PACE 50th YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Nicola Vassell, co-director of Pace's 534 West 25th St. gallery invited me to the Sept. 16 extravaganza,

which equalled the archival retrospective of modern art treasures. Abstract Expressionism and Pop at 534, and down the block, 21st century masterpieces at 510. "People forget how extraordinary Pace's history is.. the level of development that must go into building a gallery (and by extension a community) so fortuitously that it can withstand any test -- including time, " Nicola said. Revelers included Jim Dine and Diana Michener, Chuck Close, Fab Freddy, Vito Schnabel, Eteri Chkadua, Joel Shapiro, Bob Holman, Richard Chai, Phillip Lim, Aurel Schmidt and a glamorous cast of art lovers. 

Vita Zaman, Nicola Vassell, Gregorio Franchetti

Vito Schnabel and Gregorio Franchetti

Lisa 

Eteri Chkadua of Jamaica and Georgia, and Fab Freddy

25th St. viewers and an Alex Katz landscape

Eteri Chkadua at Scope NYC

Eteri and her Art Dealer Viola Romoli (The Pool NYC). 

http://thepoolnyc.squarespace.com/

I first met Georgian artist Eteri Chkadu at her show in Brooklyn's Rush Gallery and have followed her
career ever since. She represented Georgia at the 2007 Venice Biennale. Her beautiful bold paintings
celebrate a twenty first century feminism of self-revelation and revolution. Now living in Kingston,
Jamaica, Eteri came to NY for the Scope where her paintings graced the exhibition of The PoolNYC.