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“ I think Grand Theft Auto, the whole series, is the most important artwork of our time,” artist Tom Sachs said at the opening of his Hello Kitty–festooned exhibition at the Lever House last night. “It’s completely underrated as art in every possible way, from the music to the violence to the automobile culture and architecture and virtual reality. The game play is excellent, and the iconography is really what makes it count and what makes it meaningful. I don’t understand why that’s not in the Museum of Modern Art.
Says Scott Rose, commenter on New York Magazine: “I do love Sach’s giant bronze version of Hello Kitty, but wish he had created a bronze litter box to accompany it.”