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Beatrice Colen, Richard Eastham, Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner cast photo from Wonder Woman (1975)

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On February 16, 1977, the first season of Wonder Woman ended. This marked the last episode on ABC (seasons 2 and 3 were on CBS), the last episode to take place during the World War II era, and the last appearances in the series of Wonder Girl, General Blankenship, and Etta Candy. ("Wonder Woman in Hollywood", Wonder Woman, TV, event)

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Wonder Woman 1x09 - Last of the $2 Bills (1977)

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Kolchak : The Night Stalker at 50 - The Ripper

One of our favourite shows is 50 years old today.

About thirty years ago, Friday nights were a different experience; some of the school year diligently did their homework, avoiding having to do it on Sunday night. The cool kids were down the park; the local teenage boys trying to woo the local teenage girls with cheap cider from a corner shop whose proprietor would incessantly complain about the crumbling moral fibre of society, yet whose only check for the suitability of the cigarettes and alcohol he sold to his juvenile customers was their ability to pay.

Then there were those who were glued to the TV, who fell in love with early evening comedy, talk shows, late night news analysis and cult films starting not long before midnight.

Guess which ones we were?

Around the autumn of 1991, a series of late night cult TV started on BBC 2 in the UK. Called The Mystery Train was presented by Richard O’Brien (he of The Rocky Horror Show and Crystal Maze fame) and came in three parts. A serial, a film (usually a 50s sci-fi / schlock horror flick) and a short. Much like the Saturday morning matinees at the cinema my Dad used to tell me about.

The serial that was chosen for this nighttime smorgasbord? Kolchak : The Night Stalker.

Fronted by Darren McGavin reprises his titular role of Carl Kolchak (or Karl depending on the week's writer) from the earlier TV movies, it continued the adventures of the old-school newshound whose stories always seem to end up taking him into the world of the paranormal, shadowy government conspiracy, corporate shenanigans or scientists who unwittingly have unleashed far more than they expected.

To keep him in check, as much as Kolchak can be kept in check, Simon Oakland also returned as his long suffering boss, Tony Vincenzo.

The show has been seen as the progenitor of the X-Files, but it’s really better. Yes, it is rather “monster of the week” at its core, but Kolchak’s conceit is better than either Mulder or Scully. Plus, it’s unencumbered by a story-arc that has to be periodically shoe-horned into the show.

With hindsight the show really sat well with The Mystery Train’s eclectic vibe. Funnily, for a while neither Pop nor I knew the other was watching the show; but once we found out, Monday break and lunchtimes at school were a breathless analysis of Friday’s episode. Those who had missed it, or worse still didn't care, obviously shrugged their shoulders and left us to it.

Analysis might be stretching it a bit far. More a mix of piss-taking at the quality of the special effects, the flatness or excitement of that week’s story or marvelling at certain shots and the atmosphere they managed to create.

Siskel & Ebert’s jobs, no doubt to their relief, were safe.

Why bring this up now? Well, exactly 50 years ago today, the 13th of September 1974, Kolchak : The Night Stalker began airing in the US at 10pm, on ABC with the Episode The Ripper. 

The show only lasted a season, and a shorter than intended one at that, but it has cast a very long shadow.

Plot

The Ripper strikes. It's about to go down.

Quite straightforward this one. A series of murders in Chicago has similarities with those committed in Whitechapel, London during 1888. No-one other than Kolchak can - or is willing enough to - suspend belief and put the pieces together to do what is needed to stop the killer.

Guests

Darren McGavin and Simon Oakland were joined by :

Beatrice Colen - Jane Plumm

Ruth McDevitt - Elderly Woman

Jack Grinnage - Ron Updyke

Ken Lynch - Capt. Warren

Marya Small - Masseuse

Donald Mantooth - Policeman

Robert Bryan Berger - Mail Boy

Roberta Collins - Detective Cortazzo

Clint Young - Driver

and

Mickey Gilbert as The Ripper

The Scoop

Pop : I haven't watched this series for many years, but this one feels like it hits all the beats of a 'typical' Night Stalker episode.

Carl Kolchak stalking a supernatural fiend, mostly at night, to get a juicy story.

Police officers being thrown about by said fiend.

Some banter with an exasperated Tony Vincenzo, Carl's boss at the Independent News Service.

Light piss taking of Ron Updike, a rival reporter.

Footage of a Chicago 'L' train passing through the city (you're going to see this clip a lot!)

Since it's the pilot, that all makes sense, but it also exposes one of my main issues with this series - it's very much like a smaller scale, less impressive version of the 2 highly successful feature films, which many original viewers were likely to have seen first. Still, taken on its own merits it's a decent pick for a pilot. And just to be clear, I'd definitely count myself as a fan of this series.

Just like the films, it's all very darkly lit. Although it reminds me a little of the critique of 'Manos, the hands of fate" in MST3k - "Every frame of this movie looks like someone's last known photo!", in my opinion, the lack of light in many of the scenes only adds to the creepy atmosphere, and helps to disguise cheap sets and costumes.

There is a decent amount of outdoor footage, and pacing is also good for a show of this era. This is the pilot, so I'm interested to see if that continues!

You won't catch him like that. Our hero holds court to an exasperated Vincenzo and an indifferent Police Captain, who's about to get his arse handed to him.

Tim : This could so easily have been a rejected script for a third Kolchak film and yes, it does feel a little rushed in places, but the script does a good job of reintroducing the Kolchak/Vincenzo dynamic to an audience who would not have had the luxury of pulling up a streaming service and re-watching the preceding movies.

It also pretty well sets up the character of Ron Updyke and his, albeit one-sided, rivalry with Kolchak. Jack Grinnage and Darren McGavin were good friends, which is immediately obvious from chemistry.

The tension and tone of the show is established quickly in the opening shots and maintained. Part of this is down to the theme by Gil Melle, part to the incidental music; that moment you hear the series theme and its flip from gentle to menacing half way through. Coupled with some really lovely cinematography, even if by modern standards, sometimes feels a bit shonky.

What the episode doesn’t do well is as obvious as what it does - away from the leads and the characters of Updyke and Captain Warren (Ken Lynch), there is a very real feeling that everyone else is wallpaper, only there to move the story forward to Kolchak’s next checkpoint.

Overall though, this was one of my favourite episodes back in the 1990s and on rewatching it didn’t disappoint.

Highlight

Pop : I love Kolchak's freak out when he's hiding in the ripper's wardrobe and is about to get caught. Darren McGavin really does give his all to sell this series, and his performance perfectly walks the line by treating the material just seriously enough to avoid undermining it.

