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Best Art World Selfies, Courtesy of Val Kilmer, Ai Weiwei, Klaus Biesenbach, and More
In honor of the now famous Italian student who smashed an ancient Greek statue in pursuit of a selfie (and simultaneously exemplified everything people dislike about Millennials), we’ve rounded up some of the best art world selfies that we could find on the web. Don’t worry, art lovers, no more statues were harmed in the making of this article.
Andrea Rosen’s selfie with Jordan Wolfson’s creation at David Zwirner.
Source: Instagram
Hyperallergic’s Hrag Vartanian takes a selfie with Larry Krone’s “I’m Bad (He’s Bad)”.
Source: Instagram
Selfie scholar Jerry Saltz with the work of Cy Twombly.
Source: Facebook
Laurie Simmons‘ “Redhead/Red Dress/Selfie” proves that you need not be human to take a perfect selfie.
Source: Courtesy the artist, Salon 94.
Fitz & Co’s Rebecca Taylor takes a shot at the #ArtSelfie Mothership (Yayoi Kusama’s “I Who Have Arrived in Heaven”)
Val Kilmer takes a selfie (with Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton) at Gagosian Gallery.
Source: Twitter
Klaus Biesenbach’s mid-shave selfie.
Source: Instagram
Model China Chow’s Koons selfie at Art Basel Miami.
Source: Instagram
Self-proclaimed selfie fan Ai WeiWei with entrepreneur Lapo Elkann.
Source: Facebook
Artist Alex McLeod’s selfie with Brillo box.
Source: ArtFCity.com
We could never leave off Andy Warhol, the original King of the Selfie. If only Andy was alive to use Instagram…
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