Word: artiste
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...hair, tight jeans and hints of rocker-girl décolletage. The sound system throbs with the refrain "Lick it up, lick it up." And perched behind a velvet stanchion, in an unbuttoned silk shirt that reveals just the right amount of furry, well-carved chest, is the artist: Kiss guitarist and front man Paul Stanley. (See pictures of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame's 2009 nominees...
...gallery, which also sells pieces by a highly unlikely mix of artists ranging from Pablo Picasso to Rosie O'Donnell, Stanley's presence was a boon. By the time the show closed on Saturday evening, roughly three dozen works of art had sold, including a $10,000 bronze sculpture to a longtime Wentworth client who had never before acquired a piece by the artist formerly known as Starchild. Despite prevailing concerns about the flaccid economy, it had been a very good day. Stanley, however, says the rewards are more than monetary. "I like the idea that the snobbism is taken...
...walls in her bed (which is different, by the way, from her fate in the novel, where she's killed by a minor adversary). Watching in awe, I'm prodded to wonder why all movies can't be this bold, smart and elliptical. (Watch an interview with Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons...
College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter presented Aykroyd with his Artist of the Year Award, which also bore the signature of University President Drew G. Faust...
...galleries at Piers 92 and 94. If that seems too overwhelming, there are smaller venues, like Volta, an invitation-only showcase for galleries like Swiss dealer Haas & Fischer, with sculpture including Joshua Callaghan's "The 100 Year Anniversary Commemorative Model-T Ford," and London's Rokeby Gallery, with video artist Erica Eyres' short film about a female-only future. If you want to see actual Picassos, the city's museums are offering discounted admission. Armory Show: Piers 92 and 94 (12th Avenue at 55th Street); Volta: 7 West 34th Street at 5th Avenue...