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• Legs That Go On and On, but Maybe Not for Long

  Of the sassy pair of female legs in retro stockings stepping out into Sag Harbor's historic district, one can say this: The legs are 16 feet tall, are made of fiberglass and stand on the side of a home that used to be the Bethel Baptist Church. They were constructed by the artist Larry Rivers, who still manages to delight and offend from the grave. Some people love them as the irreverent embodiment of the rare Hamptons village with a sense of humor and values that transcend dollar signs. Some people hate them as the embodiment of too-cool Manhattanites and art snobs who should have more respect for Sag Harbor's fishing village past. And after more than two years of pondering weighty issues of art, taste and land-use law, the village has ordered that they be taken down by Sunday in a classic East End kerfuffle revolving around art, zoning law and the still-charged reputation of the artist buried a few miles away.

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  Posted In: Art News, Lifestyle, Gallery Feature on 1.20.2012

• David Hockney: aged 74, the painter is as prolific (and perverse) as ever

  On the eve of a new Royal Academy exhibition, Martin Gayford - the writer who knows him best - profiles Britain's greatest living artist.

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  Posted In: Exhibitions, Art News, Gallery Feature, Art Events on 1.2.2012

• The Great Deitch Hope

  It's one thing to put on a wild and wonderful art show. It's quite another to have to sell the art. Kathy Grayson is learning that the hard way.

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  Posted In: Lifestyle, Gallery Feature on 2.24.2011