{"id":2446748,"date":"2019-07-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=309964"},"modified":"2019-07-25T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T12:00:00","slug":"blending-art-wine-and-commerce-at-the-aspen-art-museums-artcrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/blending-art-wine-and-commerce-at-the-aspen-art-museums-artcrush\/","title":{"rendered":"Blending Art, Wine and Commerce at the Aspen Art Museum\u2019s ArtCrush"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8920521945433\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-309964-551\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Owen Kolasinski\/Courtesy ASpen Art Museum BFA\/NYC |\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>Owen Kolasinski\/Courtesy ASpen Art Museum BFA\/NYC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8.jpg\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"MarySueBonetti\/Courtesy photo | Museum supporter Nancy Magoon with Aspen Art Museum director Heidi Zuckerman at ArtCrush 2018.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Museum supporter Nancy Magoon with Aspen Art Museum director Heidi Zuckerman at ArtCrush 2018.<\/strong><br \/>MarySueBonetti\/Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"Museum supporter Nancy Magoon with Aspen Art Museum director Heidi Zuckerman at ArtCrush 2018.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"MarySue Bonetti\/Courtesy photo | John Phelan, daughter Makenzie Moon, and Amy Phelan at ArtCrush 2018.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>John Phelan, daughter Makenzie Moon, and Amy Phelan at ArtCrush 2018.<\/strong><br \/>MarySue Bonetti\/Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-2.jpg\" alt=\"John Phelan, daughter Makenzie Moon, and Amy Phelan at ArtCrush 2018.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"MarySue Bonetti\/Courtesy photo | Auctioneer Oliver Barker, Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, presents\" talk to the by artist josh smith at artcrush class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Auctioneer Oliver Barker, Chairman of Sotheby&#8217;s Europe, presents &#8220;Talk to the Moon&#8221; by artist Josh Smith at ArtCrush 2018.<\/strong><br \/>MarySue Bonetti\/Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-3.jpg\" alt=\"Auctioneer Oliver Barker, Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, presents \" talk to the by artist josh smith at artcrush><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"MarySue Bonetti\/Courtesy photo | Gabriel Orozco accepts the 2016 Aspen Award for Art presentation.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Gabriel Orozco accepts the 2016 Aspen Award for Art presentation.<\/strong><br \/>MarySue Bonetti\/Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-4.jpg\" alt=\"Gabriel Orozco accepts the 2016 Aspen Award for Art presentation.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"MarySue Bonetti\/Courtesy photo | WineCrush's 2017 Moroccan-themed tent.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>WineCrush&#8217;s 2017 Moroccan-themed tent.<\/strong><br \/>MarySue Bonetti\/Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-5.jpg\" alt=\"WineCrush's 2017 Moroccan-themed tent.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Mary Suye Boinetti\/Courtesy photo | Oliver Barker, deputy chairman of Sotheb's Europe, drives the bidding sky high for John Giorno's\" eating the at artcrush class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Oliver Barker, deputy chairman of Sotheb&#8217;s Europe, drives the bidding sky high for John Giorno&#8217;s &#8220;Eating the Sky&#8221; at ArtCrush 2017.<\/strong><br \/>Mary Suye Boinetti\/Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-6.jpg\" alt=\"Oliver Barker, deputy chairman of Sotheb's Europe, drives the bidding sky high for John Giorno's \" eating the at artcrush><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Amanda Webster\/Courtesy photo | Amanda Webster | Lisa Yuskavage\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Lisa Yuskavage<\/strong><br \/>Amanda Webster\/Courtesy photo | Amanda Webster<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-7.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Yuskavage\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Owen KolasinskiCourtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | Amy Phelan\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Amy Phelan<\/strong><br \/>Owen KolasinskiCourtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-8.jpg\" alt=\"Amy Phelan\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-9-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-9.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Owen Kolasinski\/Courtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | Jay Fletcher\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Jay Fletcher<\/strong><br \/>Owen Kolasinski\/Courtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-9.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Fletcher\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-10-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-10.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Billy Farrell\/COurtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | BF1_9618.jpg | Jay Fletcher\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Jay Fletcher<\/strong><br \/>Billy Farrell\/COurtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | BF1_9618.jpg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-10.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Fletcher\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-11-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-11.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Owen Kolasinski\/BFA.com |\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Owen Kolasinski\/BFA.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-11.jpg\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-12-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-12.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Billy Farrell\/COurtesy ASpen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | Jay Fletcher\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Jay Fletcher<\/strong><br \/>Billy Farrell\/COurtesy ASpen Art Museum BFA\/NYC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-12.