Callen Bair of Conde Nast Portfolio notes that an artist is now hawking a painting of CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo that says, “If I see that bitch Erin Burnett on the Today show one more time, I’m gonna freak out.” The asking price is $4,999.
Bair wrote, “‘The original reason why I painted the picture…was that I was actually kind of outraged by the…Bartiromo / Todd Thomson / Citigroup / private jet quasi-scandal,’ Raymond said. ‘It struck me as one more aspect of how the media isn’t what it used to be.’
“Raymond has been exhibiting the painting in front of the New York Stock Exchange — where the ‘Money Honey,’ herself, reportedly peeked out to take a look at the portrait — and Goldman Sachs — because ‘that’s where the money is.’ Even so, the passers-by interested in acquiring the paintings Raymond has put on view always low ball him, the artist said.”
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Painting Maria Bartiromo
October 3, 2007
Posted by Chris Roush
Callen Bair of Conde Nast Portfolio notes that an artist is now hawking a painting of CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo that says, “If I see that bitch Erin Burnett on the Today show one more time, I’m gonna freak out.” The asking price is $4,999.
Bair wrote, “‘The original reason why I painted the picture…was that I was actually kind of outraged by the…Bartiromo / Todd Thomson / Citigroup / private jet quasi-scandal,’ Raymond said. ‘It struck me as one more aspect of how the media isn’t what it used to be.’
“Bartiromo as the Holy Mother, then, would be ironic commentary.
“Raymond has been exhibiting the painting in front of the New York Stock Exchange — where the ‘Money Honey,’ herself, reportedly peeked out to take a look at the portrait — and Goldman Sachs — because ‘that’s where the money is.’ Even so, the passers-by interested in acquiring the paintings Raymond has put on view always low ball him, the artist said.”
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