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Oscar Dish of Celebrities and Butterflies

Author
KCRW ([email protected])
Published
Wed 28 Feb 2007
Episode Link
https://play.cdnstream1.com/s/kcrw/art-talk/oscar-dish-of-celebritie-c57272

It takes chutzpah to roll into LA just a few days before the Oscars and still hope to get some attention for a project not connected to Hollywood -- at least not directly.  To win this game, ambition is not enough; one needs to be a superstar, propelled by a superagent.  Damien Hirst, the most famous of the so-called Young British Artists, and Robert Wilson, the much celebrated American avant-garde theater director, stage designer and sculptor, flew in last week to supervise the final preparations for the openings of their high-profile exhibitions at the two most glamorous galleries in town...

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