HOLLYWOOD, 2008 - Gary Simmons

I’ve talked about Gary before, he’s a good friend, a great mentor, one of my favorite artists… add to that gossip news celeb.

A few weeks ago a guest at Russell Simmons’ exclusive house party partially erased one of his chalkboard pieces worth $100,000 - that’s probably less than Kimora’s monthly velour allowance, but was enough to change the way Russell displayed his personal art collection, and land Gary in the NY Post, NY Daily News, even the antithesis of culture and art, Perez Hilton.