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By: Lawrence Swan

Lawrence Swan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:22:53 +0000

The last sentence of Finch’s article is nice: “Either way, the art world, blind and uncurious about the way the world works, must satisfy Dakis, an Art King surrounded by eunuch courtiers.”

By: Lawrence Swan

Lawrence Swan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:01:24 +0000

Only the last word of your question appears in the above comment box.
There might be a relevant link on page three of the Google search.
Maybe Greece can pay off its debt by socializing the Deste Foundation. At the very least, the Joannou/Koons exhibit shows an “art world” far away from the world of most people, and not in the sense of sublime elevation, but in the sense of board rooms where deals are made to further enrich the rich few while everyone else is in financial panic. See Goldman Sach’s complicity in covering up Greece’s debt: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/business/global/01views.html
New Art, New Ideas, New Ethics

By: tskross

tskross — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:56:42 +0000

Charlie Finch wrote a short description of Joannou’s business activities over the past few years on Artnet magazine http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/finch/dakis-joannou3-5-10.asp
It doesn’t go too in-depth but it does describe the facts (as far as I would know anyways) of his dealings.

By: Hrag Vartanian

Hrag Vartanian — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:37:22 +0000

No, that’s an interesting question. Do you have any links to check out?

By: Lawrence Swan

Lawrence Swan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:35:34 +0000

Hrag, has anyone written about Dakis Joannou, and this show, in the context of Greece’s economic crisis? He is described as an “industrialist,” but articles I’ve found are about his standing in the Culture Industry (admittedly my attention span doesn’t stretch past page two of a Google search. In any case, terms like “class resentment” come up even in Schjejldahl’s review, but he doesn’t mention modern Greece’s collapse, even when he notes that “the global tide of prosperity” has been receding.
Have you seen the show? Are you going to? C’mon don’t these rich people speak to our experience?

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