Bob Colacello

THE CELEBRATED EDITOR, WRITER, AND JOURNALIST BOB COLACELLO TALKS ABOUTT NEW YORK AS THE WORLD’S CAPITAL OF ART, MEDIA, AND NIGHTLIFE. INTERVIEW BY OLIVIER ZAHM AND ALEPH MOLINARI PORTRAIT BY JACK PIERSON ALL ARTWORK COPYRIGHT BOB COLACELLO, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND VITO SCHNABEL GALLERY OLIVIER ZAHM — So, Bob, how would you describe a New Yorker? BOB COLACELLO — I think New Yorkers are open to new things. Open to new people. We’re resilient. Whether it was 9/11 or blackouts over the years or hurricanes, people keep going. New Yorkers are also very loyal to their friends, and I know of many cases personally where friends were involved in some kind of scandal or lost a lot of money, or were ill or dying, where people did not drop them because of that. Do you know a photographer named David Seidner? These are his photographs. That’s Eric Fischl, Ross…