Most Powerful People In The Art World
As the Frieze art fair opens in New York (this giant gathering, started in London, always seems to bring with it some good old English rain), The Guardian traces the artists and dealers, celebrity collectors and oligarchs who make the art world go round. And why the hell is Jay-Z (pictured) on the list? Like James Franco, Jigga has his finger in all pies. And, with his money and fame, the art world is happy to let him in: In one video he rapped in front of a Takashi Murakami painting and a sculpture of Tim Noble and Sue Webster (featuring a flashing dollar sign). His “Picasso Baby,” filmed in Pace Gallery and featuring too many curators and artists to count, was not the art world’s finest seven minutes.
