to buy your Artini tickets!
Don’t forget that Fall Fete tickets sold out last year creating a black market …
Did you know that in SE Asia (most notably Thailand & Burma) due to censorship and isolation paint, canvases and other art supplies must be bought on the black market … one would argue that this is probably a good indicator that these “emerging markets” aren’t quite ready to open up
I get alot of emails regarding which young benefactor group to join in DC. There are several to choose from and if you are familiar with some of my past posts it’s obvious which one I believe in enough to be affiliated – and that is the 1869 Society at The Corcoran Gallery of Art.
For several reasons: The programming at the Corcoran Gallery is the most progressive; Yes, I’m sure moms in Virginia are more pumped about the Ansel Adams show than me, but an evening with Annie Leibovitz or Jeremy Blake is much more enticing than another Turner Retrospective.
The other members are commmitted and vibrant supporters of the regional art community. You can always count on meeting someone enriching and enjoying some event or exhibition that has its finger on the pulse of what’s important in today’s art world – not what was fashionable 400 years ago.
1869′s first event is the scavenger hunt during the cultural cocktails evening:
Cultural Cocktails
Thursday, October 18 at 6:30 p.m.
1869 Society FREE, Members $10, Public $24
What was the age of the photographer in the oldest of the prints in Ansel Adams? Which Annie Leibovitz photograph is being exhibited to the public for the first time here at the Corcoran? Join us for Find the Photograph, a Corcoran scavenger hunt on October 18, for a chance to win complimentary tickets to the 1869 Society’s Fall Fête: Natural Glamour in Black and White. Light Hors d’oeuvres and open bar.
Hope to see you there!
Annie Leibovitz’s renditon of the 1869 Society:
Just kidding – its from her Marie Antoinette shoot – sorry guys, Kirsten Dunst is not a member
These are the regional events and auctions that will be determining my Fall season…
October 5th – 8 to midnight in DC
October 7th – Noon in Chicago
Wright20’s auction of the Marcel Breuer Wolfson Trailer House
October 11th – 7 to 9pm in NY
A D A M . S T E N N E T T
U S E . O N L Y . A S . D I R E C T E D
October 11 – November 10, 2007
3 1 G R A N D
143 Ludlow Street
New York, NY 10002
Adam Stennett
Harmful or Fatal if Swallowed, 2007
Video DVD; one framed video still
Dimensions variable
Ed. of 3 (and on a personal note – this is by another 31GRAND artist, Barnaby Whitfield and its my latest acquisition…
The Prestige, 2007, Pastel on paper, 28.5 x 36 in.)
Oct. 13th – 7pm in DC
Luster – Lee Jensens Brake Service
1333 14th Street, NW
and FYI, it’s also Philippa’s birthday so everyone should please bring her a gift for all she has done for DC’s art community…
Oct 20th – XinDC at BeBar in DC(thank you for letting me curate in August)Oct 27th – Kahn & Selesnick: Eisbergfreistadt opening at Irvine Contemporary in DC– 6-8pm
November 10th – 7 to Midnight. In DC
The 1869 Society of The Corcoran Gallery – Fall Fete
This is going to be the best party of the season, I guarantee. Come and spend the evening with Ansel, Annie, Me and my fabulous friends and associates who are acting as our hosts for the event: Holly Rich, Anne Surak, Karin Tanabe, Raul Zahir De Leon, Lauren Saks and Brian Corrigan.
November 17th – 7 to 10pm
4th Annual Transformer Silent Auction & Benefit Party
John Dreyfuss’ Studio at Halcyon House
3400 Prospect Street, NW Ticket information: www.transformergallery.org
December 5th – Sotheby’s New York
Sale of The Guennol Lioness -a carved figure of a lioness which was created approximately 5,000 years ago in the region of ancient Mesopotamia -it is estimated to sell for $14/18 million.
December 5-9th – in South Beach Art Basel Miami Beach We’re showing at SCOPEMiami – come and say hello!
December 10th Week – Sotheby’s New York
Sale of the Magna Carta from Ross Perot’s private collection (which has been housed at the at the National Archives in DC forever) wonder what happened to prompt this…
