Carmen Herrera

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right right yeah like carmen herrera right when you're uh when you're in your late 90s uh things starting to happen if you can hold on that long okay so let's talk about westbeth specifically because i knew somebody who was on the waiting list and did get in and so for people who are unfamiliar with the building in the process the way it's been at least for the last you know 25 30 years anyway uh and you can talk you can talk about what it was like before that but Basically, you somehow get onto the waiting list and there are probably a certain number of hoops you have to jump through to do that.

And then you get on that waiting list and you can be on it anywhere from five to 15 to 20 years.

And then once you get in, you have a well below market rate, rent control, run subsidized, rent control department for the rest of your life until you give it up and

Now I'd like to introduce you to another person.

Her name, Carmen Herrera.

Uh, born in Cuba, Havana, actually.

She studied art and architecture in New York City.

So she started selling at age 89, so [laughs] that gives us all some hope.

She sold her first painting at 101, still working every day, and the Whitney Museum presented a major exhibition of her work at the time.

But Carmen Herrera did not begin creating at age 89.

She just continued.

divisions, helping to connect the different Latin American scenes.

And also, what is interesting, the magazine has also produced limited edition prints and multiples by important Latin American artists, Carmen Herrera, for example, which have helped support the publication while creating a lasting record of artists.

So this is not just a fair, it's really a whole world put together.

I know ArtNexus.

I have a subscription to ArtNexus.

And it's so funny that you mentioned selling prints by Carmen Herrera.

I literally bought a print by Carmen Herrera that is in my bedroom.

A lovely one.

To answer your question, I think my dad's first car may have been a Pontiac, forgetting the model.

And then he was into the Lincoln, the real Lincoln Continental, which we have a great car by Carmen Herrera, Cuban artist, Lincoln Continental.

And I don't have good memories with cars because my dad used to smoke cigarettes.

And I remember driving with him Windows closed, smoking all this crap, you know, cigarettes, and, you know, getting nauseous, and he didn't really care.