Chuck Close on ‘Dull’ Armory Show

Close with Dinorah Delfin.

Chuck Close was wheeling himself around the dance floor with various women last night at MoMA for the Armory Show’s opening night party, but took a minute to tell us how weak this year’s show really is. “Honestly, I thought it was a lot less interesting than usual,” Close said of the art fair, housed at Piers 92 and 94 this month. “I don’t know why exactly, and I don’t know what I would add to it, but it didn’t seem to have much, especially compared to Frieze or even Miami Basel. It was very dull and ordinary.” Close hasn’t had a chance to check out the Whitney Biennial, since he’s “doing work for Obama” currently in D.C.

Chuck Close on ‘Dull’ Armory Show