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Before it became abrandbackedby William Morris Endeavor, with a new fair coming next February toL.A.
He just loved art and artists.
Dodie Bellamy and David Sedaris wrote for his magazine,FARM.
I often didnt quite understand the work he showed,Saltz wrote after he died.
Same thing with Tom of Finland, whose once outre gay imagery is now something likemainstream.
His prescience not only made careers, but sometimes saved artists from giving up.
It kept her going till the rest of the world caught up.
He had a maverick idiosyncratic and visionary way, says Higgs.
There was a larger purpose to what he was doing.
Hudson ran the gallery as an artist.
He of course trained as an artist.
His chosen medium ended up being a gallery.
even after they became central to the business model for many galleries.
Which is why Higgs thought Frieze was an appropriate place for For Your Infotainment.
(I wasnt interested in it being a historical section, says Higgs.)
Fourteen other former Feature artists, including Kern and Wurtz, will be shown in their own group booth.
I think it would be an amazing museum show.
There is also a foundation dedicated to its legacy.
Art doesnt just happen, he notes.