Tim : Agree the wardrobe scene is a key moment, but the chase between The Ripper and Police is an exciting, if sanitised for 1970s US network TV, action scene that feels larger than the budget. The lighter, more comedic moments with the Independent News Service staff and the Police land well too, providing just enough of a counterpoint to the show's horror, to avoid seeming silly.

"Miss Physical Therapist" in a Ripper story. Uh-huh. Right. "Contestants". Gotcha.

Lowlight

Pop : The ripper himself has no character - he's a silent killing machine.

He also manages to keep his Victorian era suit and cloak perfectly intact through decades of gruesome murder. Perhaps his clothes are also supernatural?

Tim : Jane Plumm’s given a raw deal in this episode; the way she’s introduced, you’re immediately made aware she’s a one dimensional. disposable character defined largely by her physique.

Score on the doors

Pop : I'll give this one 7/10.

Tim : Solid. 8/10.

How can you explain it? Who could explain it? Who'd believe it? Carl ponders if his story will ever fly.

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I found this on NewsBreak: Actress Beatrice Colen: A Look Back at the Beloved Star of TV's Original "Wonder Woman" Series and "Happy Days"

I found this on NewsBreak: Actress Beatrice Colen: A Look Back at the Beloved Star of TV's Original "Wonder Woman" Series and "Happy Days"

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Retro Review: Wonder Woman 1x03 - "Fausta, The Nazi Wonder Woman"

Review: Wonder Woman 1×03 – “Fausta, The Nazi Wonder Woman“

  [Editor’s note: This review may contain spoilers]

Director: Barry Crane

Writers: Bruce Shelly & David Ketchum

Starring: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Richard Eastham & Beatrice Colen

  Reviewed by: Sean Blumenshine

    Summary

A Nazi spy travels to America to learn Wonder Woman’s secrets. In the process, she poses as a second Wonder…

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Wonder  Woman: The Complete Collection

In the Fall of 1975 ABC Television introduce the world to one of the most beautiful superheroes ever and my personal all-time favorite; Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman. Now, Warner Bros is set to release the entire series remastered for the first time on Blu-ray.  On July 28th (next week) the tv series will be released in a glorious HD Blu-Ray Box Set.

I was introduced to Wonder Woman as a child via the Super Friends in the early 70s, but there has been no version of the character more enjoyable to me than Lynda Carter’s portrayal. Besides being a total knockout beauty wise, her on-air presence bleed through the tv screen weekly. 

Okay, this was television is the 70s, so the budget wasn’t that big, and the special effects don’t seem that special according to today’s standards, but all the elements that made Wonder Woman who she is today were in place back then; the Invisible Jet, Magic Lasso, Magical Bracelets and that magnificently sexy outfit.

Season One features adventures in Wonder Woman’s original World War II era, while Seasons Two and Three whoosh forward to the disco-loving ‘70s. All 59 episodes, plus the treasured pilot movie, are spread across 10 discs.

Bonus features include:

Audio commentary of the pilot movie by Lynda Carter & executive producer Douglas S. Cramer

Audio commentary by Lynda Carter on episode, “My Teenage Idol is Missing”

Featurette – Beauty, Brawn and Bulletproof Bracelets: A Wonder Woman Retrospective

Featurette – Revolutionizing a Classic: From Comic Book to Television

Featurette – Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Feminist Icon

The TV movie pilot, The New Original Wonder Woman, premiered on November 7, 1975 on ABC and it is fantastic IMO. The first season of the series, Wonder Woman, debuted February 16, 1977 on ABC. The second and third seasons of the series aired on CBS, with the final original episode premiering on September 11, 1979. 

Show Open:

The Wonder Woman series starred Lynda Carter in the title role as both Wonder Woman and her alter ego, Diana Prince, Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor, and Debra Winger as Wonder Girl/Drusilla. First season regulars included Beatrice Colen as Etta Candy, and Richard Eastham as General Philip Blankenship. Noteworthy guest stars included such luminaries of the era as singer/actor Rick Springfield, Red Buttons, Roy Rogers, Roddy McDowall, Frank Gorshin, Celeste Holm, Martin Mull, Dick Gautier, Ron Ely, Gary Burghoff, Leif Garrett, Ed Begley Jr., Dick Van Patten, Eve Plumb, Philip Michael Thomas, Cloris Leachman, Gavin MacLeod, Carolyn Jones, Joan Van Ark, Robert Reed, Anne Francis, John Saxon and many more.

This is superhero fun for the whole family!

Preorder now at Amazon.

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Brave New World -  NBC  -  March 7, 1989

Science Fiction

Running Time:  180 minutes

Stars:

Kristoffer Tabori as John the Savage

Bud Cort as Bernard Marx

Keir Dullea as Thomas "Tomakin" Grahambell

Julie Cobb as Linda Lysenko

Ron O'Neal as Mustapha Mond

Marcia Strassman as Lenina Disney (Crowne)

Dick Anthony Williams as Helmholtz Watson

Jonelle Allen as Fanny Crowne

Jeanetta Arnette as Dwightina

Casey Biggs as Beta lighthouse guard

Reb Brown as Henry

Tara Buckman as Alpha Teacher

Nigel Bullard as Plant Manager

Shane Butterworth as John as a child

Lee Chamberlin as Head Nurse

Beatrice Colen as Gamma Female

Patrick Cronin as Gamma Male

Valerie Curtin as Chief Warden Stelina Shell

Murray Salem as Chief Engineer

Marneen Fields as Futuristic Factory Worker

Aron Kincaid as J. Edgar Millhouse

Carole Mallory as Miss Trotsky

Tricia O'Neil as Maoina Krupps

Victoria Racimo as Beta Teacher

Delia Salvi as High Priestess

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The Dream Team: Etta Candy (Beatrice Colen), General Blankenship (Richard Eastham), Diana Prince (Lynda Carter), and Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner) 📸: LyndaCarterEverything (Facebook/Instagram)

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Names for the Writers

After a while of letting this sit on my computer, I’m finally posting it. This is a list of over 2400 names from all over the worlds and through time. It is separated by girl names, boy names, and unisex names. It is also broken down by letter order. If the name has an R next to it that means it is rare in one or more cultures. All names were found on Behind the Name. Also yes I now others have made similar lists but still everyone does something different.

