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Paint by Big Numbers

Mar 29 2007

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Marianne Boesky
Barnaby Furnas
Yoshitomo Nara, Remember Me
Sarah Sze, Proportioned to the Groove
Barnaby Furnas, Before the Cross IV
Takahashi Murakami, Reversed Double Helix
Lisa Yuskavage, Smiley
Ivan Boesky
Michael Ovitz
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Parting Shot
Marianne Boesky and Barnaby Furnas’s Red Sea (Parting VII).

Stroke of Genius
Boesky is counting on Furnas, who makes very big, dramatic paintings, to be her new star.

Visual Aids
Yoshitomo Nara, Remember Me

Visual Aids
Sarah Sze, Proportioned to the Groove

Visual Aids
Barnaby Furnas, Before the Cross IV

Visual Aids
Takahashi Murakami, Reversed Double Helix

Visual Aids
Lisa Yuskavage, Smiley

Man Troubles
Boesky’s father, Ivan, was nailed for insider trading in 1986.

Man Troubles
Michael Ovitz and Boesky feuded over a Furnas painting.