NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE: How can you possibly bid farewell to the show that took us through the most tumultuous time of our lives? We posit that you really can't. ART IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS was exactly such a fixture in our lives—often far removed on our Wall behind a sheet of plexiglass or spied out of the corner of our eyes on the way to the bathroom inside Frank's. Consider this: the show will have been up 10 months to the day tomorrow...and Saturday will also be its day to, alas, depart from our lives. The feat of such a long-running exhibition would never have been possible without the generosity of spirit of two of our most recognizable, most renowned and most talented artists: BOB GORCHOV and NATALIE HOPE MCDONALD. And we are proud to say that their perseverance—with very few sales until we came back inside—has finally been rewarded. The tally as we tick off the final hours is 31 SALES total. (Or should we say thirty-wonderful sales? Not that we would turn back a 32nd!) Also a note of thanks for the patience of a number of buyers who volunteered to wait a chunk of this time to be connected to their art purchases. After this beautiful, courageous marathon, the next show will feel like a sprint to the finish. (More about that show, which opens this coming Thursday, tomorrow!) Natalie and Bob, it has been great having you “stay over” for all these months, and thank you also for continuing to offer art from this show on our true innovation from the pandemic: offthewallgallery.org. So instead of goodbye, let's just say au revoir....
Various works from ART IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS
[in the foreground]
BOB GORCHOV
”subject [defaced]”
mixed media on canvasette
265.