Girls

A:

Abbey, Abigail, Adalyn, Adara, Addie, Adela, Adelaide, Adelina, Adele, Adella, Adrastea, Adria, Adriana, Africa [R], Aggie, Aisha, Alaina, Alayna, Albina, Alea {R}, Alicia, Alexandra, Alexia, Alexis, Alexandre, Alice, Aliya, Aliza, Alla, Ally, Allison, Alma, Alona, Alyona, Amaia, Amala, Amanda, Amber, Amelia, Amethyst [R], Amie, Anabelle, Anastasia, Andi, Andrea, Andrina (R}, Andromache, Angelica, Ani, Anika, Anita, Anna, Annabella, Annmarie, Annora[R], Antiope, Antonia, Antonina, Anya, Aphrodite, April, Arabella, Arachne, Aria, Ariadna, Ariadne, Arina, Ariana, Ariel, Arin[R], Arista, Arleen, Artemis, Asha, Ashely, Asia, Astra[R], Asya, Atalanta, Atara, Athena, Aubrie, Audra, Aura, Aurelia, Aurora, Autumn, Ava, Avalon [R], Avia, Ayla, Azra, Azura [R]

B:

Baila, Bambi, Barbara, Barbie, Baylee, Beatrice, Becca, Belinda, Bella, Bellatrix, Bernadette, Bess, Beth, Bethany, Betsy, Bindy, Blondie[R], Blossom, Bobbi, Bonnie, Branda, Breana, Brenda, Bridget, Briella, Britannia [R], Brittney, Brooke, Brooklyn, Bryanne [R], Buffy, Bunny

C:

Caelie [R], Cailin [R], Caitlyn, Calanthe [R], Caleigh, Calla, Callie, Calliope, Callista [R], Camellia [R], Camilla, Cammie, Camryn, Candance, Candi, Caprice [R], Cara, Cari, Carissa, Carlie, Carlisa[R], Carmel, Carmella, Carol, Carolina, Caroline, Carreen [R], Cassandra, Cassarah [R], Cassie, Catalina, Cate [R], Catherina [R], Catherine, Cecelia, Celia, Celinda [R], Channah, Chantal, Charis [R], Charisma [R], Charissa, Charity, Charleen, Charlotte, Chastity, Chelsea, Cheri, Cherry, Cheryl, China, Chloe, Chrissy, Christa, Christabella [R], Christy, Ciara, Cicely, Cindy, Claire, Clara, Clarissa, Claudia, Clematis [R], Cleo, Clio, Clover [R], Clytemnestra, Colene [R], Columbine [R], Constance, Cora, Coral, Cordelia, Coretta, Cori, Corine, Cornelia, Courtney, Crystal, Cybill [R], Cynthia, Cyrilla

D:

Dahlia, Daisy, Dalia, Dani, Danica, Danielle, Danita, Danna, Danni, Danya, Daphne, Darcey, Daria, Darla, Darleen, Darya, Davena, Davina, Dawn, Dayna, Deanna, Debbi, Debi [R], Deborah, Debra, Deidra, Delaney, Delia, Delicia [R], Delilah, Delma, Deloris, Delphia, Delta, Demeter, Demetria, Derorit, Desideria [R], Desiree, Destiny, Detta [R], Diamond, Diana, Diane, Diantha [R], Divina [R], Dixie, Dollie, Dominica [R], Donna, Dora, Doreen, Doretta, Doria [R], Doris, Dorothea, Dorothy, Dory, Dottie, Dove, Drea, Dulcibella

E:

Easter, Ebony, Echo, Edie, Edith, Edna, Edwena [R], Edytha [R], Effie, Eileen, Elaina, Elaine, Elektra, Elenaor, Eleanora, Elena, Elfrida [R], Eliana, Elisa, Eliso, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Elle, Ellen, Ellie, Eloise, Elsa, Elsie, Elvina, Em, Emely, Emerald, Emily, Emma, Emmalyn, Emmie, Enola, Eos, Epiphany[R], Erica, Erin, Erma, Esmaralda [R], Esmee, Essence, Estella, Esther, Ethel, Ethelyn, Etta, Euphemia, Eustacia [R], Eva, Evalyn, Evangelina, Eve, Evelyn, Evvie

F:

Faith, Fallon, Fancy [R], Fanny, Fawn, Faye, Felicia, Felicity, Fern, Fiona, Fleur, Flick, Flo, Flora, Flower [R], Fortune [R], Francene [R], Frannie, Freda, Freya, Freyde

G:

Gabriella, Gaia, Gail, Gal, Galina, Garnet, Gayla, Gemma, Gena, Geneva, Genevieve, Genie, Georgina, Geraldine, Gertie, Gertrude, Gillian, Gina, Ginger, Ginny, Giselle, Glenda, Gloria, Gloriana [R], Glory [R], Grace, Gracie, Greta, Griselda, Gwen, Gwenda, Gwendoline, Gwenevere [R], Gwyneth 

H:

Haleigh, Hallie, Hannah, Harmonia, Harmonie [R], Honoria, Harriet, Harrietta, Haven, Haylie, Hazel, Heather, Heaven, Heidi, Helen, Helena, Hila, Hilary, Hilda, Hollie, Hemera, Hera, Hestia, Hippolyta, Honey [R], Honor [R], Hope,  

I:

Ibbie, Ida, Ilene, India, Indigo [R], Iona, Ireland, Irene, Iris, Irina, Irma, Isabella, Isadora, Isidora [R], Ismene, Ivy, Izzy

J:

Jacqueline, Jada, Jaime, Jakki [R], Jane, Janella, Janessa, Janet, Janette, Janie, Janis, Jannette, Jaquelyn [R], Jasmin, Jasmine, Jayda, Jaye, Jayla, Jaylyn, Jazmin, Jean, Jeanie, Jeanne, Jemma, Jena, Jenelle, Jenna, Jennifer, Jenny, Jerrie, Jessa, Jessamine [R], Jessica, Jessie, Jill, Jillian, Jilly, Jinny, Joan, Joandra [R], Joann, Joanna, Jocasta, Jodi, Joella, Johanna, Joisse [R], Joleen, Jordana[R], Jordyn, Josephina [R], Josie, Joy, Jude, Judie, Judith, Judy, Julia, Juliana, Julie, Juliet, July [R], June, Justina

K:

Kae [R], Kailee, Kaitlyn, Kalisha [R], Kalla, Kallie, Kamryn, Kanda, Kandance, Kanya, Kara, Karen, Karena, Karina, Karissa, Karlene, Karolyn, Karie, Karyna [R], Kassandra, Kassidy, Kat, Kate, Katelyn, Katerina, Katharine, Katherina [R], Kathie, Kathy, Katrina, Katriona [R], Kaye, Kayla, Kayleah [R], Kayleigh, Keara, Keeleigh [R], Keighley [R], Kelly, Kelsi, Kendra, Kenya, Kerena [R], Keri, Keshia, Khloe, Kiana, Kiara, Kiera, Kiersten, Kiki, Kimberly, Kimmy, Kinley, Kira, Kirsten, Kitty, Kleio, Kore, Kori, Korrine [R], Kreine, Kristie, Kristine, Kristy, Kyla, Kylie, Kyra

