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/ MARCH 2011
The enigmatic soprano Marina Poplavskaya sounds
off on New York, La Traviata and bad press by Rachel Morgan
I interviewed Marina Poplavskaya in attention like her onstage persona. She doesn’t
the press office of the Metropolitan Opera, articulate every thought and whim without a
where everything is either covered in red second thought.
velvet carpet—even the walls and banisters— Perhaps she has learned her lesson.
or adorned with some sort of chintzy chrome In the December 6 issue of The New Yorker,
fixture. in Gay Talese’s essay “Travels With a Diva,”
Poplavskaya was dressed all in black, save Poplavskaya was painted as a very nearly insuf-
for a simple silver chain around her neck. Her ferable diva, difficult and unyielding, someone
hair, that infamous curtain of thick blond, was who complained about hotels, food, flies and just
twisted back from her face in a simple braid. about everything else.
She didn’t seem to want attention, unexpected “You have to understand that I felt a great
for the woman I have read to be a “diva,” an friendship with Gay and his wife. He’s an ex-
unbelievably talented Russian soprano with a traordinary man,” she said.
personality that fills up a room, a woman who And then, the truth.
as a 9-year-old traveled alone to audition for the “Sometimes you give an interview and you tell
Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. the story of your life, and it doesn’t fit the page
Poplavskaya played the title role in the Met and they chop it. Then it becomes a completely
Opera’s modernist production of La Traviata, different story.”
which ran earlier this year and was directed by Poplavskaya seems perfectly aware of the
Willey Decker. This was her second consecutive impression the article left.
Verdi headliner for the Met Opera, as she played “I think [he] left very strong points,” she said.
Elisabeth in Don Carlo in November. “He wrote everything, that’s the sad part. He
Onstage, Poplavskaya became Violetta, a wrote in his article everything was my private
sharing as a friend with him, with the part of
like Moscow.’
brilliant writer like Gay Talese lives next door
and goes to rehearsals with you, and just writes
every bit.”
As for the title, the primly printed “diva,”
fallen woman on the brink of death but on the a four-letter word to some, Poplavskaya isn’t
cusp of true love. She wore a vibrant red dress offended.
and matching Stuart Weitzman heels onstage. “People understand the word ‘diva’ in the
“Love, sacrifice—those are the main themes,” most opposite ways,” she said. “Diva comes from
Poplavskaya said. “It’s a theme of eternal, soul- divine; a diva is a god, something that is beyond
searing love. It strikes you in an embrace until human understanding, something which is
the end.” extraordinary.”
And she is right—onstage, Poplavskaya truly And on that note, I’ll have to agree with Mr.
was Violetta, and there was neither a doubt nor a Talese.
crack in her perfect armor. As for her thoughts on New York, Poplavs-
She describes opening night as if she weren’t kaya slipped easily into the role of a native. She
the seasoned performer she is. frequents eateries like Café Fiorello, Milo’s and
“Petrifying, absolutely petrifying,” she said of Marea. She stays with a friend in her Upper
the opera’s New Year’s Eve debut. “I understand West Side apartment and is friendly with the
I cannot always fulfill all these people’s expecta- neighbors.
Ken Howard/Metropilitan opera
tions. People want to get something from you “It feels like Moscow, it feels like all the other
that will stay with them.” intelligent cities—very busy,” she said. “I find
And does she quench an expectant audience’s people extremely sensitive, although they are so
need for fulfillment? busy with their lives and pushing their business
“I can never allow myself to disappoint,” she forward. I think it counts as one of the best times
said simply. that I’ve had.”
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King of JAZZ
W Y N TO N M A R SA L I S
I
Jazz at Lincoln Center first set foot in Wynton Marsalis’ quietly working away. “My kitchen counter is my
Orchestra with Upper West Side apartment on a chilly office,” he would later tell me.
Wynton Marsalis November night in 2009. He sat at his Our interview for NYO Magazine was the day be-
From left: Eliott Ma- kitchen counter, a pencil in his left hand, fore Christmas Eve. Four days earlier, Marsalis and
son, Marcus Printup, working on the composition of Blues the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra had completed
Sean Jones, Ryan Symphony, which would premiere in a weeklong performance schedule with the Alvin
Kisor, Ali Jackson, Atlanta as part of an annual homage to Ailey American Dance Theater.
Dan Nimmer, Carlos Martin Luther King Jr. A simply decorated Christmas tree protruded
Henriquez, Wynton Marsalis was in his Green Bay Packers T-shirt from a sea of wrapped gifts. The kitchen counter was
Marsalis and jeans, wearing narrow-rimmed glasses. Ellis serving its real function this time—Marsalis’ child-
Marsalis, Winton’s father, softly played the piano in hood friend Maurice was preparing a classic dish
the background. Like his son, Ellis is also an accom- from New Orleans. The fragrant waves of scallion,
plished musician, as are Wynton’s brothers, Bran- shrimp, okra and rice filled the kitchen.
ford, Delfeayo and Jason. Marsalis was, literally, at home. His adopted home,
Barely one hour earlier, at the Cultural Services that is.
of the French Embassy on Fifth Avenue, Ambassa- At 17, Marsalis relocated from his native New
dor Pierre Vimont delivered a speech that sounded Orleans to New York. It was 1978 and Marsalis was
less like a diplomatic eulogy than a cultural theory. attending the Juilliard School.
Marsalis wowed guests with a performance by his “I felt I was from a different culture,” he said. “I
quintet after receiving Ordre National de la Lé- was an Afro. I had never been around that kind of
gion d’honneur—the National Order of the Legion wealthy people. It was a cultural shock.”
of Honor—the highest award given by the French In his book To a Young Jazz Musician, Marsalis
government. Champagne flowed freely at the party, wrote about that first year in New York, being known
hosted by the publisher of Elle magazine and the as the “cat from New Orleans that can play.” He
chairman of Alcatel-Lucent, Philippe Camus, and wrote, “I’m hungry. I’m up here to straighten all this
his wife, Betty, with guests such as Le Bernadin’s shit out.”
chef, Eric Ripert; president of the French Institute, And he did. Marsalis would go on to co-found Jazz
Marie-Monique Steckel; and many jazz musicians at Lincoln Center. In 1996, he was named the artistic
and Marsalis’ friends from New Orleans. director of JALC, a title he still holds. He has sold
But here in this house, on this night, Wynton was millions of copies of his recordings, has written five
22 / MARCH 2011
Clay Patrick McBride
books and won nine Grammy Awards. Success, it Interesting, coming from a relative child prodigy From left: Chris
seems, was always in the cards for Marsalis. whose first job was cutting grass, until he was invited Crenshaw, Vincent
On Marsalis’ 43rd birthday, the new $128 million to play with the New Orleans Philharmonic at the Gardner, Victor
home of Jazz at Lincoln Center on Columbus Circle tender age of 14. Goines, Ted Nash,
opened with an inaugural program, Let Freedom Marsalis has played with such greats as Herbie Joe Temperley, Sher-
Swing. Hancock, Sonny Rollins and Dizzy Gillespie. He man Irby andWalter
Sitting among the audience, I was inundated with seems to have a firm grip on the value of the history Blanding
the dramatic poetry and music, delivered with such of the genre.
