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Emmanuel Perrotin dreams of being an emperor of contemporary art

2022-12-05T17:02:51.481Z


PORTRAIT – At 54, the star gallery owner, who has just inaugurated an eighth space in Dubai, wants to open up his capital to investors. His goal? be ahead of the global competition.


Special Envoy to Dubai

To win the game, Emmanuel Perrotin knows how to play his best asset.

When he has an idea in mind, he rushes into uncharted territory, defying criticism, questions come later.

The last?

A work by the MSCHF collective, an ATM judging your bank account, on its stand at Art Basel Miami Beach, sold for 75,000 dollars.

In video on his Instagram (121,000 followers), this

ATM Leader Board

where you have to insert your card, type in your code, to see your face with your level of cash in the eyes of all (9.5 million dollars for the winner!) made the buzz last week.

"The idea is even stronger than Maurizio Cattelan's banana taped to my wall, for Miami 2019",

adds this troublemaker with big blue eyes that time has made less stressed.

As the king of "happening", the one who, in his youth, had adorned himself with the phallic costume of a pink rabbit to receive his collectors had caused a frenzy in the media with this 120,000 dollar banana...

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Source: lefigaro

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