L:

Lacey, Laila, Lakisha, Lali, Lalia [R], Lana, Laney, Lara, Laraine, Larisa, Larissa, Laryn, Laura, Laraine [R], Laureen, Laurel, Lauress [R], Latanya, Lavender [R], Lavina, Layla, Leah, Leann, Leanna, Leanora [R], Leatrice, Lecia [R], Leila, Leilah [R], Lela, Lena, Lenora, Leona, Lesia, Lesly, Leta, Lettie, Lexa, Lexia, Lexus, Leyla, Lia, Liana, Libby, Liberty, Libi, Lila, Lilac, Lillia, Lilliana, Lily, Lina, Linda, Lindsie, Linnet [R], Linsey, Lisa, Lisette, Lita, Livia, Livvy, Liz, Lizzie, Lois, Lola, Londyn, Lora, Loraine, Lorayne, Lorena, Loretta, Lori, Lorna, Lotus [R], Louella, Louise, Love, Luana, Luciam Lucille, Lucy, Lula, Luna, Luvenia, Lyda [R], Lydia, Lyla, Lynda, Lyra,  

M:

Mabella [R], Mable, Macey, Madalyn,  Madelaine, Madelyn, Madisyn, Madoline [R], Madonna, Maegan [R], Magdalena, Maggie, Magnolia, Mahala, Mahalia, Makayla, Makenna, Malai, Maleah, Mali, Malinda, Mallory, Mandi, Maralyn, Marcia, Marcy, Margaret, Margaretta, Margarita, Marge, Maria, Mariabella [R], Marian, Marie, Mariel, Marigold [R], Marilyn, Marina, Marion, Maris [R], Marissa, Marla, Marley, Marnie, Martha, Marva, Mary, Maryann, Marylou, Mathilda, Maudie, Maura, Maureen, Mavis, Maxene [R], May, Maya, Maybelle, Mckayla, McKenna, Mckenzie, Meadow, Medea, Megaera, Meghan, Melanie, Melba, Melicent, Melinda, Melissa, Mercy, Merideth [R], Meriel, Merry, Meryl, Michaela, Mikayla, Mikhaila [R], Mikki, Mildred, Milena, Miley, Millie, Mimi, Mina, Minerva, Minnie, Minta [R], Mirabelle [R], Miracle, Miranda, Miriam, Misty, Modesty [R], Molly, Mona, Monica, Monique, Mora [R], Morgana, Muriel, Mya, Myra

N:

Nabila, Nadia, Nancy, Naomi, Nat, Natalia, Natalie, Natasha, Nellie, Nemesis, Nessa, Nettie, Nevada, Nia, Nichola, Nicola, Nike, Nikki, Nina, Nita, Noelle, Nola, Nora, Noreen, Nova, Nubia, Nyala, Nymphodora, Nydia, Nyx,

O:

Octavia, Odelia, Odessa, Odetta, Ofra, Olga, Olivia, Olympia, Oneida, Opal, Ophelia, Oprah, Orabela, Orpha,

P:

Pacifica, Paige, Paisley, Pala, Pam, Pamela, Pandora, Patience, Patricia, Pattie, Paulene, Paulina, Payton, Peace[R], Pearl, Peg, Peggy, Penelope, Persephone, Peta, Petrina [R], Petunia [R], Peyton, Philippa, Phoebe, Phyliss, Piper, Pippa, Polly, Polymnia, Poppy, Porsche, Portia, Posie, Praxis, Precious, Primrose, Primula, Priscilla, Prudence, Prue, Psyche

Q:

Quanna [R], Queen, Quiana, Quintina,

R:

Rachael, Rae, Raelyn [R], Ramona, Raphaela, Raquel, Rava, Raya, Reanna, Reba, Rebecca, Regan, Regina, Rena, Renee, Rhea, Rhianna, Rhonda, Rikki, Riley, Rina, Rita, Rivka, Roberta, Rochelle, Rohesia, Romaine, Roni, Ros, Rosa, Rosabella, Rosalind, Rosaline, Rosanna, Rose, Rosemary, Rosie, Rowena, Roxana, Roxie, Ruby, Rue, Ruth, Ryana [R], Ryann, Ryleigh, Rylie

S:

Sabella, Sabrina, Sadie, Salena, Sally, Samantha, Samara, Sammi, Sandra, Sandy, Sapphire [R], Sarah, Sarina, Savannah, Scarlett, Seanna [R], Sebastiana, Selena, Selima, Selma, Sera [R], Seraphina [R], Serena, Shaelyn, Shamira, Shanelle, Shania, Shannon, Shantel, Shaquila [R], Shari, Sharon, Shawna, Shaye, Shaylyn, Sheila, Shelby, Shelena, Shelia, Sheri, Sherry, Shirley, Sibyl, Sidney, Sierra, Sila, Silvia, Simone, Siri, Skye, Skylar, Sloan[R], Sonya, Sophia, Spirit [R], Stacey, Star, Stasya, Stefani, Stella, Stephania, Sue, Summer, Sunita, Sunshine, Suri, Susan, Suzanna, Sybil, Sydney, Sylvia

T:

Tabatha, Tacey, Tahlia, Tahti [R], Tali, Talia, Tamara, Tamia, Tammi, Tamra, Tamaya, Taneka[R], Tania, Tanya, Tara, Tarina, Tasha, Tatianna, Tatum, Tatyanna, Tawnie [R], Tayla, Tea, Teal [R], Tera, Teresa, Terra, Tessa, Thalia, Theia, Thelma, Themis, Theodora, Theodosia, Therasia, Theresa, Tia, Tiana, Tiara, Tiffany, Tilda, Tillie, Tina, Tisha, Toiba, Toni, Tonina, Tonya, Tora, Tori, Trina, Trinity, Trisha, Trixie, Trudy,  

U:

Ugne, Uiara, Ula, Uma, Unique, Ursa, Ursella [R], Uzma,

V:

Valarie, Valdis, Valerie, Valkyrie, Valora, Vanessa, Varya, Vashti, Vega, Velia, Velma, Velvet, Venus, Vera, Verena, Veronica, Vianne, Vickie, Victoria, Vienne [R], Viola, Violet, Violetta, Virag, Virginia, Vivian, Vladimira,

W:

Wakana, Wanda, Wendy, Whitney, Wilfreda, Wilhelmina, Willow, Winnie, Winnifred, Winona, Winter, Wynonna, Wynter

