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#ArtnetNews: Thaddaeus Ropac has been in the art business for over 40 years. The Austrian gallerist has spaces across London, Paris, Salzburg and Seoul that span a total of 12,000 square meters, and his influence is nothing if not international. He represents the estates of behemoths like Joseph Beuys and Marcel Duchamp, and the foundations of Robert Mapplethorpe, Donald Judd and Robert Rauschenberg. Alongside contemporary giants including Anselm Kiefer and Georg Baselitz, a host of younger names such as Alvaro Barrington, Zadie Xa and Cory Arcangel complete his roster of 70-plus artists. Known for always following his gut, the dealer had his first foray into the art world after a chance encounter with Beuys’s work on a school trip to Vienna. Intent on working for the artist, he traveled to Düsseldorf and landed an unpaid gig in the studio. This life-changing connection led to introductions to Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. He worked with both when he set up his first gallery in 1983. Here, he looks back at 2024 and lets us know what he expects from the year ahead. Read more: https://bit.ly/4h0KZJ7 _______ Pictured: Thaddaeus Ropac. Photo: Romain Duquesne