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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 10 december 2019
Banana, duct tape add up to $150,000 at Art Basel Miami

By KELLI KENNEDY into the crowd and yelling
Associated Press at partygoers to put away
MIAMI (AP) — 3D-printed their phones and enjoy the
cocktails, a traffic jam moment.
sculpture made of hun- The city of Miami Beach
dreds of tons of sand and commissioned a million-
more celebrity sightings dollar traffic jam by artist
than a Kardashian Christ- Leandro Erlich. It took 330
mas party were all part of tons (300 metric tons) of
over-the-top festivities dur- sand to construct 66 life-
ing the week of Art Basel sized sculptures of cars
Miami, but it was a banana and trucks stuck in an
that stole the show. imaginary traffic jam on
The most talked-about art- the oceanfront of popular
work of the week was titled Lincoln Road. The instal-
“Comedian” — a spotty lation alludes to Florida’s
banana duct-taped to a fragile position in the large
wall by artist Maurizio Cat- universal canvas, touching
telan. on climate crisis and rising
According to artnet News, sea levels.
two pieces quickly sold for The Shore Club South
$120,000. The Paris-based Beach also focused on
Perrotin gallery raised the global warming where a
price to $150,000 for the 36-foot-long (11-meter-
third piece, which will be In this Dec. 4, 2019 photo, gallery owner Emmanuel Perrotin poses next to Maurizio Cattlelan’s long) floating ice sculp-
“Comedian” at the Art Basel exhibition in Miami Beach, Fla.
sold to a museum. The Associated Press ture inside the pool spelled
bananas were bought at out the words “HOW DARE
a local grocery store. No bite as a large crowd Marino, Dwyane Wade before passing the mic to YOU.” The piece, titled “Cli-
instructions were given on documented it with their and Chris Bosh. The after- “Country Grammar” sing- mate Meltdown” by artist
what to do as the banana phones. party crowd, including er Nelly. Rapper 2 Chainz Rubem Robierb, lasted ap-
ages. “I respect Maurizio but it’s Floyd Mayweather, Han- closed out the night. proximately eight hours.
The gallery did not respond art performance. Hungry nah Bronfman, and Alesso, Across town, rapper Tra- Photographer David Yar-
to several emails from The artist,” he said.“You have watched a performance vis Scott didn’t take the row’s picture of real-life
Associated Press seeking more? $150,000,” he joked. by Wyclef Jean, who did stage until 3:30 a.m. at a “Wolf of Wall Street” Jordan
comment.On Saturday, On Friday night, art col- a throwback to the Fugees sold-out performance at Belfort sold for $200,000.
David Datuna removed lector Wayne Boich host- with “Ready or Not,” and 24-hour nightclub E11even. The piece was signed by
the banana from the wall, ed a lavish dinner at his later brought dozens of girls Scott stood on top of the director Martin Scorsese
unpeeled it and took a home that included Dan onstage to dance with him DJ booth tossing dollar bills and Leonardo DiCaprio. q
Leonard Cohen’s posthumous album centers on poetry

By PABLO GORONDI Understated exceptions lines even more effective
Associated Press are the title track and a “I was always working
Leonard Cohen, few lines here and there, steady/But I never called
“Thanks for the Dance” but Cohen doesn’t really it art.”
( C o l u m b i a / L e g a c y sing, not that his resonant The title track could be
Recordings) voice needs a melody to a sequel to “Take This
Leonard Cohen’s last convey the experience, Waltz,” a 1980s song with
album, released just depth, humor, horror and lyrics Cohen adopted
weeks before he passed beauty of his lyrics. from a poem by Federico
in 2016, was “You Want Expanding on recordings García Lorca. Here the
It Darker,” which had a made mostly at the same themes appear to be
sense of finality that made time as the sessions for “You more personal, but just as
it a fine conclusion to his Want It Darker,” Adam inspired.
brilliant musical career. Cohen and engineer/ Other highlights include
“Thanks for the Dance,” mixer Michael Chaves the subtle flamenco airs
on the other hand, seems searched out some of of “The Night of Santiago,”
to bring down the curtain the master’s previous the dark-as-night and
on Cohen’s parallel collaborators and some terrifying “Puppets” and
universe, the poetry he new ones to complete closer “Listen to the
started to publish long the compositions. Among Hummingbird,” a short
before he began making them are Sharon Robinson, but wise and emotional
records. Jennifer Warnes, the Shaar epilogue.“Thanks for the
Illustrating the point, the Hashomayim Synagogue Dance” is like discovering
new nine-track set is more Choir, Beck, Daniel Lanois, This cover image released by Columbia/Legacy shows “Thanks a box of old letters or in
like a Cohen spoken-word Feist, Javier Mas, Zac Rae, for the Dance” by Leonard Cohen. this case, poems — from
performance with very Patrick Leonard and Anjani Associated Press a departed loved one. It’s
good and empathetic Thomas. an emotional experience
musical backing, most of “Happens to the Heart” piano supporting Cohen’s accompaniment from that allows Cohen’s great
it composed by his son, opens the album with listing of a life’s worth of Andre de Ridder’s stargaze talents to be appreciated
Adam. haunting guitar, laud and experiences, the gentle orchestra making the again.q