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Jim Let>, whose abstract d cc onst r uclcd

E-mail and the Internet may facilitate a

mention his painted plants and jXllchcsof

can\'3scs-.-wall

lot of a r t sales these days, but nOI for the

lawn-which push the medium beyond its

lifc into modernist traditions.

and thickly impaslocd

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conventional pa rameters.
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CACIOPPO, COLLECTORS

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and we nel'er le fl thut.' One fasl riser

years ago,lhc New York couple do\'e struiJ,'ht

,,'DeS for safe an.. "I look for work thaI's his

they've been following is lIrooklyn-bascd

into the deep (thut is, the emergi ng) cnd of

lorically aware but nOI just deri\'alh'{!-work

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selvcs," James S;J.YS. "plus. in nicc to know

York-basedBrie Runis, who brinllS a fresh,

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moncy. Amon g thosc he and Jennifer have

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ited wo rk toys ambiguously wi th themes of

collected who ure pining promine nce arc

is Svenjn Deininger, a p aint er living in

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Thla Madan i, an Irania n-born l.Q5 AngclC$

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American nags he's made out of sheets of

painterwoo.;., alma;t ch ildlike imagery slyly

imalist abstractions ha,-c a seductivc qui

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[weah notions

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etude, like w hispers in a world ofshouting.

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substantial following, while his dreamyas

Ruby Sky Stiler, fur une, who"", arresting

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constructions mash up dementsuf male and

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female bOOics, of ancient and modern scuIp

g"Jined him another.

furc, rdcl'I'ncingthc fluid natul'!' of identity.

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talents stems from how their "'ork antici

MARK HUGHES, ADVISER

archaic, they're actually made uflighrn-eight

pates what lies ahead. "I fed like cuntem

Aftcr more than a decade in the New York

foam and r.bcrglass coll:..,' C d with IXIJ>eT that

poraryart is rcaehing into the future and

b'lllleryworld, HUb<hes rccentiymo\'ed back

she "a.,-es" with a faux patina. Solomon is

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brinbngit back to us, he says. "I really like

to his native Australia, taking his bobal out

also a fan of Julia Daul!, another Brooklyn

how disruptive young artists' ideas arc to

look \\ith him. But he's keen on a fe'" of his

visionary, who makes lively abstmct paint

the status quo." Among those he's follow

counnymen, including Tonli slav Nikolk, a

inb'S as well as tenuous, b'Ol);"eous assem

ingdoscly is Montrealbased Jon Rafman,

Melbourne painter whose candy-hued

blages of colored Formica and Plexiglas

who mines today's Internet linb'Ua franca

color-field canvases Hughes describes as

sheets curled and tied together like free

low-res photos, choppy videos, and DIY

"Rothko on Ecstasy, with a Baroque twist:'

verse gift-wrappingbows that bring to mind

computer animation-to create his darkly

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Koons's hib<h-polish balloon animals.

humorous photographic works. Another

based Lillian O'Neil, whose kaleidoscopic

favorite is Alex Israel, an L.A. artist known

collages ha"e a heavenly Tintoretto-like

PETER REt,US, COLLECTOR

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WINE VEnn, U,RLT WESHRN ZHOU DYNASTY

Sol<t at Sotheby's. "Magnilicenl Ritual
Bronzes-Property /rom 1M CoIIe<:tK>n ofJulius
Eberllan1l" (New y. September 1 n
Conno<5SeUrs packed the room 10.- tnis landomrk
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ancesto< wo<sip, n.oug the top lot. which
realized $5,11 million, was a circa-llth-century-.,c.
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bidde competed especially aggressNely
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Expected to letch $200,000-$300.000. the 'IS-tall
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IIrazier-Jones. a cult lurniture

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olten zoomorphic creations-some
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01 art. design, and assorted

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brought $S.bOO, more than
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UNTITUP fPAWIN05 Off THE

CIRCA-19n ART DECO

WALL), 2011, BY OSCAR MURILLO

BROOCH BY CARTIER

Sold at Phil"ps. "under Ihe Infl"",,e"

Sold at Bonhams. -Fine Jewelry"

(New Vorl<. Seplember 19)

(london. September 111)

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Rendered in 0<1 stick. SIIray paint.

