Vanities

WECOME ART-LOVERS!

Holiday 2015/2016
Vanities
WECOME ART-LOVERS!
Holiday 2015/2016

WECOME ART-LOVERS!

Ten recommended pickup lines for Art Basel, Miami Beach, December 3-6,2015

By SCOTT JACOBSON, MIKE SACKS, AND TED TRAVELSTEAD

Me, you, Damien Hirst, formaldehyde. Whaddya say?"

"Shhh. Don't tell anyone, but I'm Banksy. Yes, Banksy is 58 and bald and partying his ass off at a free rooftop party."

"Hey, beautiful! Are you going ...

m-Ai Weiwei? Ha-ha! Whoops, knocked over this sex-toy sculpture."

Jerry Saltz once called me 'remarkably pedantic.'"

"My favorite artist?

Hmmm. Perhaps the guy who did the kitten-in-a-tree

poster saying, Hang in There, Baby.'"

My love life is like a Schnabel canvas. Open to interpretation. Slightly

tasteless. Sloppy. And superexpensive."

No, I never knew Warhol, but I did work in a factory."

"I once

broke my leg attempting to mount Jeff Koons's Balloon Dog.'

Are you Marina Abramović? 'Cause wanna stare at you until a docent taps me on the shoulder and tells me to leave."

"I conceive of a theoretical framework and draw up plans. My assistants do the actual lovemaking.