Tag Archives: paris

Good-Bye Philippe Waty

April 9, 2012 – 11:53 am

Tomorrow in Paris friends of Philippe Waty will be gathering to say good-bye. He was a good guy.

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The Touch Of Art

December 5, 2011 – 5:22 am

Famed ad exec and art collector Charles Saatchi lambasted the present hideousness of the art market on the UK Guardian’s commentary pages on the art market. “Art critics mainly see the shows they are assigned to cover by their editors, and have limited interest in looking at much else. Art dealers very rarely see the […]

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The Streets Of Paris

November 18, 2011 – 6:09 am

Thirteen years was a long time to stay away from Paris. The city had traded on the grime of the 20th Century for cleansed stones. The streets were avenues of luxury stores. I spent most of the morning searching for a beret. I had no success. Paris might be eternal, however it was not the […]

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Go Civic Go

October 1, 2011 – 2:27 am

In 1982 I drove a VW Golf GTI from Paris to Bruxelles Aeroport. My mission was to pick up Valdmar, a New York DJ. He was going to spin records at the Rex Club for the magazine Actuel. On the way I noticed Benzs and BMWs cruising at 180 KPH or 100 mph and decided […]

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Britain Go Home

March 6, 2011 – 6:36 pm

I’m a peaceful drinker. My local on Fulham Street is only two blocks from my atelier. The regulars have accepted as one of them rather than ‘one of Them’. The core of the bar numbers about ten. We converse about racism, neighborhood change, Mississippi cops, the Celtics, Knicks, Prince versus Michael Jackson, food, and pretty […]

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