Shepard Fairey Chosen as Last to Exhibit at Deitch Projects

Now that Jeffrey Deitch has been named the new director at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art, he has just a few months left before he’s likely to close up shop on his famed New York gallery, Deitch Projects, to absolve himself of any conflicts of interest. And he’s decided to let the space go out in a blaze of high-profile glory with the announcement that Shepard Fairey will be the last artist to exhibit there (at least under his command — he may still hand off the gallery to someone else).