Botticelli, Chagall, Rothko, and KAWS are among the artists collected by sanctioned Russian billionaires.
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Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“This past year has compelled me to look closer, and to look for that which I don’t know how to look for.”
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“It still seems difficult to imagine a world that isn’t equal parts awful and terrifying.”
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Something in this painting seemed to change over the course of 2020.”
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Living with art, I am surrounded by thoughts, visions and conversations by other artists. It’s all very intimate.”
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Since the start of the pandemic I’ve hung onto fleeting moments of beauty.”
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“It’s a painting about uncertainty with a tinge of optimistic fatalism — perfect to get me through 2020.”
Artists Quarantine with Their Art Collections
“Placing the symbolic weight of this mayhem into the palm of my hand brings me comfort and hope.”
Artists Quarantine with Their Art Collections
“Suddenly a woman embracing a dolphin like a long-lost friend feels like a fever dream.”
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“We’re all now isolated in our pods but still very susceptible to the outside noise of the world: I am guilty of this.”
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“I can’t think of a better metaphor for our human construct of time than air slowly escaping from a balloon.”
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Looking at the imagery is like reviewing a memory bank.”