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The Nude York Times (Instagram Secret Scroll Edition)
From our Grey Lady pearl-clutching desk The hardblushing staff has long chronicled the growing willingness of the New York Times to bare all in the name of art – or commerce – in its advertising. Representative samples include this ulp-skirt ad from … Continue reading
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Tagged Amedeo Modigliani, An American in Paris, Christie's, Federico Beltran-Masses, Fitzwilliam Museum, Gagosian Gallery, Guy Trebay, Jack Pierson, John Currin, Julius LeBlanc Stewart, Louis Vuitton, Luke Syson, M.S. Rau, New York Times, rg_bunny1, Roz Chast, Tracey Emin, ulp-skirt
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The Nude York Times (‘An American in Paris’ Edition)
From our Grey Lady pearl-clutching desk The hardblushing staff has long chronicled the growing willingness of the New York Times to bare all in the name of art – or commerce – in its advertising. Representative samples include this ulp-skirt ad … Continue reading
New York Times: All the Nudes That’s Fit to Print
As the hardblushing staff has noted on previous occasions (see here and here), the Grey Lady has been opening the kimono more and more of late, from an ulp-skirt Louis Vuitton ad several years ago to this eye-popping Christie’s ad last fall. … Continue reading
The Nude York Times
As the hardblushing staff has noted, the Grey Lady has slowly been opening the kimono in its print pages, starting with this ulp-skirt Louis Vuitton image a couple of years ago. Then there was this Gagosian Gallery ad a … Continue reading
Oh, My! The Grey Lady Opens the Kimono All the Way
As the eyeverting staff has noted on several occasions, the New York Times has gradually become more – ahem – adventurous in the images it’s willing to publish. There was, for example, this ulp-skirt image in a Louis Vuitton ad a couple … Continue reading
The War of Art in NYC’s Auction Houses
It’s auction season for the arterati, and yesterday’s New York Times was the Antietam of tony gavel houses in the Big Town. There was, for instance, this Christie’s ad in the A section: Which sends us to this video presented by Loic … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Warhol, Antietam, Bonhams, Christie's, Christopher Martin, Frederick Carl Frieske, Gary Gardner, If I Live, Jean-Michel Basquuiat, Jeff Koons, John Currin, Loic Gouzer, Mark Rothko, New York auction houses, New York Times, Richard Prince, Sotheby's, the arterati, The Garden Chair
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