Before heading to the Hamptons for summer vacation, Rufus mentioned that he wanted to convert the gallery’s on-site storage space into a café.
There’s more to Gossip Girl than just Rufus’s gallery, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the atrocity that happened to the “Bedford Avenue Gallery” in season two. WRONG: Season 2, Episode 2: The Café Conversion Reminds me of an early Bacon or Schnabel.” Zing! I’m sold. I mean that in the best way-it’s enigmatic. When she sees a stellar painting by Alison Humphrey, Rufus’ ex-wife "who lives in Hudson” (TOO accurate!), Bex tells Rufus, “It’s difficult work. If Gossip Girl started today, Rufus would probably name his space the “Morgan Avenue Gallery” and be in the famous Bogart building with THEODORE:Art and Robert Henry Contemporary-but who knows.Īlso in episode four, we’re introduced to Bex Simon-a fashionable art advisor who knows her talking points. For those who are crying fowl about the location, remember, this aired ten years ago-rents were different back then! Williamsburg gallery spaces like Rufus’ were the norm, not the anomaly, for galleries first starting out. There’s even some sleek vinyl on the wall welcoming us to “Bedford Avenue Gallery.” While the name is terribly generic, it’s not too far off most galleries are named after either its dealer or its address, no matter how ambiguous or dull it may sound. Rufus clearly took some cues from his Chelsea forefathers and transformed the place into a legit white cube. Goodbye exposed anything and hello white walls that meet the ceiling. By the time episode four comes around, however, Rufus has stepped it up. He’s set up shop in a ground floor industrial space, with ratty windowpanes, exposed ceiling beams, and white painted pipes in places that look like there shouldn't be plumbing. In the pilot episode, we learn that Rufus Humphrey owns and operates a gallery in Brooklyn-and the setting is eerie in its accuracy. RIGHT: Season 1, Episode 4: Rufus Humphrey, rock star-turned-art dealer
Surprisingly (and a bit unnervingly), the scandalous television show managed to get it right more than it got it wrong. Any show that revolves around New York, innumerable wealth, and high-society is bound to cross paths with the art world-and boy did Gossip Girl ever! Below, we take a look back at some of the show’s most OMFG art world moments and judge how accurately they characterize the real, non-televised art world. And while this writer is having a bit of a mid-life crisis over it, it’s an anniversary worth celebrating. Gossip Girl, the off-air teen television series that followed “the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite,” turned ten this month.
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