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Roberta Smith smackdown

I have to admit that Matt Greene’s show at Deitch was not one of my favorite things I’ve seen lately. Roberta Smith, in the New York Times, seems to agree. Her review begins:

Matt Greene’s résumé includes lots of the right names in terms of galleries, critics and museum shows, but the paintings in his New York gallery debut disappoint. They seem conservative, thin and calculated to appeal to young, straight, male hedge-fund managers with a yen for lap dances and a taste for magazine illustrations from the 1960s.

Wow, talk about diminishing the brand!

I would not think that associating the Gucci name with Donald Trump is really a plus.

Gucci inks deal for Trump Tower flagship, Crain’s New York

Luxury retailer Gucci Group has made plans to move its flagship to Trump Tower and create the world’s largest Gucci store.

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Gucci will relocate to the new site from its current holding at 685 Fifth Ave., at East 54th Street, in 2008.

 

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The image above is from the DVD of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, directed by Peter Sellars. It is set in a luxury apartment in Trump Tower. It’s very 80s. The countess has a Princess Di haircut.

Friends in the papers

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Horn & Hardart building at Broadway and 104th Street
(amNewYork Photo/Lane Johnson)

Several people I know are in the paper today. Susan Dessel is in an article in AM New York about the attempts to save the Horn & Hardart building at Broadway and 104th Street.

Ed and Debbie Hamilton, whom we met at our place finally last week, have a piece on the editorial page of the New York Times (!) about their Hotel Chelsea Blog.

[photo from AM New York]

WAGMAG benefit tonight

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Yes, there’s ArtCal for making a list, but given the street layout of Williamsburg, we always use a map to plot out the most efficient course when we visit the galleries there. And we always use a copy of WAGMAG.

This indispensable resource is having a fund raiser tonight. It works the same as Momenta Art’s benefit: buy a ticket, and when your number is called you get to choose a work from among those remaining. Tickets are $150. You can view the works today from 1-6PM if you need a preview to make your list.

Reception and Raffle of work Saturday Dec. 16th, 7-9
The Front Room is at 147 Roebling St.
(the corner of Roebling & Metropolitan, Brooklyn).

Works by:
Amanda Alic, Mike Asente, Sarah Barker, Cecelia Biagini, Kelly Bowman, Thomas Clark, Ethan Crenson, Greg Curry, Linda DiGusta, Hubert Dobler, Elise Engler, Benjamin Evans, Diego Fernandez, Peter Fox, Linda Ganjian, Erik Guzman, Jerelyn Hanrahan, Jody Hanson, Randall Harris, Sean Hemmerle, Amy Hill, Eric Hollander, Curt Hoppe, Mary Hrbacek, Richard Humann, Fran Kornfeld, Peter Krebs, Ben La Rocco, Eliot Lable, Jesse Lambert, Yulia Lanina, Pauline Lethen, Dominick Lombardi, Stephen Maine, Eliot Markell, Karen Marston, Mark McGloughlin, Loren Munk, Aron Namenwirth, Ivan Navarro, Alexandra Newmark, Russel Parish, Gelah Penn, Deborah Pohl, Carl Pope, Lisa Reddig, Ron Richter, Grace Roselli, Daniel Rosenbaum, Todd Rosenbaum, Emily Roz, Carol Salmanson, Secret Project Robot, James Sheehan, Judith Simonian, Patricia Smith, Carri Skoczek, Deborah Spiroff, Sto , Miho Suzuki, Jim Torok, Jeanne Tremel, Joanne Ungar, Rosa Valado, Kathleen Vance, Don Voisine, Nancy Wechter, Jessica Weiss, David Wells, Mary Westering, Mark Wiener, Mika Yokobori, Dan Zeller

Go here for images of some of the works.

We’ll be there, so say “hi!”

MacHeist

For the Mac geeks in the audience, this is an interesting idea: 10 Mac apps for just $49 (over 85% off) and have 25% donated to a charity of your choice. I was already planning to buy the Delicious Library for cataloging CDs. If they hit $100K, we all get TextMate for free, which is what really interests me.