Celeb Spotting

Anthony and I attended the opening of the Robert Rauschenberg exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles Saturday evening. We got there a little before the opening party started, and there was already a super long line to get into the museum to see the exhibit. Do all of these people really know about Rauschenberg, or are they there just to party? After seeing his amusing and forward-thinking pieces (I think they're still so relevant and fresh today), we wandered upstairs where there's a cash bar and a DJ playing. We walked around the bar, decided not to get a drink, and on our way out, I did a double take. My heart leapt into my throat because there was Robert Rauschenberg in a wheelchair, surrounded by a group of people, getting his picture taken! I wanted to talk to him, I wanted to remind him that I had met him about 10 years ago in his studio in Manhattan, and that I interviewed him for an NYU television news magazine program. But the vultures would not let him go. Many were oblivious to his presence. But those who knew...clung to him like saran wrap on a sandwich. I was still giddy...He's the only artist, whose works are in a museum, whom I've met, now, twice.