Art Oe<;O treasures led the

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way a t this e<;lectic auction. with

achieved an e.traordinary $330.000-

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OQening at Paris's Grand Palais

born. London-based talent and

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nearl 7""-long piece 0$ embellisn..<J

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Miami loirs_ The ne.t major show 01 his

10' $127,200. MOre tan twice the

worl< Is planned 10< 201 at tne Studio

S5.000 high estimate_

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ou can't bTl. more Roman thanGiancarlo

A fixture of the fashion jet set for decades-and the author of a captivating new memoir
Giancarlo Giammetti opens the doors to his ultrarefined, art-filled Manhattan aerie

Giammetti. Haised in Rome'sSalarioquaner,

he came of '4,'l:! in the era of La DokeVita, the

I do not build useless walls to glli n space for art. I don't want
my house to look like a gallery with white walls and great lights."
Th{'rewas no dangt:r ofthat in the Manhattan penthouse,

dty's most g lorious period in modern times. In

but the glass walls that provide such stunning views also limited

1960 Giammeni. then 2l, fOI),'l:!d an extraordinary

the places wh{'re Giammetti could hang his collection of paint

personal and professional partnership with

inJ:,'"S by artists such as Picasso, Cy Twombly, David Hockncy,

Valentino Garavani. WithGiammeni managing

Jean-Michel Bm;qoiat, and Richard Prince_ The liJ:,>ht-box effect

the de signer 's bosiness, the two men built the

endemic to ,uch apartments wm; anathema toGiammetti, so

house ofValenrino, Rome's most iconic and endur

Grange enhanced the home's warmth and intimacy by amplifyin!;"

ing fashion brand. The partners retired from

the floor-to-ceiling colomn that break op the tran,parent

the company in 2008, but their fJmously IU:<urious lifestyle-what

expanses. sheathin!;"them in Indian mica. The material, in ,him

Giammeni Ollis "theValentino way ofIife"-has not diminished.

meTy hut'S uf charcoal and br-..ss. is used throughout the entertain

ForGiammeni that has meant, in pan, a retreat toothercitie,.

ing area, addinga textured gemstone qoality_ '"I love rooms with

primarilynonhern and less hidebound places like P-Jris. London,

a darker ft'Cling,"Giammctli says. "New York is a city uf lij,-ht and

and New York, where, with the help nf de,igner JacquesGrange,

views. but I wanted a compromise bell-"t'Cn thatopennt'Ss and my

he has created an art-filled penthouse atop an cast-side tower

Im'e of warmer. darker tunes. I would dt'SCribe the louk of the

with panoramic viewsofthe city and Long Island beyond_

apartment as chiaroscuro, with rich bruwns and b'Uld accents.H

'"Rome i, freighted with too many memories. It can make you

Granb", and Giammeni had wurked tob",therunce befure,

feel hemmed in. even if what you recall arc amazing times, says

on a London apartment that has a similar p lan. featuring

Giammeni, whu revisits many happy days in his justpublished

a number of lal),'" open rooms. a dusky palene. and a masculine.

photOJ,'l"aphic memoir, Private: Giancarlo Giammecti (Assooline).

b'Taphk style, "'ith a deft balance between decor and an."[

"New Yurk for me is mure uncharted territory. I am still a tuurist

always seem to buy art that fits naturally into my at'Sthetic," says

here. It 's incredible huw much I discm-cr every time I appruach

Giammetti. "'ho has a taste for iconic "urks with immediate

the winduws. Unless it's bad weather-then I'm in a gray duud.H

"'all power. "The paintinb'S fit the houses as the decor fits with

E,'en if New Yurk still holds a certain mystery,Giammeni

the paintinb'S. lt's imponant for me that nothing sccm forced."

is hardly a stranger to the town. PrivQlC is chuck-full uf snap

Throub-hout the "bnhanan apanment, harmony prevails.

