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Is Aspen the New Hamptons?
The city has become New York-adjacent...culturally at least
(Editor’s note: This story was originally published on August 5, 2016. Some details reflect the time of original reporting.) Over the past few weeks, New York’s art world has abandoned our tourists and leaky, reeking sidewalk trash to head for Aspen’s (very literal) greener pastures. Some of the city’s biggest collectors, gallerists and institutional heads are trading in stilettos and loafers for hiking boots, cabs for mountain bikes. Why? Well, aside from the fact that New York City in the summer is a hellhole.
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East Coasters have been hitting up Anderson Ranch Arts Center as a summer arts destination for some time. Now, other top-notch cultural events and institutions are also drawing East Coast crowds: the Aspen Institute’s Ideas Festival at the end of June, the summer-long Aspen Music festival, Theatre Aspen’s production of Mamma Mia!, jazz at Snowmass…the list goes on. On August 3, Amy and John Phelan hosted the Aspen Art Museum’s........