Bellagio Art Gallery
Kevin L. Funk
Steve Wynn and his quest to acquire works of art for Bellagio. The latter
part of the article details how the art will be displayed. Here's that
info.
28 works -- 25 paintings, three sculptures -- will be displayed in a two
room gallery. Some extra Picassos will hang in a restaurant named Picasso.
The gallery will be open every day from 9am to midnight. Viewing will be by
reservation only and cost $10.00 per person. The reservation system is
designed to limit the number of people in the gallery at one time. The plan
is to allow 50 people in every twenty minutes. Preference will be given to
Bellagio guests and whales (who may receive private tours.)
The $10 fee will go to charity and is being levied because Wynn feels if he
charged nothing people would consider the art as nothing.
The article mentions something about Wynn recording the narration for
visitors, but it doesn't mention if this narration is piped in or heard via
Walkman style headsets. I would assume the latter.
All art will be available for sale.
They expect 400,000 visitors to the gallery the first year.
Kevin
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Matt Weatherford
>28 works -- 25 paintings, three sculptures -- will be displayed in a two
>room gallery. Some extra Picassos will hang in a restaurant named Picasso.
$10 to look at 28 works of art, none of which so far as I know are master
works. That's mighty steep. Most of the world's best museums are around
$10 and they have many floors and they change their collections and they
have retrospectives, etc.
>The $10 fee will go to charity and is being levied because Wynn feels if
he
>charged nothing people would consider the art as nothing.
This is pretty silly. I have been to MOMA in New York for free and MOCA in
LA for free and I didn't think that the art was nothing just because I got
to see it for free. Both of the Getty museums in California are
free, and I haven't heard a lot of people debasing them.
Is the whole ten dollars going to charity, or the
remainder after expenses?
>All art will be available for sale.
>They expect 400,000 visitors to the gallery the first year.
Wow, he is expecting to charge $10 to people to enter what must be the
world's most expensive art gallery. And he got a tax break for this. I
don't like Steve Wynn, but he sure knows how to put spin on things and get
what he wants. Good thing he's keeping poor people from looking at the
art.
Matt
Colin Spears
>Good thing he's keeping poor people >from looking at the art.
I imagine the last thing he would want would be poor people in his
casino.
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In article <B22E8C86...@sdx-ca40-100.ix.netcom.com>, kf...@ix.netcom.com
(Kevin L. Funk) writes:
>The article mentions something about Wynn recording the narration for
>visitors, but it doesn't mention if this narration is piped in or heard via
>Walkman style headsets. I would assume the latter.
Wynn does most of the narration for his properties. It's his voice you hear
both on the moving walkway and the tram into Mirage.
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I too have a few extra Picassos lying around and have been stuck wondering
what to do with them. Have to give Steve thanks for the restaurant idea.
SDGOLF
>28 works -- 25 paintings, three sculptures -- will be displayed in a two
>room gallery. Some extra Picassos will hang in a restaurant named Picasso.
Does anyone know the titles of these paintings? I'm specifically
interested in whether Steve has acquired my favorite painting
(I think it's a Picasso, although I'm not positive)--"Dogs Playing Poker".
Scott Douglas
EllCarroll
>From: sdg...@aol.com (SDGOLF) wrote:
>Does anyone know the titles of these paintings? I'm specifically
>interested in whether Steve has acquired my favorite painting
>(I think it's a Picasso, although I'm not positive)--"Dogs Playing Poker".
>
>
Scott, I'm not sure he got the "Dogs" painting. I think he just didn't
budget enough money for such a masterpiece. But I understand he
acquired one of my personal favorites, Monet's "Elvis on Velvet".
Most appropriate for a Las Vegas collection.
Eric Simandl
> I spent a whole day at the Hermitage in St. Pete Russia for
> about that
> price. MUCH higher quality of art.
Speaking of art in Las Vegas and Russia, have you heard this one?
"What's the difference between a dollar and a ruble?"
"A dollar".
--
Eric Simandl. Offices in Las Vegas
and Negaunee
Before criticizing a man, walk a mile in his shoes. You'll have a mile
head start.
And his shoes.
greatbrit
> Anybody know what else is in the collection? I'm dying to know.
I heard he picked up a Moaner Lisa, amazing painting, whatever angle you view
it from, she's in a rotten mood.
Kurt Ullman
Weatherford) wrote:
>$10 to look at 28 works of art, none of which so far as I know are master
>works. That's mighty steep. Most of the world's best museums are around
>$10 and they have many floors and they change their collections and they
>have retrospectives, etc.
I spent a whole day at the Hermitage in St. Pete Russia for about that
price. MUCH higher quality of art.
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Matt Weatherford
>Scott, I'm not sure he got the "Dogs" painting. I think he just didn't
>budget enough money for such a masterpiece. But I understand he
>acquired one of my personal favorites, Monet's "Elvis on Velvet".
>Most appropriate for a Las Vegas collection.
The rumors have it that the following paintings are in the Steve Wynn
collection at the Bellagio:
1. My friend's painting of a drunken pirate which looks like it was
stolen for a Jolly Roger.
2. The wedding portrait Lucky Ned and I did for our friends and his bride.
We didn't have any new canvases so we just tipped another painting on its
side and painted the blushing bride and groom over a castle in the
moonlight. Also, it didn't turn out as well as we had hoped, so we had to
write his and her names underneath them so people could tell who they
were. (By the way, Steve Wynn paid us way too much for it.)
3. Elvis on velvet.
4. The dogs, of course.
5. One of those big-eyed children paintings that were popular in the
'70s.
6. A couple Red Skelton clown paintings (see, the clowns are SAD).
7. A tryptych I once saw in a bad art exhibit where robots were built by a
mad scientist, then they got loose, then they raped women.
8. Some life size Precious Moments and Hummel sculptures.
Anybody know what else is in the collection? I'm dying to know.
Matt
Eric Simandl
> Anybody know what else is in the collection? I'm dying to know.
>
One of everything ever manufactured by the Franklin Mint.
The world's most complete Dice Clock collection.
bt
> Matt Weatherford wrote:
>
> > Anybody know what else is in the collection? I'm dying to know.
> >
If you can get that mirageresorts annual report website to work, you
should find a partial list there.
Somewhat surprisingly, Wynn has purchased some pieces of real "museum
quality," including a very fine Degas painting (or pastel), Warhol's
"Orange Marilyn," an excellent Brancusi sculpture and a representative
Jackson Pollock painting. All big names, all men (except for a token work
by one of Picasso's wives), but real selectivity about the work kicked in
somewhere during the aquisition frenzy--Wynn seems to be getting good
advice, and if the press reports are to be believed, sight-impared Steve
Wynn has actually become passionate about the art, not just about
marketing "class."
bos...@earthlink.net
>
> >From: sdg...@aol.com (SDGOLF) wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know the titles of these paintings? I'm specifically
> >interested in whether Steve has acquired my favorite painting
> >(I think it's a Picasso, although I'm not positive)--"Dogs Playing Poker".
> >
> >
>
> budget enough money for such a masterpiece. But I understand he
> acquired one of my personal favorites, Monet's "Elvis on Velvet".
> Most appropriate for a Las Vegas collection.
Go to Mirageresorts.com and click on their annual report link, the
annual report has a list of all the art.