gravitas but rhythmically punctuated with Marsalis’ “I think this is such a time of deep ignorance that
humorous touches. It seems the title of the piece, Let you have to preserve and innovate at the same time,”
Freedom Swing, was no accident. he said. “That’s what I try to do. Try to come up
with new things, but also with old things that would
‘I was known remind people of who we are—because without those
can play.’
ferent genres were. By the time he composed pieces
like “Blood on the Fields” and “All Rise,” he knew a
lot more—from federal music to Anglo-American
“I come from a group of people with a tradition of hymns to spirituals to ragtime; jazz to orchestra
[experiencing] slavery, so freedom is always impor- music; the relationship of John Philip Sousa to Scott
tant,” Marsalis later said. Joplin to Duke Ellington to Art Taylor to Thelonious
While we’re on the topic, I asked Marsalis a hard Monk.
question. Has he ever been concerned that the rec- And while Marsalis openly acknowledges his
ognition of his accomplishments would be viewed as indebtedness to his musical predecessors, he seems
simply a “token success” in an era of social equality? less overwhelmed by the “anxiety of influence” than
“Equality is not about a person being success- many postmodernist artists.
ful, but about everybody being successful,” he said. “I always felt that I was original,” he said. “Nobody
“Equality is about average means.” can make me feel [that I lack] originality because I can
MARCH 2011 / 23
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always come up with so many new ideas all the time.” sophisticated in how I address harmonic progres- WYNTON’S PICKS
Marsalis’ home reads like an intellectual history of sion when I am playing [trumpet],” he said. “I always
the mankind—books everywhere, some lying around as notice new things about my playing—things that I can The biography most influential
if they were just read five minutes ago. His library em- improve.” on your life: Autobiography
bodies his wide-ranging curiosities—Proust’s Remem- Not surprisingly, Marsalis shares similar pieces of of a Yogi, by Paramhansa
brance of Things Past (in four volumes), Octavia Paz, advice on how to be a better musician, to the “young jazz Yogananda.
Richard Wilbur, D.H. Lawrence, Robert Farris Thomp- musicians” for whom his book was intended. Best Southern food in NYC:
son’s Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & After meeting with Marsalis I came away knowing two Miss Mamie’s Spoonbread Too
Philosophy, books about Nelson Mandela, a biography things for sure—he has an unwavering belief in the power (366 West 110th St., 212- 865-
of Mozart, transcripts of Beethoven, even books about of art, especially jazz, to better life. It is comforting in a 6744) and Pink Tea Cup (88 7th
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe’s Faust and Christopher alone answer, our ethical dilemma or human conditions. Favorite food in NYC:
Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus. Fitting, since the Germanic And two, Marsalis is single-mindedly dedicated to his Japanese. Masa (10 Columbus
mythic-folklore figure of Faust has become a metaphor art—a dedication that makes me wonder if music usurps Circle, 212-823-9800) is the best.
for the insatiable desire for knowledge. his own life. Most romantic place on the
Marsalis is an active participant in the literary world, “That is my life; I don’t really have a life outside of Upper West Side: The Allen
having penned five of his own titles. In his book To a that,” he said. “Nothing for me is outside of that, but I Room (33 West 60th St. at
Young Jazz Musician, Marsalis touches on his move have tried to use that to put my life in context.” It seems Lincoln Center, 212-258-9800) at
from New Orleans to New York and his mercurial rise a perfect answer from one of the city’s most notable night when the moon sits in the
to fame. He also addresses his critics, who have accused musicians—I can just imagine Marsalis living his life to window.
him of decreeing what it means to be a jazz musician the soundtrack of his own songs, the ebb and flow of the Best show in NYC:
from atop his post at Lincoln Center. trumpet notes guiding him through his missteps, his Anything produced by the Met
Despite these criticisms, Marsalis maintains that he successes, his experiences. Opera.
still learns every day what it takes to be a good musician. While Marsalis is not a native New Yorker, he has Favorite books: Thomas Mann’s
“I always discover things about myself, like I just very nearly earned the title. “Home might not be where Joseph and His Brothers and
discovered the other day that I should become more you grew up,” he wrote in Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Carter Godwin Woodson’s The
Life. “It might be where you’re going, because some- Mis-Education of the Negro.
‘Home might not be times it takes a lifetime to figure out what you know.”
And where is Marsalis’ home? After hearing my ques-
Favorite poet: William Butler
Yeats
where you grew up.’ tion, he replies without thinking, as only a New Yorker
would.
“New York.”
Favorite (no-work) vacation
spot: “I NEVER took a
vacation.”
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All About
A
year ago, no one outside the ballet world
was talking about Benjamin Millepied.
Since Black Swan’s release in December,
Millepied has garnered a flurry of atten-
tion from devout tabloid followers, the press and
ballet enthusiasts alike. The public fascination with
Millepied, New York City Ballet’s resident star, cho-
reographer of Black Swan and newly minted fiancé
to one of America’s most beloved film stars, has only
increased as the film continues to sweep the awards
circuit.
Since his impending fatherhood and engagement
to Oscar-nominee Natalie Portman, Millepied has
seen his world tipped upside down. The press, the pa-
parazzi, suddenly everyone wants to know everything
about the dancer who won the affections of one of the
world’s most beautiful movie stars.
Although Millepied refuses to be drawn into the
subject of his future wife and mother of his child,
he says that when he thinks about fatherhood, he
p h o t o s b y A l e x a n d e r Wa g n e r
MARCH 2011 / 27
m Cover story
Millepied in one of
becomes “very, very excited.” liked what he read, and the next step was to world of ballet. the practice studios
“It’s life-changing,” he said. “I can’t wait. meet Natalie. “It will present at NYCB.
I dream about it at night.” And therein began a match made in ballet to people who
But it is in the field of choreography that tabloid heaven. would never have
he’d like to make his mark. As fate would While Millepied stays relatively tight- gone to the ballet,” he said. “It’s stirred up
have it, it’s also his choreography that lipped on his betrothed, he has nothing controversy, but that’s good. Ultimately, we
brought him to Portman. but praise for the film’s director, Darren are all talking about ballet.”
The pair was first introduced after Aronofsky. Speaking of controversy, Millepied is
Millepied was contacted by a producer of “What impressed me most about Darren censorious about the recent comment New
Black Swan. The film’s producers needed was just how clear his vision for the film York Times’ ballet critic Alastair Macaulay
a choreographer and had seen a ballet was,” Millepied said. “He had such a spe- made about sugarplum fairy Jennifer Ring-
Millepied was working on at the time. They cific vision for each scene; he described the er, saying that she looked like a sugarplum
liked what they saw and invited him to whole ending to me,” Millepied said. fairy who had eaten one plum too many.
read the script in one sitting—he was not Despite its dark undertones, Millepied “He’s said more than once that I’m out
allowed to leave the room with it. Millepied believes Black Swan has done well for the of shape, and he was right,” Millepied said.
about it at night.’
what the critics think of his dancing or
choreography, a good thing since he has
a plethora of work opening in the coming
months.
