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Repository 70: Leonardo + Art Auction = $38 million
Last week, Leonardo Dicaprio raised $38 million dollars in one evening for his environmental foundation. He did this with art at his “11th Hour” auction, held at Christies in New York. In attendance were Salma Hyak, Bradley Cooper, Tobey Maguire, Lukas Haas and billionaire Stewart Rahr. Fancy. Artists who donated work to this auction. Very fancy: Kai Althoff, Banksy, Peter Beard, Carol Bove, Joe Bradley, Cecily Brown, Dan Colen, George Condo, John Currin, Zeng Fanzhi, Urs Fischer, Walton Ford, Mark…
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Repository 47: A Painting Dissected – John Currin and The Dogwood Thieves
Image John Currin, Dogwood Thieves, courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery. While we are mostly subjected to completed works by artists, it is quite something else to consider the very real and tiresome steps to which an artist arrives at the end of a painting for example. Some of the incredible shifts that go on in many studio practices would give you whiplash. Be thankful you are only left to decode, summon and question the “finished” pieces on gallery/museum/web…
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