True tales of secrecy, opacity and outright thievery in art
Two outsiders tried to crack the art business. They did not like what they found
IN 1989 LARRY GAGOSIAN, who has since become the world’s most powerful art dealer, was asked whether there was anything he would like to see change in the art market. “That is like asking Dante what he would change about the structure of Hell,” he replied, implying, a bit devilishly, that the way things were suited him.
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