For someone who lived in Manhattan for 12 years, I have too few “celebrity sightings.”  The problem is that I don’t really care for celebrities. My “celebrity sighting” stories are more like “the time I didn’t see that celebrity.”  For example, I was next to Leonardo DiCaprio on three separate occasions during Frieze Week in 2017.  (Or so I am told.)  Twice we were in the same booth on Randall’s Island.  And after the third occasion, when we were in Acquavella Galleries on East 79th Street (admiring Miró’s Constellations series), my husband exclaimed, “Wow.  You really didn’t notice Leo standing …

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Origen has co-sponsored Moved to Do the Same, by Joan Jonas, published by Triple Canopy. Joan Jonas is a contemporary visual artist and pioneer of video and performance art. “All of my work from maybe 1970 on referred to the feminist movement, but indirectly,” she has explained. “I wasn’t interested in making political art, but from the very beginning I’ve always been interested in how my work relates to the present situation.” Origen’s sponsorship furthers its mission of supporting artists. Origen is excited to support Triple Canopy, a non-profit and New York-based magazine that works closely with artists, writers, technologists, …

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