"Mary Boone sat behind the front desk at Lévy Gorvy Dayan on New York's Upper East Side on a recent autumn afternoon, a green datebook open beside her iPhone. The scene was familiar yet newly reframed: Boone, who once ruled New York's downtown art world, now holding court uptown. She moved between visitors and staff with the same brisk authority that defined her four decades in the business, part comeback and part continuation."
"That afternoon she was preoccupied with the gallery's front door. The impressively tall doorway had endured triple the gallery's usual foot traffic, and a hydraulic spring that absorbed its weight had given out, causing the door to creak with every opening. Undeterred, Boone liaised with the gallery's head preparator to solve the problem all while working the crowd with ease, greeting old friends and striking up conversations with new faces."
"Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties (until 13 December) took nearly two years to put together and was co-curated by Boone and Brett Gorvy. The show brings together more than 60 works by some of the titular decade's biggest names including Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman, Keith Haring, Richard Prince and Jean-Michel Basquiat-and revisits the period that both launched Boone's career and came to define it."
Mary Boone, 73, works at Lévy Gorvy Dayan on the Upper East Side, greeting visitors and overseeing staff. She addressed a failing hydraulic spring on the gallery's oversized front door while engaging guests. Boone once ruled New York's downtown art world and now holds court uptown. Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties took nearly two years to assemble and was co-curated by Boone and Brett Gorvy, bringing together more than 60 works by major 1980s artists. This is Boone's first major project in over five years after her gallery closed and a 2019 tax-evasion conviction; she served 13 months and was released early during the Covid-19 pandemic. Archival displays include period ephemera.
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