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New York Observer

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The Starving Artist’s Revenge

Originally in: New York Observer

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World. By Lewis Hyde. Vintage, 435 pages.

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That first solo exhibit, magazine contract or book advance—for creative types, there’s nothing so thrilling as the promise of artistic breakthrough. Ask friends in publishing, …

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Andy Warhol, Pale Male

WARHOL’S WORLD: PHOTOGRAPHY & TELEVISION, ZWIRNER & WIRTH; Reception, April 5, 2006, 6-8pm

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Andy Warhol is forever an attendee at his own shows. No less so last Wednesday, at an exhibit and book launch for a collection of …

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World Markets

Originally in: [http://www.observer.com/20060410/20060410___thecity_thetransom-4.asp#Markets]

The Transom column

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“There are good people here,” enthused a giddy, well-coifed flack. And wasn’t that Michael Milken? Fifteen minutes before the Contemporary Asian auction began, a dull …

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