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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 11 august 2017
Ricky Martin defends Versace murder drama as respectful

LYNN ELBER, fashion designer was shot
AP Television Writer by serial killer Andrew Cu-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ricky nanan.
Martin said he reassured But Murphy said the se-
Gianni Versace’s longtime ries is a drama and not
partner Antonio D’Amico a documentary, adding,
that the pair will be treated “you have to be respect-
respectfully in a TV drama ful but make it your own.”
about Versace’s 1997 mur- It’s part of his “American
der. Crime Story” anthology
“I’ll make sure people fall in that began with the Emmy-
love with your relationship winning “The People v. O.J.
with Gianni,” Martin, who Simpson.” The reference to
plays D’Amico in FX’s “The “assassination” in the title is
Assassination of Gianni Ver- deliberate, Murphy said.
sace: American Crime Sto- The word has a political
ry,” recounted telling him. overtone that indicates kill-
Martin said he spoke by ing to make a point, “and
phone Wednesday to that’s exactly what An-
D’Amico after he had pub- drew Cunanan did,” he
licly criticized the series for said of the man believed
what he called inaccura- to have killed at least four Ricky Martin, left, a cast member in the FX series “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American
cies. It’s in production and others before Versace. Cu- Crime Story,” answers a reporter’s question as fellow cast members Darren Criss, center, and
Edgar Ramirez look on during the 2017 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at 20th
set to air in January. nanan committed suicide Century Fox Studios on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in Los Angeles.
Executive producer Ryan about a week later as po- Associated Press
Murphy, taking part in a lice tracked him. to stop the murders, which Ramirez (“The Girl on the But Versace was a genius
panel discussion Wednes- Cunanan was targeting Murphy blamed on ho- Train”) plays Versace, with whose potential to disrupt
day, said D’Amico may gay men and Versace was mophobia, were chief rea- Darren Criss (“Glee”) as society was lost, he said.
have been judging the among the rare celebri- sons he decided to make Cunanan and Penelope “We’re in a world that Gi-
project based on a pa- ties who dared to be open the series. Cruz as Versace’s sister, anni Versace created,”
parazzi photo snapped about their sexuality at a “Versace was the last vic- Donatella. Murphy said Ramirez said, one that
during filming outside Ver- repressive time, Murphy tim and he didn’t have to the series honors the loss combined sexiness, glam-
sace’s Miami Beach man- said. That motivation and die,” he said. of all Cunanan’s victims our and opulence in unpar-
sion. It’s where the famed law enforcement’s failure Venezuelan actor Edgar who were taken too soon. alleled ways.q

Santa Fe show features 2 of

Picasso’s rare silver platters

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRY- have been busy for the last ever produced.
AN couple of days setting up Last year in Hong Kong, So-
Associated Press as dozens of exhibitors posi- theby’s auctioned the first
Two of Pablo Picasso’s sil- tion their wares throughout complete set of plates to a
ver platters are among the maze of booths and Japanese collector for $2.5
the hundreds of rare items makeshift gallery spaces million.
curated from collections that make up the annual The plates have been gain-
around the world that will show. ing value in recent years
be on display and sold dur- “Even people here at the and the two on display in
ing a special exhibition in show, they say ‘Oh, that Santa Fe are expected to
New Mexico’s art capital of looks like a Picasso.’ When fetch $80,000 and $90,000 In this photo provided by Objects of Art shows, Kim Martindale,
Santa Fe. you tell them that it is, they each. They are part of the co-producer of Objects of Art, poses with two Pablo Picasso’s
The Objects of Art show just light up,” Martindale personal collection of Bev- silver cast plates that will be on display as part of the Objects of
, which runs through the said. “It just shows how erly Hills gallery owner and Art exhibition in Santa Fe, N.M., on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. The
exhibit runs through Sunday Aug. 13. 2017
weekend, also includes people get excited about longtime art dealer Gail Fe- Associated Press
furniture from the home of seeing his work in person ingarten Oppenheimer.
the late comedian Garry and the silver plates are just More than 4,000 people collection last year and al- drawing collectors from
Shandling, a collection of so unique.” are expected to pass most all of the pieces sold, abroad.q
early Navajo weavings and Known for his paintings, Pi- through the Objects of Art
more modern work from casso also was a prolific exhibition over the next
several Korean painters. sculptor and ceramicist. three days, organizers say.
Picasso’s plates are ex- During the late 1950s and Aside from the plates, they’ll
pected to be one of the 1960s, he commissioned see Shandling’s Spanish
main attractions given their French silversmith Fran- colonial dining table and
rarity and association with cois Hugo to cast a series chairs, armoires and some
one of the art world’s most of plates and medallions of the driftwood art piec-
recognizable names, said in gold and silver after his es that he displayed in his
Kim Martindale, the exhibi- original ceramic models home. The Santa Fe exhibi-
tion’s co-producer. and designs. Only 20 edi- tion offered the first public
Martindale and others tions of the 24 designs were viewing of Shandling’s art