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Rethinking the Art World | Alvaro Barrington Is a True 21st-Century Artist

How a hip-hop mindset, an Old Masters epiphany and a radical approach to the market launched a singular artist.
Alvaro Barrington is a true artist of the 21st century, writes Marc Spiegler.
Alvaro Barrington is a true artist of the 21st century, writes Marc Spiegler. (Jeremiah Cumberbatch)

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Marc Spiegler

Marc Spiegler is a contributing writer at The Business of Fashion. The French-American led Art Basel from 2007 to 2022, after 15 years as a journalist, during which he wrote for publications including the Art Newspaper, ARTnews, Metropolis, Wired and New York Magazine.

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