Rob Pruitt’s Eternal Bic (1999) (foreground), with John Chamberlain’s Carmen Miranda’s Shoes (1989) set before a wallpaper reproduction of a painting by Donald Baechler, and Lily Van Der Stokker’s Water Buh (2008) wall painting in "Who’s Afraid of Jasper Johns" at Tony Shafrazi Gallery
Philippe de Montebello, the patrician director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, admits to reading Captain Marvel comic books as a boy, according to Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton, speaking at the press preview for the museum’s latest blockbuster, "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," May 7-Sept. 1, 2008.