shots, taken by him, documenting cocktail parties and nights

In an intimate seating area, a bold Picasso nude from t954 and a

at Studio S4 and other hot spots of yore-evidence of the wide

whimsical Hockncy painting from a decade later play nicely

s""Jth he and Valentino cut in the dty, staning in 1970. "'hen

ahm'e matching plush sof..s that keep company \\ith a gilded bam

they opened a boutique on Fifth Avenue. "The first person to

boo table, a graccfuI ' 30s Eub'Cne Print1. console, and two robust

show us around Ne'" York was Diana Vreeland, right after

contemporary side t-Jbles in black acrylic. In the dining area, a

she left V%'U<.',"Giammetti says. He writes in Private that "Diana

magisterial Ba>quiat cam'as preside<; m-cr a pair of circular lacqoer

was first and foremost a connector. She would have supper

tables. In almost every room, decorative sculpturcs and ,'esscls

"'ith us, Jackie Kennedy, Andy Warhol, and 2S other people,

from the Far East add a subtle Asian refrain to the mix.

and make it seem like an e\'eryday affair.H

Giammetti enteru.ins reb'Ularly, and when the handsome tribe

Giammctti's book not only illustrates more than half a

of muS(";, loyal employees. family. and friends arraythemseh'CS

century of jet-set social whir!. it also offers glimpses of the beau

in these spaces. thcy form a rubleau a perfectly cat as aValentino

tiful interiors he andValentino crafted over the years-stab'l:!

ronwayshm\'. "Valentino can be moch more formal than I am,"

sets for their distincti"e br-Jnd of glamorous and gr-Jdous living,

Giammetti says. "He lih"S humes with many flours anda distinct

always surrounded by the stars, models. and socialites of the

,eparJtion of space_ I entertain in the style of a salon-friend, drop

moment. In the late '80s Giammetti hired the 1q,'Cndary Milan

ping by. buffet lunch ur dinner with iX"Uple all m'er the huusc."

based desil;ner Rcnzo Mongiardino. knm\'n for kaleidoscopic

There arc few partnerships in fashion ur any uther rt'alm as

pattern combinations and the use of trompe l'oeil, to decorate his

long-lived and successful as Valentino andGiammenis. Their

rambling villa in the Tuscan town of Cetona-Mongiardino's

styles at times cuntrast but arc unerly cumplementary. The

final project_ Today my style is much simpler." says Giammetti,

couturier is nostalbc and an incurable romantic.Giammctti is

who trained to be an architect at the Universita di Architettura

mure of a pragmatist and is anr-dcted to everythingmudern

La Sapienza in Rome before droppingoot to join Valentino

"'hich is w hy he dedded to put dO"'n stakes in Gotham. [ love

in bosiness. '"I love lufty ruums and big upen spaces where {'nler

the informality of America." he says. "New York for Valentino

tainin!;"is eaier and where art is very import:Jnt. However.

and me has always been a place to expand, to be open and free."c

TEXT ElY M...TT TYRN"'UER

PHOTOGR...PHY ElY ElJORN W"'lL...NDER

PROOUCED BY C ...RLOS MOT...

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COLLECTED WISDOM
Collaborating with designer Francis D'Haene, art dealer Amy Gold and auction
power broker Brett Gorvy transform a New York apartment into a sleek stage for
the couple's growing trove of thought-provoking works
TEXT BY JULIE l. BELCOVE

PHOTOGRAPHY BY THOMAS LOOF

PRODUCED BY HOWARD CHRISTlA.N

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('S a

,Dnny Saturday afternoon when the carefully wrpped

parec],; UrT;"C at Amy Gold 3nd Brett Gurvy's apartment

on New York's Upper West Side. Kneeling on the living
room rug, Gold. a private art dealer. gleefully opens the
latest additions to the couple's collection uf cunkmporary
works: a porcelain foot with a protruding spike heel by
Birbt Jiirgcnsscn and two phutob'l'aphs of a hcart-shapNl mud
scolplul'l' by Ana Mcnrlida. Both artists werC important feminist
fib'urcs and both, as it happens, died in their prime-Ju1'b'l:!nSSen
the victim uf cancer, Mendieta falling frum a 34th-noor window,
"We love a tl'4,<ie "'Oman artist." Gold wryly observcs,
Nut that an untimely demise is a prerequisite, adds Gorvy, who
is the chairman and international head of poSTwar and contem
porary art at Christie's, where he makes a living tracking down
plum estates and iconic works with instant global appeaL The
collcoion he and Gold have assembled emphasizes photographs
and works on paper that arc primarily intimate in scale and tend
toward the monochromatic, Canon dwellers like Cy Twombly,
Ab"'es Marrin, and Yayoi Kusama have their place, but the mix is
not one of obvious brand-name prizes, Instead these arc subtle
pieces that reward close attention: Examine a Gabricl Orozco pho
tOI,'l'aph nf a piano keyboard and sec the artist's own breath, or
study a Hiroshi SUb<imoto nightscapc and find the faintest rence
tion nf the moon. Obscssi"ely intricate black-and-white drawin)l'i
by Bruce Conner factor prominently throughout the two-bcJroom
apartment, which the couple shares with their eight-year-old
daul,<hter. Tamsin. Displayed awinst a backdrop of muted tones