He’s choreographing The Bartered Bride
for the Metropolitan Opera—for which The
New York Times gave a solid review and
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‘I think
singled out his choreography—and also Later that evening, Millepied was
is working on an unnamed ballet for the due to perform in Concerto DSCH,
American Ballet Theatre next month. choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky of
we are past
Despite his instant stardom, Millepied the American Ballet Theatre and also
remains grounded, even modest. Millepied’s close friend. The segment that
The day after our interview at the cover Millepied danced was choreographed with
the point
shoot for NYO Magazine, he couldn’t have him in mind.
been more polite or gracious. He was “We met first at one of the sessions of New
kind to everyone, from the groomer—who York Choreographic Institute,” Ratman-
gave him an impromptu haircut—to the sky said of Millepied. “I didn’t think much
of calling
photographer’s assistants. No matter how of the piece he did then. The next time I
many poses he was asked to do or jumps saw his choreography [for NYCB] was a
he was required to execute without a few years later. I was really amazed by the
someone fat in
warm-up—which could have been danger- progress he’d made.”
ous as he was due to go onstage later that But now, Ratmansky has only praise
night—he performed them with unfail- for his friend.
the newspaper.’
ing grace. The only time he refused to do “Two things I admire in his works: his
anything was when he was asked to wear masterful and inventive use of the big
a leather jacket, due in part to his semi- groups—the corps—and his desire and
vegetarian ways. ability to be modern,” Ratmansky said. “As
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Millepied back-
stage before a
performance.
a dancer, he is always inspiring. DSCH was back in New York, fresh from her triumph
done for him.” at the Golden Globes, just in time to
NYO Magazine was allowed backstage watch her fiancé strut his stuff.
before the performance that night, and as Millepied seems born to play the ro-
we looked on, a group of female ballerinas mantic lead. Concerto DSCH is a brilliant
trooped by in full stage makeup, looking in- score with everything from elements of
congruous against the backdrop of pulleys, Tchaikovsky to the British sailing ditty
wires and lighting. The ballerinas looked “Drunken Sailor.” It is not your rigorous
more like greyhounds at the track, their George Balanchine classic. The choreog-
bodies so tightly sculpted that you could raphy veers from Broadway show tunes to
see every muscle tightening as they lightly elements of jazz to more classic poses.
flexed their shoulders. Millepied stands out as its star not
When Millepied walked in, he seemed merely because of his ability as a dancer
less laid-back than he was at the morning but because he can act onstage. He con-
shoot. After a few gentle leg stretches at veys with complete sincerity a deep love
the barre, he headed to his dressing room, and feeling for Wendy Whelan, who plays
and we followed him there. He was much his partner in this complex and moving
less chatty, his mood focused and tense. piece.
Later, just before the curtain call, an- After the ballet finished, we hoped to
other reason emerged as to why Millepied get a quick after-show rundown of the Millepied with
might have been a little keyed up. A slight evening from Millepied’s perspective, fiancé Natalie
Getty images
figure wearing a black sparkly top slipped but alas, he and his pregnant fiancée had Portman
into the audience. Natalie Portman was already slipped out into the night.
Photographer: Alexander Wagner; Stylist: Priscilla Polley at the Magnet Agency; Groomer: Losi at the Wall Group; Fashion Assistant: Caitlyn Leary; Photo Assistants: Nicolas Kern, Britta Leuermann;
Digital Technician: Sheri Manson. On page 32, Stylist: Brent Austin Coover; Fashion Assistants Michell Costa and Joe Reilly; Groomer: Rheanne White at See Management.
On page 28-29, Millepied is wearing a Robert Geller black jacket, Kai-aakmann grey tee; on page 30, Millepied is wearing Burberry navy pants and a Gap White T-shirt.
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What’s Cooking
Behind the Blue Door? would have been midflight back to New
Tell me about living and working in Paris. 1. Salmon Tartare with Creek Oysters and
GETTY/TOBY CANHAM
Michael Chimento
I was there a year and a half, living in the Sweet Red Onion Sterling White Stur-
15th Arrondissement and completed eight Crème Fraiche geon Caviar
different stages (culinary internships). There 2. “Sabayon” of Pearl 3. The entrance to
weren’t too many differences between the Tapioca with Island Per Se
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Carolina Nitsch
Pace Beijing
Any New Yorker who wants to understand works, Marble Chair and Sunflower Seeds. By playing with the concept of “Made in China,”
what’s happening in China must first encounter Ai Weiwei, who lived in the West Village the artwork is where “Made in China” and “Cre-
its contemporary art. Contemporary Chinese in the early ’90s, seems to be constantly in ated in China” converge.
art embodies all of the exploding promises and the spotligh—from the “Bird’s Nest” Olympic Outside the art fairs, downtown’s Chambers Fine
brilliant contradictions in Chinese society—a Stadium in Beijing, which he co-designed, to Art, a gallery focusing solely on contemporary Chi-
society full of raw energy but unsure about its his politically charged blogs to his recent house nese art, is showing in its New York gallery recent
materialistic transformation, haphazard with arrest. He studied and lived in the United States, paintings and an installation by Xiaoze Xie. “Wang
rough edges but tremendously fascinating. mostly in New York, from 1981 to 1993, where he Qingsong: When Worlds Collide,” currently on view
Contemporary Chinese art is leading the found inspiration from Duchamp’s conceptual at the International Center of Photography in mid-
lifestyle-industry revolution in China—ahead of art based on altered ready-made objects. In town Manhattan, showcases photographic works
fashion, design, architecture, music, dance and October 2010, he carpeted the Turbine Hall at by Qingsong that capture monumental staged
literature, all of which are attempting to replicate the Tate Modern in London with 100 million cinematic settings, often embedded in grotesque
the contemporary art’s Cinderella rise from porcelain “seeds,” each individually sculpted and allusions to classical artworks.
obscurity and marginalization to the central hand-painted in the town of Jingdezhen in China Surprisingly, only one of the 272 galleries at
stage. Each of these fields is wrestling with the by 1,600 Chinese artisans. The miniature version the Armory Show is an indigenous Chinese gal-
same transition—from “Made in China” to of Sunflower Seeds shown at Carolina Nitsch lery. Chinese dealers are staying home, probably
“Created in China.” consists of a handful of seeds contained in an air- because while many Chinese power players in
What does the rise of contemporary Chinese sealed, wire-bail glass jar that is more commonly various fields have entered into the art business,
art mean to New York? Look at the Art Dealers seen in the United States than in China. It is as if the industry is not mature enough for these new-
Association of America Art Show, at which the the work is trying to demonstrate how content comers to venture outside China.
