The New York Post is reporting today that photographer David LaChapelle is suing Fred Torres, his former manager, alleging that he is owed more than $2.8 million in proceeds from sales of his works. Read More
There’s no time for rest in the art world! With Armory Week over, dealers are charging ahead with openings, and Asia Week begins in only a matter of days. Below, nine picks for the week ahead.
MONDAY, MARCH 12
Conversation: David LaChapelle in Conversation with Lyle Rexer at SVA Theater
As part of the “Dear Dave” conversation series at the School of Visual Arts Theater, which brings together an internationally renowned photographer with a critic, curator, writer or artist, David LaChapelle will be in conversation with Lyle Rexer, a New York-based writer and critic, in conjunction with Mr. LaChapelle’s current exhibition, “Earth Laughs in Flowers,” at Fred Torres Collaborations. If you haven’t been to the exhibition to see Mr. LaChapelle’s new large-scale still-lifes composed of flowers and human detritus, head to the gallery before the conversation–they’re in the same neighborhood. Before then, you can check out the slide show. —Rozalia Jovanovic
School of Visual Arts Theater, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, 6:30 p.m.
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During the opening of David LaChapelle’s new exhibition “Earth Laughs in Flowers” at Fred Torres Collaborations last Thursday, a woman was crying and shaking slightly in the back office. Between sobs, the woman, a photographer named Katrina Eugenia, talked to Mr. LaChapelle who was in a porkpie hat and a striped shirt. Read More
Fred Torres Collaborations (FTC) announced today that it now represents David LaChapelle in New York. LaChapelle who has a new show opening Thursday, “Earth Laughs in Flowers,” a series of 10 large-scale still-life photographs, had his last show, “From Darkness to Light,” in 2011 at Lever House, and in 2010 he presented a solo show “American Jesus,” at Paul Kasmin Gallery. While FTC has “managed LaChapelle’s fine art career since 2005″ according to its press release, a gallery assistant at FTC confirmed today that FTC is now exclusively representing Mr. LaChapelle in New York. Read More