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From rop: O'Haene des>gned the banQuette and

table for the breakfast area, which showcases on.. of
Christopher Wool's signature tetbased wo<s.
The kitchen futures a Gaggenau cootop, Miele wall
""ens. and a SubZero refrigera t o r. />. drawing se"es

by M arti n creed linu one side of a hallway.

the dear division of formal and family arc as. Upon buying the

opened the libraryto crcatcug-J.llcry-likc scqucncc with the living

,,himsy. The dining room. "'here the two frequently entertain in

home, they interviewed four architects. Francis D'Ha"",, of

and dining spaces. There, as throughuut the apartment. architec

small ),..,.oups, features a Jaime Hayun sideboard with eight le),'S.

D'Apostrophc Dcsib'll "'US the only one who asked !Osee the apart

tural details arc spare and simple. Blu the home is not, as Gurvy

eaeh a different shape. And earlier this year Gold bought her

ment before sending a proposal. Gor"y and Gold hired him.

nOleS, "a cold, minimalist box."

husband a risque cat seulpture-conee;l'ed by the Dutch des;!,,,,

Not surprisingly for two people in their line of work, both

For Tamsin. D'Hacn" devised a suile. using a pocket door 10

collective Studio Job-whose eyes light up when its feline form

husband and wife have ",hat Gorvy calls ""cry specific taste."

link her bedroom with a den that docs double duty as a guest

Fortunately for their marriage. his and hers arc very closely

chamber. He upholstered herbed in a lU\'ender fabric and papered

Art, of course, remains the primary pursuit. "I'd rather li"e ,,;th

ali),"'ed. D'Haene, too, was on the same page. The architect set

her bath with purple and ),'I"ay butterflies that take fli),>ht across the

money on my walls than in the bank. says Gorvy, pausingbcfore

about modernizing the space while preserving the prewar feel,

ceiling. Each year, Gold and Gorvy give Tamsin a drawing for her

a tableau of80 Martin Creed drawin),,,, rendered ;njuicy marker.

embarking on a gut renovation in which he rcconfi),'Ured the cxist-

birthday; among the gifts displayed on her walls are fantastical

'"It was expensive," he rccalls of the series, which the couple found

ing four bedrooms. and, among other changes to the floor plan.

Marcel 07.ama depictions of tree people.

years oock at the Frieze art fair in London. I didn't sleep all night."

is touched in just the right spot.

To set the tone furniture-wise, the apartment relics on a hand-

The next morning when he ealled Iwan 'Virth, who was selling the

ful of statement pieees-inciuding a graceful Patrick Nagg"Jr day

piece, to back out of the purchase, the dealer con\'inced him oth

Above: In t"" dining room. Mttlino chi in a Oooghia fabr",

bed paired with shaggy black lounge chairs in the library and

endse. '"He said the ma),';e words: 'I know you're going to regret

surround a HU_S Chevalier table from Stvdium. which dlspys

kidney-haped Vladimir Ka!,,,, n sofa that face each other acros,

it:"Gon)' remembers_ '"He got thep)'chology."As both art-world

a trio of curvy mirrored co.;ktail rabie, by arti,an Sila Seandel

po",.er players and passion3te collectors, Gorvy and Gold under

in the living room. Gold and Gon.)' arc certainly fond of a little

,tand the mind-sct of deire all too welLe

a Fran. West p>ece_ The l>gllt fiJ<Wre is by Serge Mouille. the

"r<;ie-scale photO<;iraph Is by Hiroshi SIi\Ilrnoto, the sideboard
is by Rime Hayon for BO Design. and t"" f\lg is by Tai Ping_

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