At the 9/17/08 launch party for his new book “CRISIS: 40 Stories” held at the Washington, DC Mitchell Gold + Williams Store, Mitchell Gold talks about LGBT teenage isolation and fear and his quest to fight prejudice against LGBT people disguised as religious convictions.
Duration : 0:7:12
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In 1979, artist Kit Williams turned Britain into a giant treasure map, promising a golden hare, buried in the earth, to the first person who solved the riddle of his book Masquerade. The hysteria that followed the hunt drove Williams underground, where he has continued to create complex and beautiful art, which he refuses to publicly exhibit.
In his first interview in two decades, Kit lifts the lid on life before and after Masquerade. Did the hare deprive us of one of our most gifted painters?
Duration : 0:2:20
Before winning her fifth Wimbledon singles title, Venus Williams launched a coffee table book of images, taken by renowned photographer Koto Bolofo. The event took place at Ralph Lauren’s flagship store in London on Bond Street on Thursday, June 19, 2008.
Duration : 0:2:11