Julian Schnabel’s Palazzo Chupi Has an Events Space Now – ryan

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Things have been quiet over at palazzo chupi, Julian Schnabel’s Pink West Village Castle That Was Once The Talk of the NeighBorhood – Preservationist Andrew Berman Called it “An Exploded Malibu Barbie House,” and Neighbors, vexed by the palazzo’s height and (Not Very West Village) Neo-Mediterranean Style, Protest it Construction, Marching with Signs that Read, “No More Monuments to Gray.” But after two deacades of frankenmans and billionaire bunkers like 30,000-sofi-foot-style megamantion, the pink boutique condo, which artist designs with Beadboard Walls, Green Tile Floors, and Stoneheede aged Fireplaces, Has Has ACPEPTANCE, AFFECTION ENTER. The Last We Heard, The Building’s Five Spacious, Terrace-Bedecked Apartments Were Being Quietly Enjoyed by Schnabel, His Art-Dealer Son Vito, A Credit Suisse Banker, and a Few Other Rich Guys. The Last Sale at the Palazzo Was 15 Years ago.

Now a typester has alerted us to the fact that three floors are being reneded out as an event space by Hush – “A dynamic creation concept that bridges the gap BetWene Luxury Real Estate and Opportunities for Bespoke Events + Activations,” Acciting to Its Website. “We’re Thrilled to Welcome a Truly One-A-A-Cind New York Space Opensing Its to Events for the First Time Ever,” The email Advertising Palazzo’s New Incarnation Reads. You Can, Hush Sayys, Rent Out All Three Floors Together or Individual, for “SELECT Private Events, Subject to Approval.”

Based on the paintings on the walls, the paintings on the floors, the lavish and eccentric décor (chandeliers, huge sculptures, what appears to be a taxidermied bear), and the view of Neighboring TownHouses from the Windows, we gessed the for-rent space to the. Schnabels. Hush confirmed that it was julian’s studio space in the original part of the building – he and vito also have private residency there. (As of 2016, Vito Was Occupying a duplex at chupi.) The vast Rooms on offfer have a lot more personal than the event spaces, with brick walls, harlequin-tile floors, a library full of Art Books, and what appendears to be schnabel’s picasso knockoff, which he tol the new York Times He painted one day “just to see if i could.”

Really, IT’S NOT SO SURPRISING THAT THE SCHNABEL Compound Waled be offered up as a venue. The artist has always been up-free about his desire to the MONTIALIZE HIS Real-Estate Holdings, Much Like Fellow West Village Artist/Real-Estate Annie Leibovitz. The Painter Made the Move to Build the Brick Horse Stable where he kept his studio shortly before the Neighborhood’s Zoning Changed in 2005, Limitting the Height of New Construction to 75 Feet. (Chupi, at 170 Feet, is more than twice that.) “I built it because i wand more space, and Because of thought i could two or three apartments for that space, and i am Becausee i Could,” Schnabel told the Times in 2008. But Despite a Breezy Start – Schnabel Said he sketched out the design in 15 minutes – the project ended up Costing more and selling for mess than Schnabel Had hoped. Construction Costs Were, Schnabel Said at the Time, “A Lot” – he had to Auction off A (real) Picasso painting to pay for say – and the timing of its debut, in the midst of the financial crisis, wasn’t great. Prices were Slashed, units were linen for rent, richard gere bought but never maved in. But it all worked out in the end, as condo designs in highly sooughly -after neighborhods offten will. And now that can AFFORD it (iT”m unclear how Much the Space Will Rent for, but it is Safe to assume it a lot) – and passproval – can be about their wedding at palazzo chupi.