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...proper blandness, the place was creatively ugly. Most of it consisted of nothing but a central lobby, plastic glassy skylights, and a semi-cubistic chandelier. All in all, little more than a retarded version of Miami Beach. Except that off to one side of the lobby, roped off with velvet covered ropes, was a plaster bust of JFK painted to look bronze...
Gone were the velvet mounts, the El Grecos and the Goyas, all removed to temporary quarters. In their place were white walls and gray carpeting. And for the first time in the museum's history, the moderns held center stage. The show, "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970," was organized by the Met's controversial curator of contemporary arts, Henry Geldzahler (see box, page 81). A gargantuan display spreading over 35 galleries, a space that would easily accommodate the entire Museum of Modern Art, it traces the ascendancy of Abstract Expressionism through its later manifestations in hard...
Sweet Fruit. For the ceremony, Jackie and Arlo placed crowns (plastic) of stephanotis and ivy leaves in their hair, and were attired in fairyland white-the bride in a shimmering velvet gown and train with lace trim, the bridegroom in a puffed-sleeve shirt and bell-bottom trousers. While the dogs barked a processional, Folk Singer Judy Collins sang Leonard Cohen's Suzanne ("She's touched your perfect body with her mind"). Arlo's mother read a poem that Woody, who died in 1967, had written years ago for his son's wedding: "May your gladness...
...movie stars born in the Southwest. They are Carol Burnett, Joan Crawford, Linda Darnell, Dolores Del Rio, Greer Garson, Dorothy Malone, Mary Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Ginger Rogers, and Ann Sheridan. They are all standing, sitting, or lounging in what looks like a long pink powder room. Their cushions are velvet. And they're all in stunning silky gowns. They're beautiful. They're all smiling...
...effect was nonetheless smashing. The lady's hair was done up in a geisha girl's double bun and her eyes were shadowed to achieve a slight upward slant. The dress, on the other hand, was a frilly white lace affair with a high puffed collar and velvet ribbons -quite British and faintly Victorian. Lord Snowdon took the photograph of his wife sitting in the tall grass of what appeared to be a country meadow (actually part of their Kensington Palace gardens in downtown London), and there was a certain amount of tongue-in-cheek involved. Princess Margaret...