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Tony Shafrazi

(1943) Art Dealer

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Tony Shafrazi is an art dealer.

Quick Facts About Tony Shafrazi

Born: May 8, 1943
Profession: Art Dealer

About Tony Shafrazi

[Wikidata] American art dealer... | [Wikipedia] Tony Shafrazi is an Iranian-born American art dealer, gallery owner, and artist. He is the owner of the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York City who deals in artwork by artists such as Francis Bacon, Keith Haring, and David LaChapelle.

Quotes by Tony Shafrazi

I'm happy that the evolution of art in the past 25 years, and the place of art in global culture-and even finance-has…

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The breakdown of the modern movement led to what later became known as postmodern-whatever the hell that means-referring to the mixture of…

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I was asked in 1969 by Lucy Lippard to define art. I think at the time I said that art was a…

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The image of the bank robber I had in mind was more in the European tradition where you'd rob banks and give…

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I think being from Iran sharpened my eye as an art dealer. This is why, today, I think the true definition of…

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By the late '50s, something was happening in England, and it got to be quite exciting. The music world then started to…

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For me, being Christian Armenian, born into the Islamic culture in Iran and then, at the age of 13, being sent to…

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I think that the whole experience of living, breathing, thinking, and being lost in wonderment is, for me, that of being an…

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I think that the first responsibility of an artist is to follow truth, and the innate original forces and energies that are…

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