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November 12, 2019
THE ART OF IMPEACHMENT: Freda Reiter’s Watergate Pastels, 1973 – 75
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December 2, 2019
RICHARD NIXON / WATERGATE – Freda Reiter’s Illustrations for ABC-TV, 1973-75NewsletterFreda Reiter’s color pastel recreations of Richard Nixon’s resignation and other Oval Office scenes, as well as, her life sketches of the Watergate trials are the products of an era with very different rules for the media. In the 1970s, news photographers had only limited access to an increasingly reclusive president, and laws… -
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November 7, 2019
EXHIBITIONS BY WOMEN ARTISTS, 1970s – 90s: Surveying a Collection of Gallery Announcement CardsNewsletterOne does not usually think of the late 20th century as a great period for women artists, in part because of the Guerilla Girls’ successful poster campaign that revealed how few women exhibited in NYC’s major museums and galleries. Yet a survey of the announcement cards from this period shows… -
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October 10, 2019
Marc H Miller at Howl! Happening: 98 Bowery, 1969-89 / Stories of Downtown New YorkNewsletterArtist and curator Marc H Miller will be talking about his life in downtown New York City at Howl! Happening on Saturday, October 19th. The occasion is the unveiling of an updated version of his website 98 Bowery, 1969-89, a picture memoir of the 20 years he lived in a Bowery… -
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October 9, 2019
A Performance Artist in the Making: William Pope.L & the band Jon WaineNewsletterYou will rarely, if ever, see a reference to the rock band Jon Waine in bios of William Pope.L, the celebrated artist who this month has simultaneous exhibitions opening at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. But it was during his six years (1976-83) as the group’s lead singer and co-composer… -
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October 1, 2019
Please Kill Me: An Interview With Marc H MillerNewsletterGallery 98’s Marc H Miller is the subject of a long interview by Eric Davidson now featured on PLEASE KILL ME, the popular website that takes its name from a Richard Hell t-shirt made famous by Legs McNeil and Gilliam McCain when they co-opted it as the… -
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August 30, 2019
Keith Haring’s Party of Life: Rare Clothing Items, 1984 – 86NewsletterGallery 98 has recently acquired souvenir clothing items from Keith Haring’s annual Party of Life. Planned around his May 4th birthday, Haring staged three Party of Life events from 1984 – 86. -
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August 27, 2019
Anton Perich’s NIGHT Magazine: STUDIO 54, CLUB CULTURE AS ART, 1978-79NewsletterGallery 98 has recently acquired a collection of rare early issues of NIGHT magazine, perhaps the most visually compelling of the many independent publications that emerged in downtown New York in the 1970s and 80s. Founded by artist Anton Perich, NIGHT focused on NYC nightlife capturing an important “post-pop” moment… -
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July 30, 2019
Jean-Michel Basquiat Ephemera, 1981-88: Gallery Invites, Posters, & PublicationsNewsletterOver the years Gallery 98 has handled some of the best examples of Basquiat ephemera. Most of these items have already sold but since we are a research site for art historians, as well as an online gallery for collectors, we often leave sold items posted on the site. … -
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July 23, 2019
A Survey of Basquiat Ephemera, 1981-88: Announcement Cards, Posters & PublicationsNewsletterSimilar to the way paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat have played a key role in the frenzy surrounding contemporary high-end art auctions, the same is happening in the more limited market of vintage contemporary art ephemera. The cards, posters and publications that feature Basquiat and chart the important moments in his short… -
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July 22, 2019
Downtown Art – Soho, Tribeca – 1970-78NewsletterThe rise of downtown New York in the early 70’s as both an artist neighborhood and a gallery district is charted in this online exhibition featuring vintage invitation cards and posters. This carefully curated selection captures the moment pop and minimalism evolved into new forms of conceptual and political art. -
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July 9, 2019
Rise of the East Village 1977 – 86: ANNOUNCEMENT CARDS, POSTERS AND PUBLICATIONSNewsletterThe glory days of the East Village in the late 70’s and early 80’s are captured in this selection of vintage invitation cards, posters and other art ephemera. This carefully curated online exhibition includes gallery announcements, nightclub invites, and underground publications. Among those featured are David Wojnarowicz, Madonna, Richard Prince, Lady Pink,… -
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June 13, 2019
Posters by Wojnarowicz, Eisenman & others: ART GALLERY POSTERS FROM THE 1970s – 90sNewsletterFor this poster, made not long after his diagnosis with AIDS, Haring pasted his own baby picture inside an image of an about-to-burst soap bubble: a frank metaphor for the life that would be cut short barely a year later.