Pace Gallery is dedicating its entire booth to 12 can be repackaged and re-contained in a foreign Last year while attending a reception, I met a
new ash paintings by Shanghai-based Zhang context; the sunflower seeds are the mundane hedge fund manager who mentioned a few minutes
Huan. At the Armory Show, Carolina Nitsch and objects re-manufactured through traditional into our conversation that he had collected a few
Galerie Urs Meile are among others to show New Chinese craftsmanship in an ancient city rich in pieces of contemporary Chinese art. He must have
York veteran Ai Weiwei’s iconoclastic, conceptual imperial patronage of its porcelain production. thought that it was terribly sexy to mention that he
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collected contemporary Chinese art. behind the revival of certain segments of the 1. Song Dong’s Waste Not
Yes, contemporary Chinese art is sexy. auction markets. 2. Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds in Glass Jar
After all, in our society, anything that is close It doesn’t take an economist to figure out 3. Wang Qingsong’s Competition
to money and its attendant power can be the math—the rise of the Chinese economy, in
considered so. According to the Artprice survey, full swing following China’s entrance into the Having spent an equal amount of time in
prior to the most recent financial crisis set World Trade Organization in 2001, means that American and Chinese culture, I often wonder
off by the Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy, 11 the purchasing power of the emerging wealth what is so compelling about contemporary
Chinese artists accounted for the world’s top in China will dictate the shift of tastes in certain Chinese art. For me, it’s refreshing that, unlike a
20 best-selling contemporary artists based on cultural consumption. debate that plagued the intellectual discourse in
results from 2,900 auctions. Although Chinese Since “Inside Out: New Chinese Art” opened early-20th-century China, many post–Cultural
art was not immune to the downturn of the art at the Asia Society in 1998, contemporary Chi- Revolution artists are no longer obsessed with
markets, at least the works by certain Chinese nese art has come a long way in New York City. the binary opposition between the Western and
artists actively traded in the auction-driven In the past, we have witnessed group shows Eastern mediums.
secondary market have recovered handsome- where artists of disparate styles were lumped Chinese artists are still trying to make sense
ly—they have routinely surpassed the highest together under a China label with little or no of the spectacular historical changes that are
estimate as well as the highest price achieved emphasis on individual artists’ idiosyncrasies. happening to their lives and society. China is
by the same artist prior to the financial crisis. By the time Zhang Huan had his solo show happening, and so is its art scene. And it is still
In the 12 months ending in June 2010, 15 of “Altered States” at the Asia Society in 2007, happening. I’d like to think that there is more
the top-selling 50 contemporary artists in the Yue Minjun his solo show “Yue Minjun and the than an economic force behind New York’s
world were Chinese. Symbolic Smile” at the Queens Museum of Art fascination with the Chinese
As contemporary Chinese art has gained in 2007 or Yin Xiuzhen his “Collective Subcon- art scene. Beyond the simple
currency in China, the prices of contemporary scious” at MoMA in 2010, these exhibits were economic motivations and WHAT TO READ
artworks are no longer quoted in U.S. dollars or more than a ride on the China brand. They were blind trend-chasing, there is 1. Chinese Contemporary
euros but in renminbi (RMB). This clearly re- viewed as individual artists, each with their also a fundamental human Art: 7 Things You Should
flects a gradual shift of the buyer base from the own visual language and artistic vision. In 2010, desire to be part of the next Know, by Melissa Chiu, 2008
non-Chinese to the Chinese. March 2011 marks MoMA published Contemporary Chinese Art: big thing—and New Yorkers 2. New China, New Art, by
the fifth anniversary of Sotheby’s seminal sale Primary Documents, which injected scholarly would naturally not want Richard Vine, 2008
of contemporary Chinese art in New York, the rigor into the field of studies of the contempo- to be left out of the next big 3. Mahjong: Contemporary
first of its kind to focus solely on contemporary rary Chinese art. thing that is New China. Chinese Art From The Sigg
Chinese art. But since the fall of 2009, when the I am an art collector myself, and one of the Collection, by Feng Boyi et
art market seemed to be in a free fall following first assumptions about my art collection is that Chiu-Ti Jansen is the founder al., 2005
the financial crisis, major international auc- I collect only Chinese art. I often thought to of CHINA HAPPENINGS, a 4. Young Chinese Artists:
tion houses have shifted their contemporary myself, “Collecting only the art, especially only multimedia and advisory platform The Next Generation, by
Chinese art auctions to Hong Kong—where that produced from one’s own country —how that focuses on the lifestyle and Christoph Noe et al., 2010
the mainland Chinese buyers are the drivers boring is that?” cultural industries in China.
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ARTIST PROFILES
by Natalie Howard
Thinking outside
the booth with
Jessica Stockholder
PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images
I’ve heard you have an unusual Jessica Stockholder is well known for her site-specific
method of painting. pieces that take influence from their physical contexts.
I pour the paint—sometimes from
brushes, sometimes from the can. Tell me about your pieces at the ADAA Art Show.
It evolved slowly over a really long There’s a chandelier and some smaller sculptures mak-
time. I began to get involved with ing their world premiere. They are all separate pieces.
the ideas of chance and control, They are related to one another in that I made them as Stockholder’s ‘Bow-tied in the Middle’
nature and culture. We see nature a group and, moving from one to another, they inform
as chance. I have some control, but each other, but they are single, autonomous pieces. Are you trying to communicate something spe-
I don’t have a specific system. My cific to your audience?
system is just pouring. So it’s up to Where do you get the materials to use in your I don’t make my works with the hope to communicate
chance and gravity. I want to make pieces? something particular to somebody else. The work is an
a painting that makes itself. My studio is full of things that I can use, and sometimes endeavor to uncover, discover or shift a way of looking
my work is generated by what things happen to be at things and to share that with people. It’s a dynamic
What do you hope your art there. People give me stuff or I get it from Goodwill, TJ and layered process of experiencing and understand-
communicates to its audience? Maxx, Home Depot. I stumble upon things. This body ing that I’m engaged in for myself, and then my hope is
Whatever they need to find. of work emerged from stuff I have here at the studio. to share that with other people.
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Truly an international art fair, the Armory Art Latin American galleries that are already
part of the main contemporary and Modern
Show spotlights Latin America with galleries sections. According to De Backer, these pro-
hailing from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, grams are effective tools to cultivate new
exhibitors for the fair. Many of the galler-
Mexico, Peru and Venezuela by Chiu-Ti Jansen ies showcased in last year’s “Armory Focus:
Berlin” will join the main fair the first time
this year. To complete the Latin America
In the past few decades, art fairs have “We distinguish ourselves by being sup- theme and continue a tradition started in
proliferated throughout the world. They ported by the most vibrant contemporary art 2002, the Armory Show has also commis-
have morphed from trade shows into cultural environment,” said Katelijne De Backer, exec- sioned Mexican-born, Belgium-based artist
spectacles and tourist destinations, complete utive director of the Armory Show. “Galleries Gabriel Kuri to create the visual identity for
with one-of-a-kind installations, late- and museums in New York City are second to the 2011 fair.
night parties and even fashion shows. The none in the world, and they all come together As a result of such efforts, out of the 272
Armory Show is no exception. to provide concurrent exhibition offerings.” participating galleries in the 2011 edition,
Despite its name, the Armory Show is But it would be a mistake to classify the just about 40 percent are from the United
not located in the Park Avenue Armory or Armory Show as simply a “local art fair.” Af- States, with the remainder hailing from all
the Downtown Armory. The name traces ter all, the art business is now by definition over the world. According to the Armory
back to its roots—the show began at the global. To counteract this classification, the Show’s own statistics, last year the fair at-
Gramercy International Art Fair, organized Armory Show has increased and maintained tracted 60,000 visitors, of which 56 percent
by four dealers in 1993 to drum up sales in the presence of international participants were from outside New York City and more
the midst of a recession. The fair became over the years. than a third came from outside the United
the Armory Show in 1999, when it was held For example, in 2010, the Armory Show States.
