The Horrible Art World’s Cult of Silence That Protected Claude Lévêque
In April 2025, the French newspaper Libération released a three-part investigation that should have detonated like a bomb across the contemporary art world. Instead, it landed in a familiar quiet—a soft, cultured silence, as if a curator had drawn a velvet curtain over the scene. “The Horrible Art World’s Cult of Silence That Protected Claude Lévêque” is an op-ed written by a seasoned art...

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