I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art.
Jeffrey Deitch
Art dealing is when you're doing it as a business.
Celebrity has become, for better or worse, an art form. An artist can use themselves as a medium to become a celebrity as a walking work of art.
From 1940 to the present, the art world - and particularly Los Angeles - has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance.
Part of my agenda has been to support art that engages life with people.
There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.
What I hope is I'll eventually be seen as an actual individual, not as some abstraction - an art dealer running a museum.
Disney is our contemporary landscape. The best art will reflect that and challenge you. Disney comforts you, whereas the best art shakes up your... →
In the 1970s when I started in the art world, no self-respecting artist would have stood in line to try to get on a television show. It never would... →
One of the biggest things happening in the art world is this idea of expansion. No one embodies this aspect of what art is becoming better than James... →