Opening Night Success!

OK, I lied again.  You'll have to wait again a bit for more on Michael Tole.  The Cain Schulte website has been getting a bit behind, while we've been getting the physical gallery ready...  But we'll get that worked out this week. 


My business partners are going to Next Chicago soon (April 30-May 2).  If you're reading from the Windy City, let me know and I'll get you hooked up with free passes.


But the big news is that our opening party was a great success!  (Pictures soon...)  It was touch and go up to the last minute.  We were hanging the last picture (a Justin Quinn), just as the first guests were arriving and I was changing into my classic white polyester Prada suit.  (Pictures soon -- hey, how often can you wear such a thing?  Seemed like the perfect occasion!).   


And we made our first sales in the new gallery space at the opening party.  Poor Mickey.  My friends bought the print called Addio!  We're hoping to get the sculpture version.  It's quite funny/disturbing with the hanging mickey in a noose, over a knocked-down mickey-size upholstered arm chair and tiny carpet.  I guess being happy for 50+ years was just too much for him.  Even better, the artists hired an anonymous Disney cartoonist to help with the illustration!


But better than that, we had about 350-400 guests over 4 hours.  14 artists on the walls, and about 8 of them in attendance.  The DJ was great (Ian Luo, aka lokae).  The catering was great.  We had just the right amount of cava, white wine, Pelegrino, and food.  No red wine -- would have stained the unsealed cement floor.  Even still, I've been scraping up ground-in salami and parmesan cheese from the floor in preparation for said sealing.


Following up from the previously mentioned Floor Saga, the foot traffic of 350 people destroyed and ground up many sections of the new concrete floor.  Looks great, after a good vacuuming, but the sealant needs to be applied soon now that Andre patched it back up.  72 hours for drying of the sealant, so we'll have to wait for the weekend to do that work.


But back to the positive side!  Our opening has been the talk of the town. Srsly.  We're hearing about the party from people who weren't even there!  And we've had a steady flow of people coming in after the party, including serious collectors.  Things are off to a great start.


And next week, hopefully, I'll have a story for you about Michael Tole.  :-)


Cheers!


Updated May 4, 2010.