The Divine Dalí: that's how artist Salvador Dalí referred to himself. "I am the supreme swine," he once told an interviewer. "The symbol of perfection is the pig." After Duchamp, but before Warhol, Dalí understood how to manipulate the press to create a mass-media image of celebrity, a position that few artists are able to hold. Fast-forward to the present, and we find the incomparable Francesco Vezzoli, a charismatic artist who has the ability to woo Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, and Lady Gaga to take part in his outrageous productions. With a stroke of genius, Stockholm's Moderna Museet has brought Dalí and Vezzoli together in an exhibition that explores their mutual interest in fame, fortune, and creativity.
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In a curious and heartwarming departure from an art world that promulgates under-33 group shows and an age limit on major honorariums, the newest Bright Thing isn't young at all. Painter Carmen Herrera is 94, Cuban, and a woman — and she didn't make her first sale until 2004. Now Herrera's the subject of a glowing New York Times profile; she's collected by MoMA, the Hirshhorn, and the Tate Modern; and is considered by some to be "the discovery of the decade."
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