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Megadealer Larry Gagosian Is the Subject of Unauthorized Documentary

Megadealer Larry Gagosian Is the Subject of Unauthorized Documentary

New York art dealer Larry Gagosian is the stuff of legend, a self-made man who rose from selling posters on the streets of LA to hobnobbing with celebrities, bidding on artworks for hundreds of millions of dollars, and occasionally even dating artists decades his junior. Art world insiders devoured Patrick Radden Keefe’s sprawling, 17,000-word profile of the dealer, “How Larry Gagosian Reshaped the Art World,” in the New Yorker in 2023, but he’s the kind of art dealer who gets profiled for the general public on CBS Sunday Morning, talking about the “brutal business” of the art world. Related Articles As of yesterday, the New York Post’s Page Six had sleuthed out unconfirmed rumors that director Barry Avrich was working on a documentary about the art world giant. Now, ARTnews can confirm that “Shadow Man: Inside The Secret World of Larry Gagosian” is in the works, per an email direct from Avrich. Gagosian’s gallery did not respond to a request for comment.  “Former employees and artists are lining up to tell their juicy Larry stories …