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Art World Commentator Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, Better Known as Jerry Gogosian, Found Dead in São Paulo
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein had run a gallery before launching the popular account satirizing the art world.
What happened
According to ARTnews’s source item, Art World Commentator Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, Better Known as Jerry Gogosian, Found Dead in São Paulo, Hilde Lynn Helphenstein had run a gallery before launching the popular account satirizing the art world.
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- Art World Commentator Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, Better Known as Jerry Gogosian, Found Dead in São PauloARTnews - 2026-06-01T18:51:47+00:00
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