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Article: News from New York: New Yorkers toast their newest export to London, and Katharine Hepburn's wedding dress goes on the block.(exhibitions)
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As London mops its brow after the 24/7 art frenzy of fairs, shows and auctions throughout June, one American dealer is assessing the fortunes of his latest bigger splash. Larry Gagosian, who had tested London art waters in 2000 with a small space in Mayfair, opened his large and light-drenched 12,500-square-foot gallery in King's Cross, London, to coincide with the jamboree.
Mr Gagosian is already a legend in New York, where he has two galleries. One is on the top two floors of 980 Madison Avenue, where works by Frank Stella and Robert Rauschenberg, two of his astounding stable of artists, are currently on display. The other is a large upbeat space on West 24th ...