at the 69th Regiment Armory, the same site spotlighted Berlin as part of its geographi- De Backer said that many galleries,
of the legendary Armory Show of 1913 that cal focus on a vibrant art community out- encouraged by the sales results at London’s
introduced modern art to America. side New York. This year, “Armory Focus: Frieze Art Fair and the Art Basel Miami
The proliferation of contemporary art Latin America” will feature a selection of Beach last year, have opted to increase the
fairs globally means that there is an added 21 galleries from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, size of their booths. As a result, the number
pressure to distinguish oneself from com- Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. of participating galleries is smaller this
petitors. These are in addition to approximately 10 year—272 compared with 289 last year—to
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1. Untitled by Brazilian piece Contact, 1984 Daniel Templon
artist Anna Maria at the Oliva Arauna 4. Wave Bias, 2010,
Maiolino at Vivian Gallery by Cordy Ryman at
Horan Fine Art booth 3. Iván Navarro’s new DCKT Contemporary.
on Pier 92 optical “wall hole” All photos courtesy of
2. Gabriele Basilico’s Pause at Galerie the artists
3 4
accommodate the increased space require- about the artists and artworks in an other- make sure not to miss
ments of these exhibitors. Although the wise overwhelming environment, she said.
scale may not measure up to its peak four Observing how the fair has evolved in the • Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
years ago, De Backer maintained that there 10 years since she started getting involved, will be presenting a massive painting by the
is a steady uptick in activity. the “decorating three walls” approach is artist Rodney McMillian. The painting is 27
For a gallery to participate in the Armory now passé, De Backer said. In fact, many feet long and made from hand-sewn vinyl.
Show, it has to go through a managed peer- of the exhibitors view the Armory Show as • Vera Lutter is presenting her most recent
review process. The selection committee is an opportunity to emulate the quality of a works, which were taken on her trip to
typically reconstituted immediately after curated museum exhibition. What’s more, Egypt last year and were made in a custom
the close of the Armory Show, with some many galleries are opting for spotlighting fabricated suitcase/camera obscura at the
continuing members interacting with the one single artist or one major installation Carolina Nitsch booth.
new ones. The current six-member com- with a view to creating an indelible impres- • Ivan Navarro is creating a site-specific
mittee consists of art dealers and galler- sion on the collectors and visitors, even at installation in the Paul Kasmin Gallery
ies representing different geographical the risk of compromising financial returns. booth, titled Armory Fence, made of neon
regions: New York, Los Angeles, Neth- In the end, all the preparation is done lights with a parameter of 82 feet.
erlands, London, Paris and Dubai. Based with the hope that this would be an art fair • New York gallery Lehman Maupin is pre-
on the applications received through the to remember. senting a solo exhibition of never-before-
early summer, the selection committee will seen Urethra Postcard Pictures by Gilbert
determine the exhibitors by the end of Au- The Armory Show is open from noon to 8 & George.
gust. Then the production of the show will p.m., March 3-5, and noon to 7 p.m. March • Ronald Feldman Gallery is presenting a
be in full swing—charting a floor plan and 6. The show hosts a professional preview solo presentation by Sam Van Aken that
creating bespoke booth layouts and various on March 2 and is open to the public March will transform the booth into an orchard of
other preparatory activities. 3-6. Contemporary art by living artists is live trees, with unusual genetically altered
How does a visitor navigate the sprawling located on Pier 94 and a Modern section properties. As designed by the artist, the
art fairs? De Backer has her own set of tips. focusing on secondary market is on Pier 92. trunks and leader branches identify the
“Do your homework,” she said. “Come With a single $30 admission ticket, visitors trees as being five different types: peach,
prepared. Check out the information on will have access to upward of 300 Modern plum, cherry, nectarine and apricot. But
our Web site.” Also, visitors should take and contemporary dealers (Student tickets each tree has the capacity to
advantage of the readily available gallery are $10, group sales are $15, four-day passes simultaneously grow all five fruits.
representatives to ask questions and learn are $60.)
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Check out these Offering a deep exploration of a selected body A stage for groundbreaking and exciting art,
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE: STAR FOUNTAIN installed at Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, 2007
polyurethane foam, resin, steel armature, stained and mirrored glass, glass, pebbles, ceramic tiles
118 x 80 x 80 in. 300 x 200 x 200 cm.
@ 2011 Niki Charitable Art Foundation, All rights reserved. Photo @ Thomas Marlow.
ADAA Show:
the show, Blumberg said, to ensure that all
their bases are covered—American paint-
ing, Modernism, contemporary photogra-
the ADAA show continues America Art Show is back for its 23rd
year, proving once again that it’s a show with
graduate studies of sculpture Jessica Stock-
holder; and photographer and filmmaker
to showcase a unique staying power.
“If there’s one thing we want, it’s interest-
William Klein.
The placement of the 70 artists’ booths is
and eclectic mix of artist ing, quality material,” said Linda Blumberg, carefully considered.
exhibitions. This year is ADAA’s executive director. “Without a
doubt, I think we have a reputation for
“We want the exhibits to be mixed,” Blum-
berg said. “We’re very careful about trying
no exception. showing really first-rate art, and that’s what to place booths so that they’re interestingly
draws people year after year.” juxtaposed to each other. It’s not random.”
by Natalie Howard The ADAA Art Show maintains that high The ADAA Art Show’s main event is,
level of quality with a stringent application predictably, the art show, but there are sev-
process for exhibition hopefuls. The ADAA eral other events for visitors to enjoy. Gary
sends out a request for applications and Tinterow, Engelhard curator of European
also send out requests for proposals. Then paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of
the ADAA members vote on which propos- Art, will host a collectors’ forum focusing on
als to accept. The committee also selects Picasso March 5.
five additional artists that will appear at “There’s always pressure to make sure it’s
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1. Irving Penn’s Truman Capote, New York, 1948; Pace/MacGill Gallery 2. Marilyn by Andy Warhol at David Tunick, Inc. 3. Jessica Stockholder, 2009, Plexi-
glass, plastic tray, gray plastic, hardware, African wood, foam, cloth, Styrofoam, ribbons, tape, 35 x 21 x 9 in. at Mitchell-Innes & Nash 4. Burgoyne Diller’s
Early Geometric (Abstraction), 1933. Oil on canvas 27 x 41 inches. Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art. 5. Repas Frugal by Pablo Picasso at David Tunick Inc.
intimate showcase’
make a conscious effort to make it better While the show garners tremendous pub-
and as interesting as we can.” licity for the ADAA, it is the artwork that
The show entices visitors and art collec- really takes center stage.
tors with an intricate balance of excitement “We’re very sensitive to doing what is
and intimacy. While the ADAA’s show is goes to the benefit of Henry Street com- best for the work being presented,” Blum-
smaller like many other similar national art pletely, 100 percent.” berg said. “We ask, what makes the art look
fairs, garnering only 10,000 to 12,000 visi- To raise additional funds for Henry best? How can we best present them so that
tors a year, Blumberg sees this as an asset Street, the ADAA Art Show also commis- people can see them in the best light?”
