Jon Rafman

Dec 2, 2024 | theface.com | Jon Rafman |Moni Haworth |Danny Reed |Kieran Press-Reynolds

Taken from the new print issue of THE FACE. Get your copy here. We’re in the Grand Palais, Paris’ historic exhibition hall: a cavernous space with an arching roof and glass skylights that feel like a train station in a fairy tale. It’s VIP day at Art Basel Paris, mostly high-end collectors, and the room is filled with some of the most expensive fine art pieces in the world. Julie Mehretu’s gorgeously grey painting Insile, for example, sells for $9.5 million later that afternoon.