FENIMORE EXHIBIT ENDING This Is Last Weekend For Rock, Roll Photos By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “Herb Ritts: The Rock Portraits” was a game-changer for The Fenimore Art Museum. “Our admissions at The Fenimore were up 13 percent from last year,” said Paul D’Ambrosio, president. “This tells us that we need to keep appealing to a broader, younger audience.” The portraits – Monday, Sept. 2, is the exhibit’s last day – include Madonna, David Bowie, Prince…
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AT FENIMORE MUSEUM: Rock, Roll Summer Peaks At Gala, Panel By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Even before the Herb Ritts exhibit arrived from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to The Fenimore Museum, the institutions shared a commonality. “Ahmet Ertegun, who co-founded the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, was Gene Thaw’s roommate in college,” said Greg Harris, president. The Herb Ritts photography exhibit, on loan from the Rock & Roll Hall through Labor Day,…
Panel Explores Ritts’ Life, Legacy and Impact Rock & Roll Hall of Fame president Greg Harris, pictured at right, was the moderator of this afternoon’s panel discussion on the “Fenimore Rocks! Herb Ritts and the Image of Rock Music” exhibit currently on display at the Fenimore Art Museum. The talk, which featured Rory Ritts, Herb Ritts’ brother, Laurie Kratochvil, photography director at Rolling Stone, and music historian John Covach, pictured above, who discussed the work of Ritts and took questions…
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THE FENIMORE Rocks ‘n’ Rolls Herb Ritts’ Photos From Rock Hall Open Now In Cooperstown Exhibit By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – At the Fenimore Art Museum, there’s a whole room dedicated to Madonna. Not “Giotto” or “Pieta” – The Material Girl. “Herb Ritts photographed her 36 different times,” said Todd Kenyon, director of communications. “The first time he shot her, she swore she’d never work with him again – and then she saw the…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, APRIL 2 Fenimore Opens For The Season OPENING – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Art Museum opens for the season featuring new exhibits “Elephant & Piggie in WE ARE ART!”, and “Herb Ritts: The Rock Portraits” courtesy of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org CLICK FOR MORE HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
6 EXHIBITS OPEN APRIL 2 Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Arrives At Fenimore Next Tuesday COOPERSTOWN – An exhibit of Herb Ritts’ famous photo portraits of rock stars from the Rock & Roll Museum in Cleveland opens Tuesday at The Fenimore Art Museum. It one of six exhibits opening that same day, and 12 in all are planned over the summer. With a minimalist style and mastery of natural light, photographer Ritts (1952–2002) is known for turning starts into icons. This…