Furthermore, the next young art star probably has better and more cutting-edge parties to attend.

Still, this 65-year-old art star is more visible than he has been in some time.

Q: So many art stars of the 80's disappeared, but your stock seems to be rising.

Come to that, international art stars from anywhere are conspicuously absent.

In addition to providing story lines, artists - or at least several art stars from the 80's - have begun to direct movies themselves.

Jeff Koons, the 1980's art star, had a successful evening.

I have a day job, and I don't look back on my misguided hope of becoming an art star.

Most were either members of high society or guest-listed models and art stars.

The sale featured many works by art stars of the 1980's.

They certainly don't aspire to being art stars in that 80's sense.