His Harlem One-Bedroom Became His Pandemic Artist’s Garret
Great Rooms A visual diary by Design Editor Wendy Goodman.
“I’ve taught myself how to frame,” Bentley says, “ I especially love to find mid-century frames at the flea market. The largest piece of art that I have above the sofa is by an artist from Tulum, Mexico, named Enrique Diaz.” Photo: Courtesy of Larry Bentley I first got to know Larry Bentley in the late 1990s, when he was the manager and maître d’ of the members dining room room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but I hadn’t known he was an artist himself until recently. To be fair, he hadn’t known either: He...