Who the fuck puts together an art show based on love letters and opens it on Valentine’s Day? Two ladies in Toronto who used to run a gallery, and then stabbed each other in the back over proprietorship and lawsuits, that’s who. (This is all hearsay, though, don’t quote us, and we’re not even giving concrete details and names so anyone who might be offended should just chill the fuck out.) Now the love letter show, which was called “Love Will Tear Us Apart” before it actually did, opens tonight, thanks to one sane curator in the bunch who scooped up her artists (if you care about art, names like Douglas Gordon, Terence Koh, and Kathy Grayson probably put ants in your pants) and brought them to Queen and Shaw. The wildcard is Charles Manson, who wrote a letter to any and all potential readers/followers, urging us all to pretend we’re not pretending to pretend and to love one another and...basically, it’s a Manson letter. Written on lesbian Wiccan stationery. Yep, that's it up there. It’s pretty wee (sheesh, art gallery owners sure can be paranoid) but you get the jist.

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this is definitely fake. charles manson isn't allowed to send mail.

Posted by: william | 30/04/2009 at 22:57

really is there any other kind of stationary. for me it's either lesbian wiccan or peeled and dried infant flesh.

Posted by: burn baby burn | 30/04/2009 at 23:04

gotta agree with william, i call bullshit on the manson letter.

Posted by: bogart | 30/04/2009 at 23:14

he's allowed to send. it's just all scanned.

Posted by: ! | 30/04/2009 at 23:23

uhh...he can send mail. he sends lots of mail.

Posted by: Emily | 01/05/2009 at 01:51

yeah he sends mail and you can send him letters too. I have his jail address somewhere...

Posted by: Connie | 01/05/2009 at 03:19

Who gives a shit if it's "real" it' art, douche bags!

Posted by: congested | 01/05/2009 at 14:28

It is a genuine letter from Manson! Go check out the show as it is on until may 23. It's at Venetia Kapernekas Gallery. 526 west 26th street suite 814. New York, Ny.10001.

Posted by: Abigail | 01/05/2009 at 14:42

Just released an I LOVE CHARLIE t-shirt for chicks!

http://rockworldeast.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-heart-charlie-manson.html

Posted by: Melissa | 07/05/2009 at 23:48

Charles Manson is so played out. I don't support the death penalty but I would make an exception in his case just to shut him up

Posted by: butt | 20/05/2009 at 14:41

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NEW YORK - LOVE 4EVER, CHARLES MANSON

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