June 01, 2004
art.gossip
update: I thought I was all over this shit like white on rice but Tyler Green wipes the court with the full tawdry story and quotes from the (inevitable) lawsuit which has resulted from the aftermentioned letter. As Tyler says alleged, alleged, alleged, alleged
update part deux: Jason Calacanis sure hires wimps. i guess i would pull a punch or two if I had any 'friends'
It's not often that the art world nasties make it onto page 6, however it looks like someone squealed about a lovers quarrel between New Museum curator Dan Cameron & 5B gallerina Oliver Kamm. It seems as though mr. kamm ( who shows... paintings, paintings and... um... more paintings) had some of his chelsea muscle boy friends forcibly remove his former lover, the good mr. cameron, from a gallery opening. Hot, sounds like the opening to a dirty bruce la bruce film about gay s/m elements in the art world.
It seems that Cameron sent out a letter to a bunch of art-world folks describing the incident and going on to say that the pair broke due in-part to "Mr. Kamm's declining emotional stability". Awww, it's so cute when Ex's care.
One of the real questions is which sarah lawrence/bard/vassar girl from Lisa Spelman's 303 gallery dropped a dime (and a copy of the letter) to the post? Or was it madam spelman herself? I hear that she is an absolute joy to work for so I can't imagine one of the fine young girls slaving away for next to no pay at 303 doing such a thing...
Also of note, is the "emotionally unstable" Oliver Kamm also the andrew sullivanesque blogger of the same name? The mind boggles at the possibilities.
Posted by thickeye at June 1, 2004 10:10 AM