My first job in the art world was working for Ira Spanierman, who used to run an advertisement with a large headline proclaiming, “We Will Pay Over One Million Dollars for Highly Important Paintings by . . .” followed by a laundry list of famous American artists.  We got calls […]

Practically a ten years in the past, Roberta and I have been going for walks by Grand Central Terminal in New York when we heard exuberant, vaguely African dance songs.  We adopted the sound and came upon a group of dancers putting on elaborate horse costumes and executing precisely choreographed […]