In a recent glowing profile, the Times Online dubbed UK art dealer Steve Lazarides the Jay Jopling of graffiti. With his recent expansion into a third gallery – a five floor townhouse on London’s Rathbone Place – the comparison is worth considering. In fact, upon the opening of Jopling’s third White Cubespace in 2006, the Independent declared him to be “the man who brought – and sold – Britart to the world.” Many would agree Lazarides has done the same for what he prefers to call outsider art. However, what Jopling did over the span of thirteen years, Lazarides has done in a mere three, leaving one to wonder if such rapid growth is sustainable over the long term. Other factors aside, in the end it will be up to collectors of Laz’s staple of artists to decide.
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