Art-World Insider Simon de Pury on Why Instagram Will Endure as the Art Industry's Favorite Platform
Instagram photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Every month in The Hammer, art-industry veteran Simon de Pury lifts the curtain on his life as the ultimate art-world insider, his brushes with celebrity, and his invaluable insight into the inner workings of the art market. In early November 2012, the uber-curator Hans Ulrich Obrist told me: “It’s urgent you get onto Instagram!” Two or three days later the uber-collector Jean Pigozzi seconded: “It’s imperative you try out Instagram!” Until then, I had not really succumbed to social media. I had...
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