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Glyn Vincent

Can a Nice Guy Finish First In an Icy Art Market?

Jim Cohan opened his high-end New York gallery of contemporary art, the James Cohan Gallery, at a bad time, in the wrong part of town, with a partner who would soon bail out. In late 1999, just as our infatuation with play money was peaking and art dealers were rushing into the huge lower-rent spaces Read More

Eli Zabar’s Customers Squeamish Over Roof Garden Veggies

Some customers are wondering if there are traces of arsenic in the $18-a-pound “organic” lolla rosa and baby arugula salad sold at Eli Zabar’s Vinegar Factory on East 91st Street. But if Eli Zabar, the would-be Ralph Lauren of tony produce, has a serious problem on his hands, you’d never know it. Chewing on an Read More