rather than a fault. sions an artist to create a unique print And Blumberg is confident that the 23rd
“We are a small show compared to some, specifically for sale during the show. year will be yet another successful one.
but that makes it so much easier to navigate “This year, Pat Steir is doing the print,” “We have proven ourselves over the years
and actually talk with the dealers,” Blum- Blumberg said. “It’s a collaboration be- to be a premier showcase for first-rate gal-
berg said. “It’s a more intimate showcase.” tween Pace Prints Gallery and Cheim & leries from around the country,” Blumberg
Entrance fees to the show directly ben- Read Gallery.” said. “We’re very proud of it, and we hope
efit the Henry Street Settlement, a social Pace Prints and Cheim & Read aren’t the people can come and enjoy it.”
service agency based in the Lower East only galleries teaming up this year. For the
Side. Henry Street Settlement has been the first time in the ADAA Art Show’s history, The Art Show, held at the Park Avenue
beneficiary of the show since its inception two galleries are joining forces to show the Armory at 67th Street, runs from March 2-6
23 years ago. works of one artist—Richard Grey Gallery with a special preview on March 1. Admis-
“Henry Street has been there from the and Galerie Lelong will both exhibit the art sion to the show is $20 per day, which is open
beginning,” Blumberg said. “Everybody of Jaume Plensa, a Spanish sculptor and from noon to 8 p.m. on March 2-5 and from
who buys a ticket, all of that entrance fee mixed-media artist best known for creating noon to 6 p.m. on March 6.
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square-foot residence at 15 and polished.” three unnecessary closets and created a
Central Park West is a blank Completed over the course of a year, the reading area with a 14-foot sofa against black
canvas any interior designer renovation included opening up the dining lacquered bookcases and inset antique mir-
would love to get their hands and living room to make one cohesive rors. Instead of a pass-through, it’s now a
on. John Willey, owner and living space, taking full advantage of the place that brings a pleasant surprise and lets
founder of Willey Design, LLC was the man property’s park views and replacing the one can curl up with a book.”
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furnishings and color, but I wanted to gallery. It also included turning the existing separate spaces, one with a custom plaster
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that wasn’t fussy and lends to entertaining accommodate the large family’s needs and other with framed inset mirrors.
or movies at home with the family,” said transforming a formerly “wasted space” “It’s my little homage to the Galerie des
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more humble element, like woven rope “A dedicated space for books is vital, and a Willey has his own unique creative process
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of Lucien Legrange
the gentle curves of its facade, the French
Renaissance–inspired, old-world charm of the
eight-story stone building. They simply don’t
make them like this anymore.
For 25 years, this French architect’s upscale condos Except they do. Lagrange is an architect,
arguably Chicago’s most well known. In fact,
have been popping up in Chicago. Now, after 535 Lucien Lagrange Architects designed 65 East
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employees.
Lagrange himself is in the midst of retire-
ment and divorce.
“I’m getting divorced and that’s taking a lot
of energy,” he said, sounding a tad tired. “A lot
of life changes, going through a bad recession,
closing the office, getting divorced—that’s a lot
of stress for a 70-year old man.”
But he still remains committed to the craft,
on his way to finishing his firm’s last two proj-
ects, the Ritz-Carlton Residences and Lincoln
Park 2520, both in the windy city. Lagrange
estimates that both will be completed in two
years’ time.
Bill Zbaren
Despite his impending retirement, he still 2
talks about his French Renaissance architec-
ture with the passion of a young man, espe-
cially that of the Upper West Side’s 535 West 3
End Avenue.
“It’s a very simple building, but extremely
well done,” Lagrange said, not so modestly.
“I’ve been there several times, and the door-
men will tell me that every day someone
will stop by and talk to them and say this is a
Bill Zbaren
Bill Zbaren
beautiful building. It’s amazing how people
1
will notice, especially in New York.”
The building was met with some contro-
versy among its Upper West neighbors, who allowed only 120 feet of frontage, but we found erwise obsolete 1. Iconic: Park Tower,
are slow to accept new buildings along their a way to do 16 rooms per floor, a 2,500-square- gems was also a Chicago
historic, tree-lined blocks. foot ballroom, 200-car parking, 15,000 square priority for the 2. Lagrange Architects’
But in Lagrange’s eyes, it is a work of art. feet of retail, a 208-room hotel, a restaurant firm, like the luxurious 20-story resi-
Lagrange designs mostly prewar buildings, and 450,000 square feet of condos—838,000 Hard Rock Hotel, dential building at 535,
with a strong French Renaissance inspiration square feet of space used.” the Insurance West End Avenue, on
paired with modern luxuries that have become He rattles of the numbers from memory, Exchange Build- the Upper West Side
staples for high-end development. and it becomes strikingly obvious that he ing and a new 3. The breathtaking
“When you do high-end housing, you re- played a vital role in the creation of Park J.W. Marriott neo-classical atrium
ally have to understand the lifestyle,” he said. Tower, the building that more or less got Luc- Hotel, currently of 175 West Jackson,
“When you do cheaper buildings, you just ien Lagrange Architects noticed. under construc- Chicago
want the highest return. You don’t have to pay “Everybody had a view of the lake, that gave tion.
that much attention to the layout; it’s pretty value to the building,” he said. “It was quite a “It is a chal-
standard. When you do the larger apartments, task, very challenging, complex; the building lenge,” he said of the Hard Rock restoration.
you really have to understand the lifestyle. ended up being so tall we had to design a (pen- “What we did is we took a building that was
I find it more challenging, interesting and dulum) on the roof to stabilize the building,” really obsolete, in its last years of life. We took
rewarding.” he said, pausing. a huge building that no one knew what to do
Some of the most notable creations of the “There’s only a few in the world.” with and we gave it new life. It’s bringing new
firm with Lucien at the helm include the Park The French-born Lagrange started off as an life to buildings.”
Tower hotel-condo at 800 North Michigan intern at Chicago firm Skidmore Owings and As for the next step in Lagrange’s life, per-
Avenue, Elysian Hotel and Residences at 11 Merrill LLP in 1968. haps that question is a bit premature.
East Walton Street and a condo building at 840 “It was really important because I was on a “First I have to close, then the divorce,
North Lake Shore Drive. small team, three people working on a high- then see what I can do—what I want to do,” he
But Park Tower is perhaps Lagrange’s most rise,” he said of his internship. “It really proved said. “I have to take it easy, relax. Then move
well-known creation, with the first 20 floors it was right to go into architecture.” forward.”
a hotel and the top—a whooping 47 floors— Lagrange graduated from McGill University For now, Lagrange still makes it a point to
made up entirely of high-luxury condimini- in Montreal in 1972 and worked at various walk past 65 East Goethe.
ums. other firms before starting at Skidmore, Ow- “It makes me feel good to walk by the build-
Lagrange comes alive when recalling the ings & Merrill LLP as a full-time employee. ing,” he said. “I’ve done something good. I’m
Park Tower, completed in 2000 after nearly a But it didn’t take long for him to venture off on leaving something behind of value and in 50
10-year lull in high-rise residential develop- his own, starting Lucien Lagrange Architects years from now, it’s going to be there, the qual-
ment in Chicago. in 1985. ity is going to stay, the beauty is going to stay.”
