Saturn Angel (2020). Courtesy of the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery.
What’s more, the Mugrabi family, collectors with an unimpeachable star-making pedigree, began shoveling Navas into their collection, a dog whistle to fellow market players that now is the time to buy.
Over the past few months, when I told curators, dealers, and critics that I was profiling Robert Nava, many wanted to know why. In their minds, other artists, ones who did not make crude renditions of Power Rangers, were far more worthy of attention. One advisor said they would never sell that “trash” to their clients. Another said unprintable things about the people who were buying Nava’s paintings.
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