La Vie en Rose: In Memory of Christophe Nayel

Remembering the very French art model and actor, whose work touched a generation of New York City artists.

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It was my first Halloween in New York City. A few weeks previously, members of our art school’s incoming class had all been christened “mon cherie” by one of the models, Christophe. For Halloween, he gallivanted throughout Brooklyn with us, as comfortable pounding sidewalks and…