! People are huffing and puffing up and down the stairs. The Service Elevator is being overloaded with equipment for fashion shoots and will probably soon be out of service too! I didn’t get a chance to check out the Pool Art Fair which took up most…
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It’s hard for me to even write about this, as it shows such a lack of respect for the Chelsea Hotel and its tradition of creativity, and of welcoming a like-minded public to share in that tradition. I can only point out that such incidents are past and parcel of BD’s intentional program of neglect…
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George Chemeche has written a poem which has to do with former Governor Spitzer. After the Fall The day the earth stood still, I understood the importance of being sober, vigilant, and cool. In our small town tavern, whispers had it, Breaking News are due any time soon. We held our breath, anticipating the impending…
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Mia Hanson called to remind us that today is the 5th anniversary of the death of the Japanese painter Hiroya. At least for now some of his art remains on the walls of the Hotel. So when you stand and gaze at the crazy graffiti paintings take a moment to recall the life of the…
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G.R. N’Namdi Gallery is pleased to announce the Opening Reception for Herbert Gentry’s retrospective exhibition, entitled “The Man, The Master, The Magic” celebrating over forty years of work on February 15th, 2008 from 6 until 10 pm. This retrospective exhibition runs from February 15th – April 12th, 2008. The opening reception is sponsored by Uptown…
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The ceiling in artist Michele Zalopany’s Chelsea Hotel apartment/studio has a leak—or rather several leaks. There’s a two-foot hole in her living room ceiling where the water pours through–buckets when it rains. Michele had to climb up on a ladder herself and remove the cracked and drooping plaster so it wouldn’t fall on somebody’s head. …
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This month’s Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art features an article on the painter and former Chelsea Hotel resident Ching Ho Cheng (January 2008, by Jonathan Goodman). Two of the pictures of Cheng’s work (The Cloud and Alchemical Process ) that appear in the issue were taken at the Chelsea. Some…
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Born on Christmas Eve, 1920, in New Orleans, Stormé worked professionally as a drag king and torch singer. Pictures of her in drag show her to be suave and handsome; uncompromisingly androgynous, you could mistake her for a man trying to look like a woman. In the forties through the sixties she was the emcee—or,…
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We hear that the annual toy drive hosted by the David Barton Gym was a great success this year. Photographer Linda Troeller attended and reports that there were tons of toys and an overflowing crowd. (Thanks to Linda for the photos.)
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