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From Agnes Gund’s New Mission to DiCaprio’s Art Woes: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week
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Caroline Goldstein
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BEST
Our market reporter maps out how Giacometti achieved top-sculptor status.
Art world doyenne Agnes Gund is using art to spur criminal justice reform; earlier this summer she spoke exclusively to artnet News’s Andrew Goldstein.
Basel in a nutshell: Art world doppelgangers, Basquiat is still king, and 80’s artists are so in right now.
The sexiest disembodied voice of all time narrates a new mini-doc about king of kitsch, Jeff Koons.
Jeff Koons. Photo: Courtesy Patrick McMullan.
WORST
The new normal? Louvre patrons were evacuated again this week after a security scare.
Leonardo DiCaprio may love art, but the actor just surrendered $12.2 million worth of it to the feds.
A building in Dover is slated for demolition, which would destroy the Brexit-themed mural painted by Banksy.
Beliebe it or not: Justin came to Switzerland, but contrary to rumors, it doesn’t look like he made an appearance at Basel.
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES
Our editor-in-chief got the scoop on Brett Gorvy’s career change, Instagram habits, and more.
It’s been a rocky few months at the Met, but this week Daniel H. Weiss was named CEO.
In and out: LACMA added three new members, and On Stellar Rays is being made over as Stellar Rays, a bespoke project.
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