STUFF: A New York Life of Cultural Chaos

A joyful romp through the singular and eclectic material world of a true New York character.

Kim Hastreiter, cofounder of the beloved Paper magazine, has spent the last 50 years amassing a vast and iconoclastic collection of stuff. This volume, aptly titled STUFF, chronicles an extraordinary slice of history and the people who defined it, using Hastreiter’s singular edit of art, fashion, design, photography, books and ephemera as a lens. In these pages you’ll meet Hastreiter’s amazing friends: at an all-night party in the basement of an East Village church with Keith Haring; a private art sale with Jeffrey Deitch in Phyllis Diller’s kitchen; or impromptu cocktails at Trader Vic’s with Salvador Dalí and Joey Arias.

Dimensions 8" by 10"; 448 pages
Material: Hardcover
Origin: Italy
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