X:

Xandra, Xanthe, Xavia [R], Xena,

Y:

Yaara, Yaling, Yara, Yasmin, Yelena, Yoko, Yolanda, Young-Hee, Yvette,

Z:

Zahara, Zandra, Zara, Zaria, Zavia [R], Zelda, Zelma, Zena, Zina, Zinaida, Zoey, Zola, Ziv, Ziva, Zola, Zora, Zrinka, Zula[R], Zuri

Boys

A:

Aaron, Abaddon, Abd Al-Rahman, Abdul, Abhilash, Abia, Abiel, Abner, Abraham, Abubakar, Achilles, Adair [R], Adalia, Adam, Ade, Adi, Adil, Adlai, Adonis, Adria, Adrian, Aelianus, Aeneas, Aiden, Ajax, Akaki, Akbar, Ake, Akira, Alan, Alaric, Alastair, Albano, Albert, Alberich, Albin, Alec, Aleks, Alessio, Alex, Alexander, Alexei, Alfred, Algernon, Ali, Alister, Allan, Aloysius, Alva, Alvin, Alvis, Amar, Ambrose, Amery[R], Amos, Amulius, Anatoli, Anderson, Andre, Andrew, Angus, Ansel, Anthony, Anton, Anubis, Apollo, Ara, Archer, Ares, Ari, Aries, Arlo, Arnold, Art, Arthur, Asher, Astor [R], Atlas, Audley, August, Augustine, Austin, Avi, Avidan, Azrael

B:

Balfour [R], Balthazar, Barnaby, Barney, Barry, Bartholomew, Basil, Baxter, Beau, Beauregard, Beckett, Ben, Benjamin, Bennett, Benny, Benson, Beowulf, Bernard, Billy, Blaine, Blake, Blaze, Bobby, Boris, Boyce, Brad, Bradley, Brandon, Braxton, Brent, Brian, Bridger, Bristol [R], Brock, Brodie, Bruce, Bryan, Buck, Burke, Burton, Buster, Byron,

C:

Caden, Cairo [R], Caleb, Calvin, Camron, Carlisle, Carter, Casimir, Castor, Cayden, Cecil, Cedric, Chad, Chadwick, Chance, Chandler, Charles, Charon, Chase, Chaz, Chile [R], Chip, Chris, Christian, Christopher, Clair, Clark, Claud, Clayton. Clement, Cletus, Cleveland, Clifford, Clint, Clinton, Clyde, Codie, Colbert Cole, Collin, Colton, Conner, Conway, Cooper, Corey, Cornelius, Cornell, Cosmo, Craig, Crispian, Cronus, Cullen, Cupid, Cyrus,

D:

Daley [R], Dalton, Damian, Damon, Dane, Daniel, Danny, Darden [R], Daren, Darien, Darius, Darrel, Darwin, Daryl, Dave, David, Davin, Davis, Dawson, Dax, Dayton, Dean, Deforest, Delroy [R], Den, Denis, Denny, Denver, Denzel, Derek, Derick, Desmond, Deven, Dewayne, Dex, Dexter, Dick, Digby [R], Dillan, Dimitri, Dion, Dionysus, Dixon, Domenic, Dominick, Donar, Dori, Dorian, Douglas, Drake, Drew, Driscoll [R], Duke, Duncan, Dustan [R], Dustin, Dwayne, Dylan

E:

Earl, Easton, Eddie, Edgar, Edison, Edmund, Edric [R], Edward, Eli, Elias, Elijah, Eliott, Ellis, Elmer, Elroy, Elton, Elvis, Elwood, Emil, Emmanuel, Emmet, Emory, Eric, Ernest, Ernie, Eros, Erskine, Esmond [R], Ethan, Etzel, Eustace, Evan, Evander, Everett, Ezekiel, Ezra,  

F:

Fabian, Felix, Fenton, Ferdinand, Finn, Fitz, Fletcher, Floyd, Flynn, Ford, Forest, Fox [R], Frank, Franklin, Fraser [R], Fred, Frederick, Fulton,

G:

Gabe, Gabriel, Gage, Gale, Gallagher [R], Garfield, Garland, Garrick, Garth, Gareth, Gavin, Gawin, Gene, Geoffrey, George, Gerald, Gib, Gideon, Gil, Gilbert, Giles, Gladwin [R], Glenn, Goodwin [R], Gorden, Grady, Graham, Grant, Grayson, Greg, Gregory, Gresham, Greyson, Griffin, Grover, Gus,

H:

Hades, Hal, Hale, Hamilton, Hammond, Hamnet, Hank, Harding, Hari, Harlan, Harmon, Harold, Harrison, Harry, Hartley, Harvey, Hayden, Heath, Hector, Helios, Henderson, Henry, Hephaestus, Herbert, Heracles, Hercules, Hermes, Hervey, Hillel, Hiram, Homer, Horace, Horatio, Horus, Howard, Howie, Hudson, Hugo, Humphry [R], Hunter, Hyperion,

I:

Ian, Icarus, Igor, Ike, Ilbert [R], Inigo [R], Ion, Irvine, Irwin, Isaac, Isador [R], Isaiah, Israel, Israfil, Ivan 

J:

Jace, Jack, Jackson, Jacob, Jake, James, Jameson, Jamison, Jared, Jarrod, Jarvis, Jason, Jasper, Jaxon, Jay, Jayden, Jeb, Jed, Jefferson, Jeffery, Jepson [R], Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerome, Jesse, Jessie, Jim, Jimmy, Joe, Joel, John, Johnathan, Johnny, Jon, Jonah, Jonathan, Jordon, Joseph, Joshua, Judd, Julian, Julius, Junior, Jupiter, Justin,

K:

Kade, Kaden, Kaleb, Kama, Kaolin [R], Karl, K’awiil, Keaton, Keegan, Keiran [R], Keith, Kelvin, Kemp [R], Ken, Kendrick, Kenelm [R], Kenith [R], Kennard, Kenneth, Kent, Kenyon, Kermit, Kerr [R], Kevin, Kian, Kiefer, Kimball [R], Kingsley, Kip, Kirby, Kirk, Knox, Koby, Kurt, Kyle,  

L:

Laird [R], Lamar, Lambert, Lance, Lancelot, Landon, Lane, Larrie, Laurence, Lawrence, Lawrie, Layne, Layton, Laz, Leighton, Leland, Len, Lennox [R], Lenny, Leo, Leon, Leonard, Leopold, Leroi[R], Les, Lester, Levi, Lewis, Lex, Liam, Lincoln, Lindon, Linford [R], Linwood, Lionel, Lloyd, Loki, Lorin, Louie, Louis, Lovel [R], Lucas, Lucian, Lucifer, Lucius, Luka, Luke, Luther, Lycus, Lyle,

