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Takashi Murakami sculptures in the front window of the Gagosian Shop
Upper East Side Manhattan, NY from my 2011 archive


Pharrell Williams for Domeau & Pérès (yellow bike) in the side window of the Gagosian Shop
Upper East Side Manhattan, NY from my 2011 archive

February 26, 2011

Mixed

Finally went INTO the Gagosian Shop on the Upper East Side today. I have walked by it many times when visiting "The Met" (the real name is too long, The Metropolitan Museum of Art--just call it "The Met" or "Guggenheim" (also has a long name, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum) but have never gone in. I made the trip to the Upper East Side today specifically to visit the Gagosian Shop hoping to score a copy of an exhibition catalogue from a show I saw last week. They were sold out and the desk clerk said I would find the catalogue in stock at the Gagosian Shop on the Upper East Side. So as the story goes, went to the Shop today and no catalogue to be found! Disappointed to say the least but it can be purchased online...so life goes on.

The Gagosian Shop is a mix of artist editions, one of a kind originals, knickknacks (key chains, postcards, mouse pads, plates, "Gagosian" inscribed pencils), posters, clothing, skateboards, books, catalogues, and magazines. You will find work by: Yayoi Kusama, Damien Hirst, Elizabeth Peyton, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, Takashi Murakami, and the list goes on and on.

Some works/items for sale that stick in my memory are a Jean-Michel Basquiat candle, a signed catalogue by Keith Haring ($10,000), an Elizabeth Peyton painting with a bright light shining on it (is that archival?), a Visionaire Edition 50 magazine (described by some as the non-magazine magazine), and all the Damien Hirst works. Damien Hirst definitely ruled the Shop with various wallpapers ($1,000), his famous dot paintings ($6,000), skulls, posters, and butterfly paintings and prints.

If you find yourself in the Upper East Side, it is worth a stop. The Shop in itself is colorful, bright, and eye candy for Art Enthusiasts/Collectors/Artists/or however you define yourself.

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