Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • AMMpro
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • Podcast
  • Contact Us

Schnabel Surfaces in Venice

June 10, 2011 by Marion Maneker

LindaYablonsky is exhausted by Venice but she still finds time for Julian Schnabel:

When I arrived last Sunday evening, however, La Serenissima was still serene. The streets were so empty that only the banners announcing exhibitions around town hinted at the madness at hand. Until, that is, I ran across Vito Schnabel and his sister Stella. “Come to my party for the Bruce High Quality Foundation tomorrow night,” Vito said. When tomorrow came, however, it was Julian Schnabel who headed the agenda.

The burly artist/director was lunching that Monday with Angela Westwater and Rula Jebreal, among others, at the Hotel Monaco, where I was attending dealer Frederico Sève’s toast to the Latin American artists in the Biennale.

After lunch, Schnabel lead a private tour of an impressive, forty-year retrospective of his paintings thatNorman Rosenthal organized for the magnificent Museo Correr, on a nearly pigeon-free San Marco.Norman Foster, Annie Cohen-Solal, and Jacqueline Schnabel joined the show’s admirers, though the most ardent may have been Schnabel himself. “Look at the way the paint lies on this surface,” he said at one point. “I think that’s pretty nifty.” This was not all braggadocio. “Julian is a very great artist,” Rosenthal confided. “But he is also his own worst enemy.”

Idol Rich (ArtForum)

More from Art Market Monitor

  • Gurlitt Saga Hits 60 Minutes and Vanity FairGurlitt Saga Hits 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair
  • Frieze on Charlie RoseFrieze on Charlie Rose
  • Warhol Liz to Star at PhillipsWarhol Liz to Star at Phillips
  • Will Contemporary Art Drive Photography Prices Further?Will Contemporary Art Drive Photography Prices Further?
  • Christie's Mid-Season Imp/ModChristie's Mid-Season Imp/Mod
  • Sotheby’s Orientalist = £5.7m ($8.4m)Sotheby’s Orientalist = £5.7m ($8.4m)

Filed Under: Artists

About Marion Maneker

LiveArt

Want to get Art Market Monitor‘s posts sent to you in our email? Sign up below by clicking on the Subscribe button.

  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Advertise on Art Market Monitor
 

Loading Comments...