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Kusama x Louis Vuitton: art and luxury. Plus, Michael Rakowitz’s Tate/Iraq gift and photographer Rosy Martin

The Week in Art

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The latest collaboration between Yayo Kusama and Louis Vuitton instantly went viral as robots of the artist painting her famous polka dots appeared in LV stores. Why does art have such an allure for Mega brand? What are the rewards other than the obvious commercial ones for artists? Plus, US artist Michael Rakowitz's proposal to give his fourth-plinth sculpture to take modern and for an ancient sculpture's return to Iraq. And this episode's work of the week is I Didn't Put Myself Down for St Hood, a work by Rosie Martin in collaboration with Verity Wellstead that is a key piece in the opening displays of the new Centre for British Photography at Fata

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