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arguably London's most important dealer of
international contemporary art, until he decided
to close down in Sep 2001. |
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His stable read like a roll-call of the most
famous modern and contemporary artists - Warhol,
Koons, de Kooning, Kiefer for starters. Also
represented Rachel Whiteread, the most critically
acclaimed of the group of British artists
to shoot to acclaim in the 1990s. D'Offay
famously poached Whiteread from yBa dealer
Karsten Schubert causing Schubert to close
his operation down. D'Offays also flirted
with emerging artists, recently showing London
slack-art painter Martin Maloney and ex pop
video maker Chris Cunningham. |
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