Glenn O’Brien

homage by RICHARD PRINCE

Brilliant writer, art critic, Interview magazine’s first editor and Downtown Manhattan celebrity Glenn O’Brien died on April 7, 2017, at the age of 70. In tribute to Purple’s longtime collaborator and editor-at-large, we’ve reprinted Richard Prince’s homage to our mutual friend, delivered at Free Arts NYC’s annual auction in 2016.

GLENN O’BRIEN LAST TWEET, COURTESY OF RICHARD PRINCE

And the Oscar goes to…

Heyday…
Prime peak pinnacle summit high point zenith
Hey… back in the day…
Uncle Floyd/Joe Franklyn
TV Party… is there a word to describe the attitude that Glenn would use to hang up on a caller who would phone in on the show? What would that be? It’s not sarcastic. Not mean. Not punk. Not dismissive. Crotchety. Not fed up. Not cavalier. Not “I’m better than you.” It wasn’t a put-down. What’s the word I’m looking for?…