Art World Star Simon de Pury’s Latest Role: Curator

Simon de Pury curated FIRE!, a new ceramics exhibition in Manhattan -- his first in 28 years. Photographer: Barnabas Imre
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Maybe it was the heat of the gallery or maybe it was the stress of curating his first exhibition in 28 years, but Simon de Pury was sweating.

After putting down a (nearly complete) checklist of the ceramics show that he's organized with his wife Michaela, de Pury walked us through the Venus Over Manhattan gallery on Madison Avenue the day before the show's September 18th opening.