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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 57: Word Obsession: Artists & Their Love of Text
MESE DI MARZO DELL ANNO MILLE NOVE 100 OTTANTANOVE, 1989 Embroidery on fabric; 43 1/4 x 42 1/4 inches (109.9 x 107.3 cm), image courtesy of Fondazione Alighiero e Boetti and Gladstone Gallery “What you put your attention on grows stronger.” – Anonymous In the last six months I have been obsessively writing and making art in tandom – I’ve always written in my studio practice, and amassed a collection of art books that rivals the local bookstore’s art section….
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