Dealer take all

The art world talks about über dealer Larry Gagosian in Sarah Douglas’s 4000 word plus profile, The art of the deal, in Intelligent Life.

“He's like a visitor from another planet, an extraterrestrial trying to communicate with our species.”

“He's like a shark or a cat or some other perfectly designed biological mechanism."

“He's sort of a combination of a corporate raider, a dark lord, Peggy Guggenheim, and a railroad magnate.”

"Of two great paintings, Larry can determine what makes one greater".

“It's a perfect storm where Larry becomes art.”

On brand, Gagosian wouldn’t talk. The best of three short quotes from him in the piece came from way back in 1980. “If I weren't doing this, I'd probably be in real estate.”