The definition of a collector is someone who collects objects discriminately. But as simon so nicely put it, andy warhall was a compulsive collector. And what happens when he dies and his indiscriminate collection passes into the hands of a museum? They don't edit it or streamline it. They keep it exactly as it was, hidden away behind locked doors. The special thing about it, i think, is that it feels like it could be detritus in any other situation,. Like remains of a day.
Dragons hoard treasure, deep in their lairs. They don’t show it off to their neighbors. Revisionist History applies dragon psychology to the strange world of art museums, with help from Andy Warhol, J.R.R. Tolkien, a handful of accountants and the world’s leading hoarding expert.
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