Frank Gehry has revealed that French president Francois Hollande has given him his word that he could self-exile to France now that Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States.
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With the bleak prognostic becoming a reality, the starchitect might see himself emigrating to a new country, with a big welcome from its leader.
— artnet
Gehry said this during an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro, where he also railed against critics who don't consider him an artist, as well as most buildings. In fact, Gehry claims a correlation between people's ambivalence towards uninteresting architecture and support for President-Elect Trump.
Apparently, there's actual beef between Gehry and Trump. Gehry built Beekman Tower, which surpassed the Trump Building next door by a few centimeters, claiming the title of "tallest residential building in New York". Apparently, the President-Elect really cares about building height.
Anyway, no word yet on if Gehry is actually going to abandon the City of Angels for the City of Lights.
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Can't anybody move to France? At least for four years?
Take us with you.
Ah, where will Hollande bail when they come for him in a few months?
Everyone will end up in Canada eventually. Then Canada will suck too.
Good move Frank!! Bravo!
Where's Franky gonna go next after socialist François Hollande is replaced coming April by Madame President Le Pen from the far-right Front National?
pathetic. yes I know he is Canadian or was, but really, exile? grow a pair.
France has never been particularly welcoming to persons of the Jewish faith even before the massive influx of Muslims over the last few years. It has gotten so bad now that a lot of Jewish people are emigrating to Israel from France. If Gehry goes he might want to steer clear of nightclubs in Paris and promenades along towns in the south of France. Oh, and Hollande has a 15% approval rating so his grandstanding here seems desperate.
Can you imagine leaving someone or place every time they did something stupid? I say stick around, learn the lessons to be learned and fight back. No way this clown is going to ruin the country I love.
f trump but f all these celebrities threatening to jump ship even more...re-exile? give me a break.
at least there will be a real chance to make american great again once this asshole is gone.
"make american great again"
Empty, meaningless words without a frame of reference. None was given and none will be. Using this as a metric or a goal is useless. If a client that has never built a building comes in with the direction of "Make me a better building", you'd be setting yourself up to fail if you accepted the commission at face value.
But hey, seems like catchphrases are all one needs to win elections.
HOPE AND CHANGE
MAGA
Buh-bye now.
receives presidential medal of freedom. moves to france.
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