Shaquille O'Neal, Art Curator
Basketball player Shaquille O'Neal likes to wear a lot of hats. Actor, musician, sheriff, Twitter star and now art curator? O'Neal is curating a gallery show for New York's Flag Art Foundation titled "Size DOES Matter." The exhibit ponders the question of idea of scale in contemporary art and features some big names in the art world including Chuck Close, Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky, Kehinde Wiley and many more. The show is scheduled to open in February at the Flag Art Foundation's exhibition space in the Chelsea neighborhood.O'Neal told Bloomberg News that his turn as curator was "a little harder than I thought it would be." The exhibition will feature 52 artworks, five are special commissions, many others are loans from private collections and museums. The choice of Shaquille O'Neal as curator should attract additional attention for the show. Writer James Frey, famous and also infamous for his bestselling book "A Million Little Pieces" is writing an essay for the exhibition catalog.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dee Nov 25th 2009 12:10AM
I'm wondering what qualifies Mr. O'Neal to be curator of this exhibit? My father was Curator of an art museum for almost 45 yrs; intensive study at Harvard was part of the qualifications he brought to the position. I suspect Mr. O'Neal is a "celebrity figurehead" instead of the actual Curator, as that position is very challenging & requires considerable knowledge. If he has that knowledge & experience to qualify him, I will be glad to apologize.
Macha Nov 29th 2009 9:25PM
Difference is, Shaq had to know only about 52 pieces, for JUST this exhibition. Chances were people attending were already familiar with the artists, and not going to be forcing him to field questions beyond the surface information.
jgar2458 Nov 29th 2009 9:23PM
what would it matter if he is or not, its not how smart you are its the money they come up with.
walrey555 Nov 30th 2009 3:21AM
Enjoy and stop being a hater. If this event brings in the notariety that is required what the heck. Are we being racist or what. It is what it is.