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The Arts Intel Report

Gianfranco Gorgoni

Jean-Michel Basquiat, photographed by Gianfranco Gorgoni.

Apr 11 – June 30, 2024
57 Bond St, New York, NY 10012

When the New York-based photographer Gianfranco Gorgoni died, in 2019, he left behind a vast body of work. Yes, he photographed Fidel Castro and Truman Capote, but much of his focus was artists and their work. In the 1970s, Gorgoni traveled to Utah’s Great Salt Lake to shoot Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, and then to California to capture Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Running Fence. He also made portraits of Bruce Nauman and Andy Warhol (one memorable shot sees the King of Pop lounging in bed with a dog). This exhibition, curated by Jose Esperon and held at Áwet New York—a Livewear store on Bond Street—showcases some of Gorgoni’s more intimate portraits and New York-themed photographs. “As a born and raised New Yorker,” says Gorgoni’s daughter, Maya Gorgoni, “we sometimes take for granted all of the magic this city offers. I’m thankful to have photography to forever remind us of our temporary existence.” —Elena Clavarino