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Fletcher\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-13-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-13.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Owen Kolasinski\/Courtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | Jay Fletcher\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Jay Fletcher<\/strong><br \/>Owen Kolasinski\/Courtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-13.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Fletcher\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-14-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-14.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | Chateau Mouton Rotchschild's 2014 label featured a painting by artist David Hockney.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Chateau Mouton Rotchschild&#8217;s 2014 label featured a painting by artist David Hockney.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-14.jpg\" alt=\"Chateau Mouton Rotchschild's 2014 label featured a painting by artist David Hockney.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-15-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-15.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Billy Farrell\/Courtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | BF1_8517.jpg | WineCrush-mosphere\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>WineCrush-mosphere<\/strong><br \/>Billy Farrell\/Courtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | BF1_8517.jpg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-15.jpg\" alt=\"WineCrush-mosphere\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-16-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-16.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Billy Farrell\/Courtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | BF1_8558.jpg | WineCrush-mosphere\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>WineCrush-mosphere<\/strong><br \/>Billy Farrell\/Courtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | BF1_8558.jpg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-16.jpg\" alt=\"WineCrush-mosphere\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-17-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-17.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Billy Farrell\/Courtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | BF1_1865.jpg | Bar-mosphere\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Bar-mosphere<\/strong><br \/>Billy Farrell\/Courtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | BF1_1865.jpg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-17.jpg\" alt=\"Bar-mosphere\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-18-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-18.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Owen Kolasinski\/COurtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC | John Phelan, Amy Phelan, Paul Pariser, Heidi Zuckerman, John Hickenlooper\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>John Phelan, Amy Phelan, Paul Pariser, Heidi Zuckerman, John Hickenlooper<\/strong><br \/>Owen Kolasinski\/COurtesy Aspen Art Museum BFA\/NYC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-18.jpg\" alt=\"John Phelan, Amy Phelan, Paul Pariser, Heidi Zuckerman, John Hickenlooper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-19-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-19.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Owen Kolasinski\/BFA.com |\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Owen Kolasinski\/BFA.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/cover-atw-072519-8-19.jpg\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/blending-art-wine-and-commerce-at-the-aspen-art-museums-artcrush\/?#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/blending-art-wine-and-commerce-at-the-aspen-art-museums-artcrush\/?#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"swift-infobox alignleft p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"module module-promo card shadow-sm\" readability=\"26.5\">\n<div class=\"card-body\" readability=\"123\">\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\"><strong>THE WINES OF ARTCRUSH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Jay Fletcher has not only procured fine wines for ArtCrush, he has also seen to it that they are paired appropriately to the menu, served at the right temperature and properly poured. Here are just some of the global wines that have made their way to the tables of ArtCrush\u2019s annual event in past years:<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Ch\u00e2teau Lafite Rothschild 1990 (label by Francis Bacon)<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Domaine De La Roman\u00e9e-Conti, La Tache 1988<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Penfolds, Grange Hermitage 1985<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Aldo Conterno, Barolo Riserva Gran Bussia 1990<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Jaboulet-Isnard, C\u00f4te-R\u00f4tie 1964<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Domaine Ramonet, La Montrachet 1989<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Domaine De La Roman\u00e9e-Conti, Roman\u00e9e-Conti 1988 Six (6) Liter Format<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Domaine Gros, Richebourg 1971<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion 1961<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Coche-Dury, Corton-Charlemagne 1995<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Ch\u00e2teau Rayas 1990<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\"><strong>YES, IT\u2019S FREE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">In 2008 Amy and John Phelan made a donation to the AAM that ensured admission to the museum would be free of charge for everyone for the following three years. This despite the fact that the new facility had not even been built.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">They then funded a further gift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">\u201cWe saw the direct results of that gift through the doubling of attendance within about a year\u2019s time,\u201d said Heidi Zuckerman about the initial donation. \u201cWhen they gave us word soon after that the gift would be extended in perpetuity, my final word on their generosity to both the museum, and each and every person of the well-over 350,000 who will have walked through the doors of our new building since August 9, 2014\u2014priceless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\"><strong>LISA YUSKAVAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Each year one of the highlights of ArtCrush is the presentation of the Aspen Award for Art. This year New York-based artist Lisa Yuskavage, who is well known for her painting of human figures and nudes, often in sexual context, that create tension and controversy, will be receiving the honor for her work on Friday night at ArtCrush.