M:

Mack, Maddox, Maitland [R], Malachi, Malakai, Malone, Manny, Manuel, Marcus, Marion, Mark, Marlin, Mars, Marshall, Martin, Marvin, Mason, Matt, Matthew, Matty, Maui, Maurice, Maverick,  Max, Maximilian, Maxwell, Melvin, Merit [R], Merlin, Micah, Michael, Mick, Micky, Mikey, Miles, Milford, Millard, Milton, Mitch, Mitchell, Monroe, Montague [R], Montgomery, Monty, Mordred, Morpheus, Morris, Mort, Morton, Moses, Moss, Murry

N:

Napoleon, Narcissus, Nash, Nate, Nathan, Nathaniel, Neal, Ned, Nelson, Newt, Newton, Nic, Nick, Nicolas, Nigel, Nik, Nikita, Niles, Nikephoros, Niv, Noah, Noble, Noel, Nolan, Norman, Norris, Norwood, Nowell [R],

O:

Odin, Odyssues, Oedipus, Oleg, Oli, Oliver, Omar, Ormond, Orion, Orpheus, Orson, Orville, Oscar, Oswald, Otis, Otto, Owen, Oz, Ozzie,

P:

Paden [R], Palmer, Patrick, Patton [R], Paul, Pavel, Paxton, Peeta, Percival, Percy, Peregrine [R], Perry, Perseus, Pete, Peter, Philip, Phoebus, Pierce, Pluto, Porter, Poseidon, Preston, Prometheus, Prosper,

Q:

Quentin, Quincey [R], Quintin,

R:

Radcliff, Rafael, Rafe, Raleigh, Ralph, Ramsey, Randall, Randolph, Raphael, Raul, Ray, Raymond, Rayner, Reed, Reginald, Reuben, Reynold, Rian, Richard, Rick, Rickie, Ridley, Ripley [R], Rob, Robert, Rocky, Rodney, Rodolph [R], Roger, Roland, Roman, Ronald, Roosevelt, Roscoe, Ross, Rowland, Roy, Royale [R], Rudolph, Rudy, Rufus, Rupert, Russel, Rusty, Ryan, Ryder, Ryker

S:

Sampson, Samson, Samuel, Sandford, Sanford, Saxon [R], Scott, Scotty, Sean, Sebastian, Sergei, Seth, Seymour, Shane, Shaquille, Shaun, Shayne, Sheldon, Shelton, Sherman, Shimmel, Sid, Sigmund, Silas, Silver, Simba, Simon, Sirius, Sky, Slade, Smith, Solomon, Sonnie [R], Spencer, Spike [R], Stafford, Stan, Stanford, Stanley, Stephen, Sterling, Steve, Steven, Stew, Steward, Stirling [R], Stuart, Sullivan, Syd, Sylvanus, Sylvester,

T:

Talbot [R], Tanner, Tate, Ted, Teddy, Tennyson [R], Terance, Thaddeus, Thane [R], Theobald[R], Theodore, Theseus, Thomas, Tiger [R], Tim, Timothy, Titus, Tobias, Toby, Tom, Tony, Trafford [R], Travers [R], Travis, Trent, Trevor, Tristan, Troy, Tucker, Tyler, Tyron, Tyson

U:

Ulysses, Uther, Upton [R], Uriel,

V:

Valentine, Vadimir [R], Vance, Vaughn, Vere, Vernon, Victor, Vince, Vincent, Vinny, Virgil, Vladimir,  

W:

Wade, Waldo, Wallace, Walt, Walter, Ward, Warren, Warwick [R], Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wes, Wesley, Weston, Whitaker [R], Wilbur, Wilfred, Will, Willard, William, Willoughby [R], Wilson, Winfred,  Winston, Wolf [R], Woodrow, Wright, Wyatt,

X:

Xander, Xavier,

Y:

Yorick, Yosef,

Z:

Zachariah, Zachary, Zander, Zane, Zeke, Zephyr, Zeus, Zuberi

Unisex

A:

Abia, Addison, Adi, Adina, Ainsley, Akira, Ale, Alex, Alexis, Amahle, Amal, Amor, An, Ananta, Anat, Andy, Angel, Ariel, Aruna, Ash, Ashley, Ashton, Aston [R], Aubrey, Avery, Aviv, Aviya, Azar,

B:

Bai, Bailey, Bala, Bernie, Billie, Blair, Briar [R], Bryn,

C:

Caelan [R], Cam, Cameron, Carey, Carol, Carson, Casey, Cass, Cedar [R], Celeste, Chandra, Channing, Charlie, Chi, Chike, Chin, Chris, Citlali, Columba, Cyan [R]

D:

Dakota, Dale, Dalitso, Dallas, Dana, Dar, Dara, Darby, Darian, Dawa, Dayo, Derya, Devin, Dian, Diklah, Dusty

E:

Eddie, Ekene, Elah, Emerson, Esme, Ezhil

F:

Farah, Fergie, Fiore, Florence, Francis, Frankie

G:

Gabi, Gal, Georgie, Gili, Gomer

H:

Hai, Haris, Harley, Harper, Haru, Hayden, Hennie, Hikmat, Hollis, Hunter,

I:

Imani, Indiana, Indigo, Issy, Ivory, Izzy,

J:

Jaci, Jackie, Jaden, Jamie, Jasvinder, Jaya, Jayden, Jaylin, Jess, Jojo, Jordan, Joyce, Justice,

K:

Kai, Kaimana, Kali, Kamala, Kamon, Karma, Kaui, Kayden, Kelly, Kelsey, Kendall, Kennedy, Keone, Kim, Kris, Kyo,

L:

Lake [R], Lauren, Laverne, Laxmi, Lee, Lei, Leigh, Leith [R], Lesley, Leslie, Li, Lin, Lindy, Logan, Loren, Loreto, Lou, Lux,

M:

Machlan, Made, Madison, Mahinder, Makana, Makara, Makena, Maram, Maui, Mel, Meredith, Micha, Mickey, Mitra, Moana, Morgan,

N:

Nalani, Naomi, Narcisse, Naseem, Nat, Nicky, Nika, Nikora, Nima, Noam, Nor, Noy,

O:

Ocean [R], Odalis, Ollie, Ora,

P:

Padma, Pat, Patsy, Peta, Petya, Phoenix, Pip, Prudence,

Q:

Quinn

R:

Raine [R], Rashmi, Raven, Rayan, Reagan, Reyes, Ricki, River, Robin, Ron, Ronnie, Rosario, Rowan,

