Gallerist Thaddaeus Ropac Puts Art at the Center of Society

Austrian gallerist Thaddaeus Ropac is one of the highest-profile figures on the international contemporary scene. He took a break from preparing the Miquel Barcelo and Richard Longo exhibition at Paris+ to speak to us about today’s art, his role and his aspirations. Marco Riebler, Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London, Paris, Salzburg, Seoul If we consider the evolution of art, at what stage would you say it is today?Once, art was in an ivory tower, where small groups of people, a certain intellectual elite that had access to it, met, enjoyed it and discussed it among themselves. This very elite is what defined