[contextly_auto_sidebar] FOR Angelenos in the visual arts world, Walter Hopps (1932-2005) was an almost godlike figure -- an eccentric, disorganized, perpetually tardy pill-popping genius who both discovered young artists and found ways to frame established figures that made them seem new. Hopps -- best known in these parts as a founder of the legendary Ferus Gallery in the late '50s and … [Read more...]
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