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CITY LIFE:Temporary Contemporary Horizon Line Oh-Nine Amidst a turbulent ﬁnancial backdrop, the shows must go on. Here’s a preview of the art scene from Madison Avenue to the Venice Biennale. By Bill Powers The work of Peter Doig will be on display at Michael Werner Gallery from Jan. – March , and at Gavin Brown Enterprises from Jan. – Feb. , both in New York. paintings. Fo the accompanying Gagosian catalogue, James F ey w ote a new sho t sto y, “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead,” about the end of the wo ld as seen th ough the eyes of a New o k banke on holiday in St. Ba th. The sto y eminded me of Co mac McCa thy’s The Road meets On the Beach. Beach James said it was fun and easy to w ite, and that’s how it eads. Moving f om sand to wate , a tist Thomas Campbell, the ﬁ lmmake who b ought you indie su f ﬂ icks like The Seedlin and Sp out, is p oducing a new documenta y by Tiffany Campbell called Dea onde , focusing exclusively on female su fe s . . . fo once! nothe su fe , but one whose wo k has nothing to do with wave iding, is Richa d Phillips. ou loved his cameo on ossip Gi l this season, now come Ma ch , check out his po naganda show at Gagosian uptown inspi ed by fascist, communist, and capitalist image y dovetailing the sex and politics of each espective model. Exhibit : Phillips’ po t ait of a woman with he pubic hai shaved into the visage of Cast o. s if that we en’t hai - aising enough, the same woman is holding a ciga in he ight hand down whe e old Fidel can take a mouthful. Phillip’s ﬁancée, Josephine Mecksepe , follows-up he wonde ful Museum of Mode n t show (psst . . . it’s the e until Janua y) with an ambitious set piece about black gold to be unveiled at a museum in Zu ich this Feb ua y. Othe Eu opean don’t-misses include the Ed Ruscha et ospective at The Haywa d in London, Nate Lowman at The Hyd a Wo kshop in G eece and in May at Pa is’ Gale ie Emmanuel Pe otin, a show with hype ealist legend Duane Hanson. Howeve , if you a e only able to take one t ip ab oad this summe , please go to the Venice Biennale, which has B uce Nauman ep esenting the United States at the me ican Pavilion. Wolfgang Tillmans will also take pa t ep esenting his home count y of Ge many. Should the last Biennale’s festivities be any indication of what awaits, I will see you a e -hou s on the back deck at the Baue Hotel! E verything starts early these days: art fai s, depa tment sto e sales, even the apocalypse will no doubt come ea ly, so why not kick oﬀ the p eview with an exhibition opening this Janua y, namely Pete Doig at Gavin B own Ente p ises — his ﬁ st New o k outing since moving to T inidad in . Bo n in Scotland, the expat iation seems to have done Snoop Doigy Doig some good, fanning the public imp ession that he may well be this gene ation’s Gauguin. His p ices have spiked, too! landscape of his inspi ed by the movie F ida the th went fo just shy of million at auction last yea . Speaking of the islands, I’m loving that Richa d P ince’s latest se ies of paintings depict big Rasta guys alongside naked white chicks — iﬀing the whole blacks on blonds thing — done ve y much in the manne of his de Kooning Women PETER DOIG IMAGE COURTESY MICHAEL WERNER GALLERY, NEW YORK AND GAVIN BROWN ’S ENTERPRISE

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CITY - Issue 61 Contents Our Friends Action Wanted City Moment Luscious Life Fast Food Inrogue Temporary Contemporary Diary Savania Davies-Keller & Roberto Crivello Pamela Love Sung-Joo Kim Jerome Berard Destination Dealerships Overly Opulent Inside Out Like a Clock in the Heart Qatar’s Crown Jewel BLING Urge to Splurge Just a Splash Luxe Life Solitaire Equus Where to Buy It Cityscape

CITY - Issue 61

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