“The opportunity to do a high-end build- But it seems Lagrange isn’t only about Perhaps that’s something that a Chapter 11
ing there was incredible,” he said. “We were creating new buildings—restoring old, oth- filing can’t take away.
66 / MARCH 2011
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11 years running
– Sherry Matays
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r e a l e stat e
New York Times reporter and neighborhood las Elliman. “We have seen an increase in are selling at or close to asking, so whereas
expert Richard Shepard once described the activity and Web inquiries to book appoint- the asking prices might look similar to six
Upper West Side as “a complex character, one ments at the properties over the past couple months ago, the agreed-upon prices appear to
fashioned of a multiplicity of ethnic shadings, month. Spring is in the air and people are be strong.”
of buildings that range from ramshackle coming out of hibernation to see what the The area’s beautiful setting is another
tenements to fine apartment houses, of real estate market is offering.” draw.
age spans that embrace energetic young Corcoran senior vice president Sherry “The Upper West side is just very bucolic,”
upwardly mobiles and quiescent elderly Matays said that price is really the tipping said Cliff Finn, Citi Habitats managing direc-
residents.” point when it comes to buyer movement in tor of new development marketing. “It’s a
These “ramshackle tenements” have the neighborhood. beautiful, tranquil setting. There are a lot of
since been replaced with luxury high-rises “When priced right, properties are hot, open spaces, a lot of green space, it feels very
like Trump West, the Rushmore, 535 West hot, hot,” she said. “[We are seeing] a big residential now and didn’t always feel that
End Avenue, the Aldyn, the Ashley, 10 West pool of buyers are still conscious of price way.”
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Expanded Hours – Open until 10pm Thursday & Friday
They get all the glory.’ 21st-century brain. Its purpose was simple—
explaining the brain in terms of neurobiology to
in our brain when we see—our brain combines
images our eye detects and arranges them into
the public in a way they could understand. something recognizable. Well played, AMNH,
that when it comes to exhibits, some subjects “Brain” was the brainchild of DeSalle, Co- well played.
are simply more marketable than others. lumbia University’s Joy Hirsch and Rockefeller All in all, “Brain” seems to have accomplished
And it’s hard to beat the museum’s showstop- University’s Maggie Zellner, both scientific co- its goal—becoming one of the must-see exhibits
per—a giant Tyrannosaurus rex fossil on the curators of the exhibition. AMNH Department of the season, no easy feat in a city ripe with
fourth floor. But “Brain” may give this dino a run of Exhibitions VP David Harvey and Lauri Hal- museums.
for his money. derman, director of Exhibition Interpretation, DeSalle takes it all in stride, still beginning
The interactive and technologically advanced transformed DeSalle’s very scientific version of his day with an early-morning stroll through
exhibit starts with a bang, or more accurately, a “Brain” into something the public could absorb. the massive, empty halls of the museum before
crackle. Visitors walk through the entry exhibit A high point within the exhibit is the mas- it opens.
by Spanish artist Daniel Canogar, a demonstra- sive model of the brain that accompanies a “I come in and walk through the empty halls
tion of the 100 billion neurons in the brain video about a young dancer. While the dancer downstairs,” he said. “No one else is there, and
and its more than 100 trillion connections, or undergoes the stress of a tough audition and the it’s just the coolest part of the day.”
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Season 2010–2011
spring season opens March 22!
gaetano Donizetti
new production
John zorn/arnold SChoenberg/
morton feldman
monodramas
March 25–april 8
Music, visual art, design, and dance collide
in a triple bill of one-act operas by some of
the greatest composers of the 20th century.
Directed by theater visionary Michael Counts
and choreographed by Ken Roht, this
compelling dreamscape incorporates video
by Jennifer Steinkamp and designs inspired
by laser art pioneer Hiro Yamagata.
© Pipilotti Rist, Homo Sapiens Sapiens
séance on a
wet afternoon
april 19–May 1
“Terrifically involving and entertaining …
a riveting story for the stage.” —Variety
Tickets start at $12 Season support provided by The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
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The Armory Show 2011 Preview and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Met Gala Premiere:
Party with Wynton Marsalis: The Music of Le Comte Ory
WEDNESDAY, March 2, noon–11:30 p.m. Kurt Weill THURSDAY, March 24,
Be one of the first to see the show Thursday, March 3, 8 p.m. 6 p.m. cocktail reception; 6:30 p.m. black-tie
everyone’s talking about this spring at this Jazz fans will delight in this production focusing dinner; 8 p.m. performance
exclusive preview and party. The preview entirely on the music of German composer Celebrate the premiere of the scarcely
of the show starts at noon (Piers 92 and 94, Kurt Weill—performed by the always excellent performed masterpiece Le Comte Ory, starring
12th Ave. at 57th St.) and the party, with a Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau and Joyce
performance by Kate Nash, gets started at Marsalis. (Rose Theatre; other performances DiDonato, with Tony Award–winning director
8:30 p.m. at the Museum of Modern Art. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., $30-$120) Bartlett Sher. Maurizio Benini conducts. Prior
Additional support for the event provided to dinner, enjoy cocktails and drinks, and during
by Pernod Absinthe. Ticket packages range Lucia di Lammermoor intermission, enjoy Champagne and dessert
from $10,000 (Lead Benefactor) to $5,000 FRIDAY, March 4, 8 p.m. with your fellow opera-goers on the Mercedes T.
(Benefactor) to $750 (Patron ticket) to just Catch Gaetano Donizetti’s tragic, three-act Bass Grand Tier. Gala benefit is a gift of the Sybil
$100 (Friend ticket). For more information, opera put on by the Metropolitan Opera Guild. B. Harrington Endowment Fund; underwriting
call 212-708-9680. Natalie Dessay returns as the heroine of this for event by Yves Saint Laurent.
nearly four-hour production and is joined by
Mahler’s Fourth Symphony Joseph Calleja. (Other performances on March Lecture: Capriccio: The Persuasive
Thursday, March 3. 7:30 p.m. 8, 12, 16, 19) Charm of Music
The New York Philharmonic is celebrating MONDAY, March 28, 6 p.m.
its former conductor Gutstav Mahler this Kodo One Earth Tour Unlock the secrets of Richard Strauss’ final
year, marking the 100th anniversary of the Sunday, March 20, 7 p.m. opera at this provocative lecture put on by
famed conductor and musician’s death with Take in the rhythmic, pulsating sound of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Led by Dr.
Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Lisa Milne the Japanese taiko drum at the Kodo One W. Anthony Sheppard, the lecture debates
and Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1 Earth Tour. Kodo, in existence since 1981, is a the opera’s central question—which is more
with Glenn Dicterow, conducted by Daniel performance group that prides itself on teaching important, words or music? (Metropolitan
Harding. (Avery Fisher Hall; also showing its audience to accept one another and embrace Opera Guild Opera Learning Center, sixth floor
Friday, March 4, at 2 p.m. and Saturday, diversity, especially on this rapidly shrinking of the Samuel B. and David Rose building at
March 5, at 8 p.m.) planet (Avery Fisher Hall, $40-$75) Lincoln Center, $16)
2
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Luca Piva
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Die Walküre Panel Discussion Capriccio Lincoln Center’s Spring Gala
Friday, April 1, 5 p.m. THURSDAY, April 7, 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 4
The second installment of Metropolitan Opera’s Perennial favorite Renée Fleming performs 5 p.m. cocktails; 6 p.m. dinner; 7:30 p.m.
epic production of Richard Wagner’s Das composer Richard Strauss’ opera Capriccio, as performances.