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">On Valentines Day, February 14, 202 the Aspen Art Museum<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">will debut a solo presentation of the artist\u2019s work entitled \u201cWilderness\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Yuskavage will be giving a talk at the AAM on August 1, 2019 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\"><strong>BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">15 Years of Art Crush<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">$2.5 million- raised in 2018 at Art Crush<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">$28 million- raised since first ArtCrush<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">500- glasses of wine for each course<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">800- bottles of wine poured at each ArtCrush<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">2,000- glasses of wine poured at each ArtCrush<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">11- Master Sommeliers that have helped Fletcher over the 15 years of ArtCrush:<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Head\">Bobby Stuckey, Richard Betts, Fred Dame, Carton McCoy, Sabato Sagaria, Sean Razee, Jonathan Pullis, Brett Zimmerman, Doug Krenik, Jason Smith, Shayn Bjornholm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">At the close of World War II, Baron Philippe Rothschild was inspired to marry his first-growth Bordeaux wines with art from the greatest living artists of his day. Over the decades, names like Picasso, Chagall, Miro, Motherwell, Koons and Haring were commissioned to create works to adorn the labels of what remains one of the most famed luxury brands in wine, Ch\u00e2teau Lafite Rothschild.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The baron\u2019s notion is just one example of how the worlds of art and wine have converged for commerce through the ages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Yet another notable union of art, wine and, yes, money takes place each summer in Aspen at the annual ArtCrush gathering, which celebrates its 15th anniversary July 31 through Aug. 2. As the primary fundraiser for the Aspen Art Museum and as Aspen\u2019s premier summer gala, ArtCrush brings together well-heeled donors with the world\u2019s top art collectors, artists and wine connoisseurs for three evenings of showings, auctions, dinners and, perhaps most importantly, wine tastings. It\u2019s all designed to raise funds for the non-collecting institution, which does not own art but rather presents rotating exhibitions of the work of the world\u2019s most significant contemporary artists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cAspen, as we know, is a town of oenophiles,\u201d said Aspen Art Museum director Heidi Zuckerman, \u201cand many AAM donors and patrons are among the most knowledgeable international collectors of both art and wine anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The pairing of art and wine has proved successful for the museum. Since its inception in the summer of 2005, ArtCrush has raised a cumulative $28 million for the museum, housed in the downtown building designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban that opened in August of 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Last year, $2.5 million was raised to fund the museum\u2019s mission of year-round curatorial and educational programming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cI won\u2019t speculate on just how \u2018in vino veritas\u2019 assists in the success of ArtCrush auction bidding,\u201d Zuckerman laughed in reference to the power of wine to inspire bidders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The three nights are a culinary and cultural bacchanalia for attendees. It ping-pongs between guest interactions with great works and the artists who created them, and over-the-top food and wine extravaganzas. Guests say what makes ArtCrush special, aside from the natural beauty of its location, of course, is the casual camaraderie that develops from an event that would be overly stuffy in most major cities. In past years the guest list has included starry names from entertainment (Kris Jenner), sports (Lance Armstrong) and business (Jamie Tisch) along with Aspen locals and second-home owners. It is a week when the \u201cheavy metal\u201d fills Sardy Field to the brim as private jets shuttle the elite for one of Aspen\u2019s most exclusive annual events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">ArtCrush 2019 opens on Wednesday, July 31, with the sold out, $2,500-per-seat, \u201cRuby Red\u201d-themed WineCrush. This extravagant sit-down dinner for 235 guests is hosted at the Red Mountain home of museum national council member and ArtCrush event chair Amy Phelan and her husband, John Phelan, who is the museum board\u2019s executive committee chairman (see breakout box). It features hand-selected fine wines from prestige vineyards poured with each course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The house displays art by contemporary luminaries including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ellsworth Kelly, Takashi Murakami, Damien Hirst, Marilyn Minter and Jenny Holzer. Amy, who is a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, and John have been instrumental in bringing collectors to Aspen for the ArtCrush from other cities over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The following day, guests will mingle with featured artists before the focus shifts to the streets and galleries of Aspen. That evening, patrons stroll between the Baldwin and Casterline|Goodman galleries perusing the art that will be on the auction block. These PreviewCrush and PreviewExtra events are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The main event is the ArtCrush dinner and auction at Buttermilk Ski