S:

Sage, Sammy, Sasha, Sawyer, Seqoia [R], Shahar, Shalev, Shannon, Shea, Shiloh, Sidney, Simcha, Sinclair, Sora, Stevie, Sunny,

T:

Taegan [R], Tai, Tal, Tasi, Taylor, Tibby, Toby, Tristen,

U:

 Udo, Umut, Unathi

V:

Val, Van, Vaska, Vivian,

W:

Wallis [R], Wayan, Wisdom [R], Wynne

X:

Xia,

Y:

Yang, Yarden, Yoshi,

Z:

Ziv, Zohar, Zorion

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Yes, You Do Know Who Beatrice Colen Is

Yes, You Do Know Who Beatrice Colen��Is

At least you do if you’re my age. Beatrice Colen (1948-1999) was a ubiquitous character actress of the 1970s. This was my peak TV watching time as a child, so I was a big fan of her, though I had no idea what her name was. Nor did I know (nor would it have meant much to me as a kid) this delightful piece of information: she was the granddaughter (by adoption) of George S. Kaufman, and was named…

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Wonder Woman 1x09 - Last of the $2 Bills (1977)

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Boys of Summer 2

Featuring Andrew Allen, Anthony Van Engelen, Caleb Barnett, Cody Green, Elijah Berle, Sade Sanchez, Rhino, Don Nguyen, Sammy Baca, Adrian Mccoy, Jade Mcdaniel, Andy Roy, Eric Dressen, Jason Landau, Sean Pablo, Nakel Smith, Jason Dill, Tyshawn Jones, Mark Gonzales, Beatrice Domond, Bill Strobeck, Paulo Diaz, Ty Lyons, Sage Elsesser, Johnny Wilson, Gino Iannucci, Alex Olson, Cyrus Bennett, Genesis Deterre, Rick Mccrank, Mikey Gigliotti, Jack Greer, Julio De La Cruz, Ben Colen, Vincent Touzery, Ako Jefferson, Atiba Jefferson, Elissa Steamer, Andre Razo, Marc Razo, Salvador Barbier, Scott Johnston, Tony Ferguson, Andrew Reynolds, Mike Carroll, Daniel Wheatley, Heath Kirchart, Eric Koston, Lui Elliott, Guy Mariano, Lacey Baker, Omar Salazar, Justin Strubing, Lizard King, Lance Mountain, Danny Rogers, Javier Nunez, Erik Ellington, Sean Malto, Cody Simmons, Chris Cottschalk, Logan Hill, Lucast Wells, Matt Costillo, Val Caruso, Jon Sciano, Courtland Donaldson, Weston Carter, Bobby Branch, Jhian Namei, Steve Lee, Tino Razo, Kevin Long, Chris Manute Shonting, Wilder Zoby, Lauren Mollica, Jon Miner, Tooth Long, Kader Sylla, Ted Barrow, Jake Kuzyk, Alexis Ross, Jerry Hsu, Jeff Protocar, Curtis Buchanan, Kunichi Nomura, Katina Danabassis, Kaysie Lee, Steven Schwartz, Nico Chiat, Rowan Zorilla, Logan Lara, Aidan Mackey, Santiago Gagliarducci and Stu Kirst. Click the pic for a link.

Boys of Summer 2 published first on https://medium.com/@LaderaSkateboar

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Expanded West Bund Art Fair Builds Market Momentum in Shanghai

Installation view of West Bund Art & Design, 2018. Courtesy of West Bund Art & Design.

For its first four years, West Bund Art & Design—one of the two major fairs that open in Shanghai in November—existed as a stylish boutique fair, attracting a small selection of mega-galleries and influential outposts alike to this former industrial area by the Huangpu River. But like seemingly everything in this city, West Bund is expanding—rapidly.

This year, the fair, which opened to VIPs Wednesday, ballooned to a list of 115 exhibitors from 43 different cities. Eighty-seven galleries take part in the fair’s main section, up from 39 that participated in its 2016 edition. In order to accommodate the new booths, the government-owned Shanghai West Bund Development Group Co. constructed a new expo center called Hall N, doubling the complex’s overall exhibition space to 20,000 square meters (roughly 215,000 square feet).In a testament to Chinese speed and ingenuity, the new space, snaked through with indoor courtyards lined with trees, was constructed in just 100 days.

Georg Baselitz, Sind wir schon da?, 2018. © Georg Baselitz/DACS. Courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac.

Adrian Ghenie, Favela, 2018. Photo by Charles Duprat. Courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac.

Meanwhile, the larger cultural district of West Bund has welcomed new galleries and museums to set up shop along the waterfront—the most significant addition this year being the West Bund Art Museum. On Wednesday night, exhibitors and collectors celebrated the opening of the fair in this forthcoming, David Chipperfield–designed museum’s shell. Next year, the Centre Pompidou will begin a renewable, five-year run in the space. Between West Bund’s expansion, the opening of the 12th Shanghai Biennale, and the sixth edition of the Art021 fair, which opened to VIPs one day after West Bund, on Thursday, all eyes are on Shanghai this week.

China’s share of the art market has also been expanding, even as the country’s economic growth slows. It pulled ahead of the U.K. to become the second-biggest market worldwide in 2017, according to The Art Market | 2018, a report compiled by arts economist Clare McAndrew. With a 21% slice of the action, or $13.2 billion in sales, China’s art market is now second only to the United States.

Dealers at the VIP preview of the fair said increasing demand from an ever more serious and free-spending class of collectors in China has allowed a regional fair like West Bund—which focuses on Asian collectors rather than trying to lure the jetset from Europe and America—to expand at such a rapid pace. Whether or not they have already hired a local representative or opened up an actual gallery in the region, fairs like West Bund and Art021 offer a foothold and opportunity to experiment in this important market.

A Feudal Vassal's Jade Memorial Tablet 诸侯瑹, 1989-1990. Yang Jiechang 杨诘苍 Ink Studio

Vegetable #1 素1号, 2015. Li Jin 李津 Ink Studio

At the VIP opening of West Bund, Ben Brown Fine Arts sold a small work by Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild (1990), to a Chinese collector for just under $1.6 million. Just across the aisle, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac sold a massive, untitled Georg Baselitz painting from this year, of two upside-down naked bodies, to a Shanghai-based collector for €850,000 ($971,460).

Ropac, who has participated in Art021 since last year, was doing West Bund for the first time and said he enjoyed how, compared to the internationally-focused Art Basel fair in Hong Kong, the Shanghai fairs really focuses on Asian collectors. While lining up buyers for certain works alongside Nick Buckley Wood, his director in Asia who is based in Hong Kong, he said he found the collectors in China to be “much more serious now” than they have been in years past. Nonetheless, he said, having a successful fair here takes work.

