By Kim Velsey 2:13pm

Manhattan Transfers

Did Richard Prince buy a townhouse? (Interview mag)

Did Richard Prince Just Buy an UES Townhouse? All Signs Point to Yes

Richard Prince, famed for his paintings and photo appropriation, has not limited his acquisitiveness to muscle cars and Marlboro ads. He also appears to have appropriated a townhouse at 55 East 78th Street.

The five-bedroom brownstone has been purchased for $13.75 million by Noel’s Egg LLC., according to city records. Noel’s (Mr. Prince’s wife’s name) Egg is registered to an address that matches Mr. Prince’s upstate New York studio at 151 Righter Road in Rensselaerville, N.Y. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 8/16/11 6:48pm

Shindigger

Baldwin and Schumer.

Art and Auction in East Hampton

The swans in Town Pond paddled on serenely, unfazed by the crowds filing up James Lane toward Guild Hall. The birds, evidently, are accustomed to such revelry. The event, last Saturday, was a celebration of Richard Prince’s exhibition “Covering Pollock,” currently on display at the Hall’s gallery. The work, Mr. Prince’s latest, consists of black-and-white photographs of Jackson Pollock obscured by images of models, ’80s punk stars and various forms of old-school erotica. Inside, groups of curious viewers—some of them peering over their spectacles at the prints—made polite banter about the graphic images. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 8/15/11 11:54am

Party Circuit

6 Photos

Phyllis Mack, Renee Steinberg

Guild Hall Summer Gala Celebrates Richard Prince and Honors Martha Stewart

Friday night, East Hampton’s finest gathered to celebrate the art of Richard Prince, whose collection “Covering Pollock” is currently on exhibition at the town’s cultural center, Guild Hall. The evening went on to honor Martha Stewart and her contributions to the institution.

The event was emceed by Alec Baldwin and deejayed by Alexandra Richards, the Read More

By Laura Gilbert 7/19/11 7:45pm

Art

Prince.

Richard Prince-Patrick Cariou Copyright Suit Revealing Copywrongs

In the case in which art superstar Richard Prince and his agent, megadealer Larry Gagosian, and Mr. Gagosian’s gallery were all found to have jointly infringed the copyrighted images of photographer Patrick Cariou, their appeal of the U.S. District Court’s March decision is having some trouble getting off the ground.

That’s because Mr. Cariou has Read More

By Nate Freeman 7/19/11 7:31pm

Nightlife

Means of transportation.

The Wee Hours: High-Performance Hamptons

“DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO an evil laugh?” asked the 10-year-old son of artist Lee Quinones, standing last Friday in the packed and tiny Eric Firestone gallery, an art space slotted in a nook between East Hampton fashion stores.

The sun had not yet gone down and the attendees had dragged their kids, pets Read More

By Adam Lindemann 3/29/11 11:49pm

The Collector

My Artwork Formerly Known as Prince

It wasn’t all that long ago that Richard Prince was an artist respected by curators and a few collectors who was largely overlooked by the art market. (He was best known for his 1983 Spiritual America, an unauthorized “re-photograph” of an nude, underage Brooke Shields.) A serious mid-career show at the Whitney in 1992 was Read More

By Adam Lindemann 5/05/10 2:10am

Secrets of the Star Art Collectors

Clichés die hard and slow, mainly because most people simplify things in order to process them. When it comes to art collecting, people love to talk up the storied collectors of old to give hope to new art buyers. Consider the oft-told tale of Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a retired postal clerk and an ex-librarian Read More