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Repository 159: Three Artists Celebrate Art History | An Elephant in the Room
A strange byproduct of the current system of art, at least the art in the marketplace and in graduate schools, is the ignorance of art historical reference and the assumption that all artists are on an island of one’s own, that stealing is what artists do, and that your individual spirit is louder than thousands of years of history. Surprisingly, and unbeknownst to non-art historians or non-art theorists, there are many artists, professional and otherwise, that throw a blind eye…
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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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