Rheingold, directed by Robert Lepage, garnered the countess, a nod to her earlier performance This annual benefit honoring JPMorgan
plenty of media attention when it first hit the stage. on opening night of the Met Opera 2008–09 supports the Lincoln Center—and as a bonus,
After all, anytime an opera requires that the stage season at which she sang just the final scene. attendees can go to any performance held on
be reinforced with steel to prevent collapse, it’s Andrew Davis conducts the two-hour-and-15- the Lincoln Center Campus the same night.
bound to attract attention. Now, hear what the cast minute opera. (Other performances on March (Tickets $1,500, $2,500, the Tent at Lincoln
and artistic team of this epic performance has to 28, April 1, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23). Center in Damrosch Park)
say. Peter Gelb hosts. (Metropolitan Opera House)
Symphony Space’s Spring Apollo
Lincoln Center’s Atrium Gala Gala 2011 THURSDAY, May 5, 8 p.m.
honoring Roy Furman Saturday, April 16, 7 p.m. New York City Ballet presents the
Saturday, April 4, 2011 Presented by Valentina Kozlova’s Dance lasting classic Apollo, the first collaboration
6 p.m. cocktails; 7 p.m. dinner; 8:45 p.m. award Conservatory, this spring gala showcases between Balanchine and Stravinsky that
presentation and performance. the talents of young dancers performing tells the story of the god Apollo and his
This fete supports Lincoln Center’s brand-new both contemporary ballets and classics like inspiration by three muses—mime, dance and
public facility, the David Rubenstein Atrium. La Bayadère. (Peter Jay Sharp Theater, $30; poetry. (Other performance dates: May 7, 2 p.m.,
With a performance by Broadway great Laura seniors, children, $20) May 18, 7:30 p.m., June 12, 3 p.m., $20-$135)
Benanti, this gala is a must-attend event.
Another reason to attend? David Rubenstein American Museum of Natural New York City Ballet Spring Gala
Atrium provides discount tickets. (Tickets, History Museum Dance Wednesday, May 11, 7 p.m.
$1,500, $2,500, Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Monday, April 28 The New York City Ballet’s Spring Gala
Lincoln Center, performance in the Allen Room, 7-9 p.m. cocktails and dinner; 9 p.m.–midnight promises to be one of the must-see events of
60th St. and Broadway) dessert and dancing. the season. The gala includes a world premiere
New York City’s longest-running junior benefit of The Seven Deadly Sins, choreographed by
is back for another year. The benefit, frequented Lynn Taylor-Corbett,and George Balanchine’s
3 by philanthropic young professionals, benefits Vienna Waltzes ($130).
the AMNH’s scientific and educational program.
Dinner tables start at $5,000; dinner tickets American Museum of Natural
start at $500; and dancing tickets start at $200. History Junior Council Event
To purchase, call 212-313-7161. Thursday, June 23, 6:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
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How did you get started importing wines? who bought bulk wine in the Napa and
I opened a wine shop in Berkeley, Califor- Sonoma valleys, blended them and bottled
nia, in 1972 and slowly realized that I was them himself.
most taken with the wine cultures of Italy
and France. I went looking for good wines What’s your favorite?
where no one else was looking, and there I drink a lot of white burgundy, but aside from
were plenty of them. I decided to apply for an my own domaine, Les Pallières in Gigondas,
import permit so I could drink and sell what the wine that I reach for more often than any
I was finding. I was 30, trying to make it as a other is probably from Bandol in Provence.
rock ’n’ roll and blues musician without much The reds and rosés go with the kind of food
success. we cook at home.
So wine wasn’t your first love. Why do you think your book, Adventures
No. It was a hobby. So I opened a wine shop on the Wine Route, has been so popular?
12 hours a week as a hobby while I tried to Maybe because it is anecdotal, full of colorful
replace yet another drug-infested musician. winemakers, instead of a guide or tasting
The end of the 1960s, you know. The business notes. You learn about wine down in the cel-
took off and took me with it. lars, where I learned.
Would you say you’re a man of many Are you the French wine expert?
talents? Am I the wine expert? I’m not sure about that,
You can judge the talent for yourself. Maybe but I have been accused of being a pioneer,
a man of many interests. I have returned to introducing a lot of French country wines and
music, and my third CD, Kitty Fur (Dualtone keeping them as natural as possible. Before
Records), will be released March 29. I sing, I started, about the only French wines im-
I write, I interpret songs that mean a lot to ported were the famous Bordeaux châteaux
me. Somebody told me that the aesthetic of and Burgundy from negociants. I buy directly
my music is the same as for wines. When I from the vigneron.
record, I play live with my band to get that
feeling of spontaneity and improvisation. The Where is the best place to shop for wine
Nashville players I record with tell me that on the Upper West Side?
such sessions are rare these days. Now they I have visited New York City quite a few
go alone into a booth and aren’t even playing times in the past five years, but I’m more of a
with other musicians as they record. tourist, not a guide. As for my selections and
blends, try 67 Wine (179 Columbus Ave. at
How is that like wine? 68th St.,) Whole Foods (wine store at 808 Co-
Roots music, I guess. I like wines that show lumbus Ave.) and Pour Wines (321 Amster-
where they come from, the terroir, place of dam Ave. at 75th St.). Sometimes you have
origin. My music is the same. I do different didn’t go that route because I am a true be- to turn the bottle around to see that I am the
genres like country, rock ’n’ roll, rhythm and liever. I could tell by tasting. The real thing was importer. I hope it is worth the trouble.
blues, and I try to respect the roots while better than the pumped-up, phonied-up ver-
creating a coherent whole. sion. Roots wine, roots music. Well, let’s throw Does wine have to be expensive to be
in roots women for good measure [laughs]. quality?
So you like your wines natural, just like To be blunt, NOT AT ALL. Price is due to fad
your music? How old were you when you took your and wine critics and marketing, for the most
I don’t like the technological when it comes first sip of wine? part. To find a bargain, though, it is easy—
to wine. It screws them up, adding chemicals, I got into the habit of enjoying wine with just look where no one else is looking. Oaky
color, acidity or tannin, sterile filters, etc. I try meals the year I graduated from high school. gigantic Chardonnays, for example, are no
to convince my winemakers to stop filtering That was in San Luis Obispo, California, and bargain—but Muscadet can be if you find the
entirely, to stop stripping their lovely wines a couple of UC Berkeley grads moved in next right winemaker. Look for my blend, Côtes
before they go into bottle. Think of a person door. They drank wine with meals, jug wines du Rhône, at around fifteen bucks for a good,
full of silicon and Botox. I like natural. But I bought in Berkeley from a Polish immigrant low-priced red.
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