The so-called "secondary market" has also always been something that I'm comfortable with. I'm not a dealer who … - Larry Gagosian

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Larry Gagosian

The so-called "secondary market" has also always been something that I'm comfortable with. I'm not a dealer who turns his nose up at that part of the business. I'm an art dealer - my primary responsibility is to represent the artist.

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I've had people say to me, "Well, how do I start collecting artworks?" Well, you start by buying. Buy what you like, buy what you can afford - and I'm not just saying that because I'm a dealer. You can't be so paralyzed to where you keep saying, "I've got to learn more. " The best way to learn is to go home and actually put something on the wall. Then you've got an investment. Then you're living with it. Then you're in the game.

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The art market is global now, and theres becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art.

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For me, collecting is sort of a natural extension of being an art dealer, because if you don't want to collect the artist, then you probably shouldn't be representing them.

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I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries.

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I don't think you can tell somebody how they should collect. I think it's just about being turned on by art. At the end of the day, some people just kind of get it. They don't all get it in the same way or get the same artists, but it's a journey that excites them.

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