Photo Exhibit :: Chelsea Hotel Anniversary 5.9.08
Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Chelsea Hotel
Photo Exhibit
May 9-11, 2008
The Chelsea Hotel, a historic landmark hotel and an iconic gathering place for artists in all genres turns 125 years old this year. To celebrate this glamorous outpost of Bohemia, 30 photographers will exhibit their work in homage to this inspirational place where luminaries such as Mark Twain, Madonna, and Martha Graham worked.
The exhibition will be held in the hotel, located at 222 W 23rd St. It opens Friday, May 9 and runs through Sunday, May 11 from noon to 6pm. (It is the weekend before the first New York Photography Festival.) “The show will unite colleagues in a celebration of this cultural icon,” says curator Linda Troeller, a longtime resident of the hotel and the author of a recent photo book, Hotel Chelsea Atmosphere: An Artist’s Memoir.
