Chupi

The El Chupi Chupi video has been nominated for a Lucas Prize, but a few days ago it was categorized as "horrible" by the president of the Cuban Music Institute himself.

Yoani Sanchez: Cuba's Communist Party Worries About Our Tastes in Music Yoani Sanchez 2011

The El Chupi Chupi video has been nominated for a Lucas Prize, but a few days ago it was categorized as "horrible" by the president of the Cuban Music Institute himself.

Yoani Sanchez: Cuba's Communist Party Worries About Our Tastes in Music Yoani Sanchez 2011

The El Chupi Chupi video has been nominated for a Lucas Prize, but a few days ago it was categorized as "horrible" by the president of the Cuban Music Institute himself.

Yoani Sanchez: Cuba's Communist Party Worries About Our Tastes in Music Yoani Sanchez 2011

What's worse, as the price of the penthouse triplex and duplex sunk melodramatically, Chupi became an icon for Manhattan's burst bubble.

Chupi Victory? Schnabel Sells Triplex Penthouse to Bill Brady 2009

Way back in early 2008, when Chupi was still West 11th Street's frothed-over mega-castle, Mr. Schnabel wanted $32 million for the unit, and $27 million for the duplex below.

Chupi Victory? Schnabel Sells Triplex Penthouse to Bill Brady 2009

Ingrid Sischy suspects “Palazzo Chupi” will come to be recognized as an architectural marvel of 21st-century New York.

March 2008 Table of Contents 2009

To the usual uproar — outrage, protests, eventual oohs and aahs — Julian Schnabel has planted “Palazzo Chupi,” a Pompeii-red palazzo, atop an early-20th-century factory building on the western edge of Greenwich Village.

I'll Take Manhattan 2009

To the usual uproar — outrage, protests, eventual oohs and aahs — Julian Schnabel has planted “Palazzo Chupi,” a Pompeii-red palazzo, atop an early-20th-century factory building on the western edge of Greenwich Village.

Artist in Residence Sischy, Ingrid 2008

Evan Joseph Artist-turned-developer Julian Schnabel has cut the price on the triplex penthouse in his "Palazzo Chupi" condominium in Manhattan to $24 million, down 25% from last spring's original price.

Private Properties 2008

So naturally news comes today, from the Wall Street Journal, that the actor has gone and bought a sprawl at Chupi (which Mr. Schnabel oddly insists is not pink but red.)

Julian Schnabel's Pink Palazzo Snags Richard Gere 2007