01 25 2026
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GANGS OF THE ART WORLD
Has your Jack or Jill been acting out again? Afraid your kid wants to join a local Tren de Aragua gang? Fear not. Steer your kiddos into one of the many fine art gangs, which the art world has to offer.
When we say 'gangs,' we're not alluding to the international ZFM (Zwirner Family Mafia). We're not thinking about extortion, blackmail or other art world business practices. Today, we merely reference small collectives of artists, which can grow up to be large movements. Or even a lucrative IP.
Generally non-violent, the art gangs project a healthy lifestyle of ideas, production and deadlines. A warning to parents, such inclusion may force you to cash-out the 401(k) to pay for your junior's MFA. On the bright side, there is strength in numbers. Savvy collectives, like MSCHF, bring home the bank and pop our culture. If MSCHF had a Saturday morning cartoon, I would watch.
In today's issue, we present a mini-dossier on the impressive Japanese Art Unit Me´ and our American-fave MSCHF. What are these gangs up to now? We're rooting for them.
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WE CAN DREAM CAN'T WE?
Sorry. I, I'm foggy-eyed from an amazing dream. In a wink, I became independently wealthy. After eating well, I chartered a yacht from one of Leo's billionaire buddies and set course for Japan.
From Tokyo, the crew sailed to Kitamoto-shi along the Arakawa River. We arrived at the Art Unit Me´ with warm greetings.
On a bright afternoon under the cherry blossoms, we had a picnic lunch. The three artists were thrilled by the caterers from In-N-Out that I had flown in. It wasn't an unselfish gesture. The Japanese love it, but ever since I had a bad fish stick in my youth, I don't eat those I swim with.
I purchased a copy of their "Contact" from the collective. Click Here to take a look. Then I built a princely living room just for it. And every night, I sit on a leather Mies Barcelona Chair and I just watch the changing seascape.
I could feel the wet ocean waves. Suddenly, as always, the freight train that screams past my tenement apartment rattled me awake. It was then I realized I had wet the bed.
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Artist and writer GORDY GRUNDY
is the Editor-in-Chief of Art Report Today |
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