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" Clockwise: Betsy Baker, Marina Abramovic, Francine Prose, Richard Armstrong.  For the past three decades, Bomb magazine has been the beacon of independent publishing and programming in the New York arts scene, recording conversations between artists, writers, actors, musicians and directors. On Friday night, at a seated gala in downtown New York that drew the likes of fellow art world crossovers Michael Stipe and Riccardo Tisci, they celebrated their 30th anniversary by honoring four living cultural institutions: Marina Abramovic, Richard Armstrong, Betsy Baker and Francine Prose. The night was casual and lighthearted: MOMA&amp;#039;s Klaus Biesenbach introduced his lifelong friend Abramovic, telling personal stories about the dedication to her craft that would involve guns and nudity, and when she got on stage she managed to make a story about her mother hurling vases at her sound comical and endearing. Michael Cunningham, who I had never met before and was surprised to learn is quite a silver fox, gave an introduction to Francine Prose that was equal parts touching and ridiculous (I think he was exaggerating when he said she made her own shoes and entered state fair animal contests). Turns out Prose had a lot to celebrate that night: Her son Leon Michaels ditched sitting at her table that night to take his wife to the hospital to welcome Prose&amp;#039;s newest granddaughter, Melanie Ruiz Michaels, to the family. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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