Area on Friday night for up to 650 paying guests. Here, tables of eight (some sold in Ultra Premier Packages with VIP extras for $35,000) will take part in the auction of donated artworks from esteemed artists and galleries. This year there will be work by Nari Ward, John Armleder, Sam Gilliam and Danh Vo, among many others. Nine live auction items had been announced at press time, with 50 silent auction pieces up for bid. A high point of the evening will be the presentation the of 2019 Aspen Award for Art to Lisa Yuskavage (see box, page 15). ArtCrush culminates with a ticketed concert following the ArtCrush auction at Belly Up, which this year features arty pop duo The Bloom Twins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">And there will be wine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cWe drop 10 bottles of wine on each table, and let me tell you, they are spectacular,\u201d said Jay Fletcher, who hand-curates the selections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Over the years, ArtCrush guests have been feted with the finest wines from the world\u2019s most prestigious producers as they bid on the auction items. The aforementioned Chateau Rothschild from Bordeaux, the Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay from Australia\u2019s Margaret River and, of course, a collection of fine burgundies featuring names like Domaine Gros and Domaine De La Roman\u00e9e-Conti, have all been poured over the years at ArtCrush.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cWe pour 800 bottles of wine each year and every one of them is a keeper,\u201d Fletcher said with pride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">A master sommelier, Fletcher has been the wine director for the Aspen Art Museum for 20 years. He began in the days of the \u201cHowl at the Moon\u201d party at the Gitalong Ranch in Woody Creek, which preceded ArtCrush as the museum\u2019s summer fundraiser. Each year, he relies on his relationships with the wine world to obtain hard-to-find bottles, many of which come from Southern Glazer\u2019s Wine and Spirits, where he serves as executive director of fine wine of Colorado.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">But some also are sourced from one of the finest old and rare wine cellars in the country: \u201cIn 2002, Jeff and Kathy Johnston donated approximately $1 million of wine to SommFoundation for educational purposes,\u201d he explained. Fletcher serves as cellar master for the SommFoundation, rare vintages from which are used to fund educational opportunities for up-and-coming sommeliers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Each year, Fletcher also corrals a posse of Aspen\u2019s top sommeliers \u2014 including fellow Master Sommelier Jonathan Pullis from 7908, Csaba Oveges from The Little Nell, Greg Van Wagner from Jimmy\u2019s, Todd Clark from Matsuhisa, Oliver Jaderko of the Caribou Club, Alex Harvier from Cache Cache, Gerald Theron from Baroness wines and his wife, Lynn Fletcher of the SommFoundation \u2014 to pour for the event. Zuckerman, clearly, is a fan: \u201cThe \u2018Crush\u2019 in all four annual ArtCrush events (WineCrush, PreviewCrush, AfterPartyCrush) references crushing grapes to make wine for a celebration, so there\u2019s certainly that celebratory aspect that event Master Sommelier Jay Fletcher literally brings to the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Along with Fletcher, the Phelans and Zuckerman have been key players \u2014 the Baron Rothschilds, if you will, of the annual event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">2019 will be Zuckerman\u2019s final ArtCrush as director of the museum, as she announced in late June that she will be stepping down from her current position when her contract ends Sept. 30. She conceived the first ArtCrush, a one-night tented affair held in the summer of 2005 outside the old Aspen Art Museum, and has ushered its growth for the past decade and a half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">In 2019, the numbers align, as the Aspen Art Museum celebrates not only its fifth anniversary in the new location, but its 40th year as an Aspen institution. In 1979, local artists Richard Carter (who opened a pop-up gallery next door to the downtown museum this summer), Laura Thorne and Diane Lewy held the first exhibitions in the old 1885 hydroelectric power plant on the banks of the Rio Grande River in what was then christened the Aspen Center for the Visual Arts. The inaugural show, \u201cAmerican Portraits of the Sixties and Seventies,\u201d included work by Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Chuck Close, Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. Since then the museum has not only undergone a change of name, but has morphed into one of the premier non-collecting, free-admission museums in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Over its 40 years in Aspen the museum has not always enjoyed universal acceptance in the community. Some object to the size and volume of the downtown building or consider the institution elitist. But with free admission to all patrons, a healthy roster of educational programs, workshops and lectures, and the casual and affordable rooftop SO Cafe open to the community, many have warmed to both the space and the museum\u2019s mission over the years. And, thanks in large part to the funding that has been secured through private donations at ArtCrush, the museum has found its footing. ArtCrush is a celebration of all that has been achieved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Art. Wine. Commerce. Three things that define modern Aspen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/blending-art-wine-and-commerce-at-the-aspen-art-museums-artcrush\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owen Kolasinski\/Courtesy ASpen Art Museum BFA\/NYC Museum supporter Nancy Magoon with Aspen Art Museum director Heidi Zuckerman at ArtCrush 2018.MarySueBonetti\/Courtesy photo John Phelan, daughter Makenzie Moon, and Amy Phelan at ArtCrush 2018.MarySue Bonetti\/Courtesy photo Auctioneer Oliver Barker, Chairman of Sotheby&#8217;s Europe, presents &#8220;Talk to the Moon&#8221; by artist Josh Smith at ArtCrush 2018.MarySue Bonetti\/Courtesy photo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2446748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 23:45:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}