“For us, we identified the works we wanted to bring, and prepared beforehand, and I think that was key,” Ropac said. “I don’t think this is a place where you bring a thing and just expect it to sell.” In addition to the Baselitz, he had sold a new painting by Adrian Ghenie, Favela (2018), for €1.1 million ($1.2 million), to a foundation in South Korea.

untitled (to Sonja), 1969. Dan Flavin David Zwirner

“We wanted to place both of them in Asia,” Ropac said. “With the Ghenie, work like this is so in demand, we wouldn’t just bring it and sell it off the wall.”

Other big sales on West Bund’s opening day included a large Yayoi Kusama pumpkin sculpture from 2015 at Ota Fine Arts’s booth, which went for between $1 million and $2 million; at Lehmann Maupin’s booth, McArthur Binion’s Ink: Work (Vermillion) (2018) went for for between $100,000 and $120,000 and Hernan Bas’s Hide and Seek (Fuming) (2018) for between $150,000 and $200,000.

Han-I Wang, the former Christie’s vice president who left the auction house in August to join Gagosian as its senior director in Hong Kong, said that the gallery sold multiple works during the preview day of its first West Bund. Though she wouldn’t specify which artists’ works were among those sold, the booth included works by Dan Colen, Hao Liang, Alex Israel, Jennifer Guidi, and Urs Fischer.

Installation view of Hauser & Wirth’s booth at West Bund Art & Design Fair, 2018, with works by Larry Bell, Eduardo Chilida, and Roni Horn. Photo by JJPhoto. Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth.

“Collectors here in China—in Shanghai in particular—they’re actually very savvy, they’re very sophisticated, and when they look at [Rudolf] Stingel or Urs Fischer, it’s not like a first-time experience,” she said. In addition to these Shanghainese collectors, Wang said they had seen clients from Singapore, Hong Kong, and other cities in China at West Bund.

A number of galleries could report only reserves on opening day. But those galleries and others stressed that it’s tough to judge the success of a fair like West Bund based on what sales are notched at the beginning. Collectors in this part of the world often take several days to decide whether or not they’re going to buy, they said. In the case of West Bund, specifically, these buyers also have Art021’s offering to contend with—many galleries participate in both—before deciding what to take home. Craig Yee, the director of the Beijing contemporary ink art gallery Ink Studio, said that he’s done more than five fairs in mainland China in the past year, and that each time, his best day was Sunday.

While he had sold the smaller abstract, Ben Brown had yet to find a buyer for an arresting bubblegum-pink-slashed abstract Richter from 1983, Zaun (Fence), priced at $6.7 million. Similarly, David Zwirner was still trying to place what must be one of the more wowing single-work booths at an art fair in quite some time: Dan Flavin’s untitled (to Sonja) (1969), a rare two-part neon work in which the gridded barriers lined with green- and yellow-tinted fluorescent bulbs face each other directly. At 32 feet long, it filled the entire booth, and by Thursday remained unsold at $3.5 million. Leo Xu, the former Shanghai gallerist who closed up shop last year to become co-director of Zwirner’s Hong Kong location, said that he wanted to bring the most ambitious project possible to the fair as a sign of respect to the local audience and art community.

Coffee table music (some other causes for celebration) VI, 2017. Samson Young 楊嘉輝 Edouard Malingue Gallery

“We are trying to look at institutions in Asia, and trying to find it a good home, but it’s evidently going to take some time. But that’s not the purpose of this presentation,” he said. “For the booth, it’s very much about giving people the chance to see the work. Not everyone gets a chance to go to Dia:Beacon or MoMA.”

Indeed, the Flavin was attracting a raft of visitors, many of whom approached the glowing tubes in a similar fashion: one arm outstretched, phone-in-hand, trying to get the angle just right for the perfect selfie.

Xu said that an uptick in institutional and gallery shows has been stoking interest in American Minimalism in China. Zwirner’s Hong Kong gallery is set to open a show featuring Flavin, John McCracken, Donald Judd, and Fred Sandback on November 15th, and Hauser & Wirth will host Roni Horn’s first exhibition in China later that month, also in Hong Kong.

Installation view of Edouard Malingue Gallery’s booth at West Bund Art & Design Fair, 2018. Courtesy of Edouard Malingue Gallery.

An azure blue work by Horn sat front and center in Hauser & Wirth’s themed booth called “Metaphorical Spaces,” which also features with pieces by Larry Bell and Eduardo Chillida. The gallery was fêting exhibitions of Matthew Day Jackson’s work at collector Qiao Zhibing’s Qiao Space and Louise Bourgeois at the Long Museum—both also located in Shanghai’s West Bund—this week, but decided to bring other artists to the fair itself. Director Fiona Romer said the gallery “take[s] this region very seriously,” and, while she wouldn’t specify what, if any, works had sold on West Bund’s opening day, reported that sales in Asia have doubled in each of the past five years.

Across the street in the new Hall N, the Los Angeles gallery Kayne Griffin Corcoran decided to bring work by fellow Dia-affiliated Minimalists Mary Corse and James Turrell. Director Beatrice Shen said Turrell had an exhibition at Shanghai’s Long Museum in January 2017 that sparked interest in his work among local collectors. Installed on two sides of a white structure in the front of the booth was Medium Diamond Glass (2017), where an LED light shone onto a pane of glass; on the opposite end of the structure was Small Glass (2018), another LED on glass work.

“It’s our first time doing the fair, but we brought Mary Corse and James Turrell because Chinese collectors were asking about them,” Shen said.

Elevation Painting, 2018. Tala Madani 303 Gallery

Untitled (fruit bowl), 2018. Doug Aitken 303 Gallery

She added that they had sold one work by Corse for $300,000, and were working to place what she called multiple “domestically scaled” Turrells—as opposed to his giant ganzfeld and skyspace works—for between $375,000 and $650,000.

Elsewhere in the sparkling new Hall N, König Galerie was negotiating with a collector who had put a hold on a painting by Katharina Grosse, whose awe-inspiring, immersive show at the K11 Art Foundation’s Shanghai space opened this week. Edouard Malingue Gallery was selling work by Samson Young, who repped Hong Kong in the last Venice Biennale, and is currently showing in Malingue’s Shanghai space. 303 Gallery was selling work by Tala Madani. And in the roofed courtyards lush with greenery that cut theatrically through the building, fairgoers lounged on couches sipping champagne—an atmosphere rivaling most major convention centers, a hundred days or several years in the making.

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