Recent 20x200 Press: NYT, Houston Chronicle, Wired, New York Magazine
Posted in: press On: April 1, 2008 posted by: 20x200
Lots of nice press for 20x200 in the media this month, here's a look at some of the love we've been getting lately:
New York Times: Julie Scelfo's Easing the Pain of Collecting is a great long feature about our Jen Bekman and how she came to start both her gallery and 20x200: "The whole thing was crazy," she said. Opening the gallery "was so impulsive," she continued. "It was literally me sitting in my living room drinking Scotch with friends, and I was laughing — wouldn’t it be funny if someone picked up the phone and said Jen Bekman Gallery?"
Houston Chronicle: Lisa Gray was one of the lucky people who got to Carlo Van de Roer's Astoria Park swimming pool 20x200 edition before it sold out in December; she caught up with Jen while she was in Houston for FotoFest and wrote a nice long piece about us, On the Internet, it's real art for $20: "I want to demystify art," Bekman says. "I want to make it OK for people to say, 'I like that because there's a lot of green, or because there's a bird in it.' And then they can look at it longer, and see more, and have a deeper experience."
Lest you think only newspapers love us, there are some rather lovely shout outs in magazines, too! Wired shows us some love in this month's issue, calling 20x200 the best choice for "art patrons who want gallery quality without gallery attitude" on their shortlist of places to buy original art online, and New York Magazine—in their prestigious annual Best of NY issue, even—named us Best Starter Art Collection, which is wonderfully flattering. Oh, and I haven't gotten my hands on a copy yet, but we're even in this month's Redbook!
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