Author: Jeffrey Deitch

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From 1940 to the present, the art world - and particularly Los Angeles - has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance.

From 1940 to the present, the art world - and particularly Los Angeles - has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance.

- Jeffrey Deitch

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.

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.

- Jeffrey Deitch

Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion.

Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion.

- Jeffrey Deitch

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 have happened.

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 have happened.

- Jeffrey Deitch

There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.

There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.

- Jeffrey Deitch

I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art.

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

Overall, I think any opportunity to expose people to art on a mass level - to have some kid in Oklahoma say to his mother, 'I want to be an artist' - is a good thing.

Overall, I think any opportunity to expose people to art on a mass level - to have some kid in Oklahoma say to his mother, 'I want to be an artist' - is a good thing.

- Jeffrey Deitch

Art dealing is when you're doing it as a business.

Art dealing is when you're doing it as a business.

- Jeffrey Deitch

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 Franco.

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 Franco.

- Jeffrey Deitch

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