Bret Easton Ellis ruffles art world feathers with some studied provocation

Ever the studied provocateur, the author Bret Easton Ellis had already heralded the Gagosian Gallery opening of his collaborative text paintings with the artist Alex Israel with the advance tweet: 50 Million People Cant Be Wrong. Brexit. Trump. Etc. So, more feather ruffling was predicted for his in-conversation with Israel in the august surroundings of the Royal Institution on Friday (3 February). And he didnt disappoint.
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