Overheard in the Art World
Overheard in the Art World is back! And we're catching up on a few weeks of things we've overheard.
Overheard in the Art World is back! And we’re catching up on a few weeks of things we’ve overheard.
We’re in Soho on Tuesdays, the Lower East Side on Wednesdays, Chelsea on Thursdays. We go to openings, art fairs, auctions, performances, lectures, galas, member events, after-parties. (Oh the afterparties!) WE are the New York Art World, though we do travel, so we’re really everywhere.
Every Friday, we post things in “Overheard in the Art World.” #OHAW Honestly, art world, don’t take yourself so seriously.
Summer is here and while we haven’t heard word of the Chelsea Art Museum (does it still exist?) “summer solstice,” the atmosphere has informed us it is in fact summer. This week, the streets of Chelsea were H.O.T. (enough to keep the gallery hoppers away); a speaker was (also) hot for Cuomo; a gallery goer seemed to leave her clothes (off); and some in the art world might be over text-based art.
“It’s freakin hot, fuck art, let’s just go to a bar.”
— overheard on streets of Chelsea
“It’s hotter than gay sex out here.”
— overheard on streets of Chelsea
“Guys don’t make passes on girls who sweat.”
— overheard on streets of Chelsea
“I would rather slit my wrists than walk the High Line right now.”
— overheard on streets of Chelsea
“I didn’t know there were artists living outside of Bushwick.”
— overheard at Northside Art Festival
“[Talking on the Phone] Ok, I gotta go. Some guy just walked in and I think he’s really offended by my art.”
— overheard at an artist’s studio during Northside Art Festival
“Is this guy sleeping with Cuomo or does this speaker just really love his new regional arts economic development plan?”
— overheard at the info session for new arts funding
“Oh look, another ‘text-based’ show.”
— overheard a the Mary Ryan Gallery opening
“Is she coming to the opening? She left some clothes at my house.”
— overheard at the Friedman Benda opening
“Chinese lesbians are so cool.”
— overheard at Chambers Fine Art opening
“Can we not talk about your mom’s facial hair problem in front of the art please?”
— overheard at Mary Ryan Gallery opening
“I don’t like the men I sleep with to see my apartment.”
— overheard at Bushwick Open Studios
“We kick the tucus out of every other city!”
— says Christine Quinn at OHNY benefit
Guy: “I’m grinding again.”
Girl: “Gross”
Guy: “No, I mean I got back on Grinder.”
Girl: “Oh.”
— overheard at OHNY benefit
“It’s like a f**ing club in here”
— overheard at Meulensteen Gallery opening
“No way on Earth that guy is straight. Maybe on Mars … ”
— overheard at Tom Sach’s Space Program: Mars
