Bigwigs, mini-mes and cowboy manoeuvres
Just how narcissistic is the art world? Ask the New York dealer Adam Cohen—the man behind A Hug From the Art World—who has lined the shelves of a hallway at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel for Felix Art Fair with 53 miniature action figures by the artist Jeffrey Dalessandro depicting art stars, mega collectors and high-wattage dealers. Cohen says several of the figurines, priced from $3,000 to $5,500, were bought by those very same art stars, mega collectors and high-wattage dealers they portray, including the dealer David Kordansky, the gallerist duo Tim Blum and Jeff Poe and the collector Beth Rudin DeWoody. On a more sentimental note, the Los Angeles collectors Maria and Bill Bell bought the figures of longtime friend Edythe Broad and her late husband Eli Broad. And what about Stefan Simchowitz’s one, sporting shorts, a red puffer jacket and cowboy hat? The rogue collector-dealer was sent the figure during the pandemic and, in a cowboy move, is trying to flip it for an asking price of $100,000.
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