An amazing chronicle of the wild and wonderful world of Deitch Projects, the innovative and groundbreaking New York art gallery. From the inception of Deitch Projects in 1996, art-world provocateur Jeffrey Deitch showed he had the prescience of legendary dealers like Leo Castelli combined with the publicity and marketing instincts of a Hollywood tastemaker. His unique approach-which takes as its point of departure the convergence of art, fashion, music, and pop culture-kept audiences and critics spellbound for more than a decade. Before he closed the gallery in 2010, Deitch Projects held sway over the art world by confounding every expectation of what art is. Deitch created less a traditional gallery than a venue for experimentation in the visual arts, supporting the likes of Vanessa Beecroft, Fischerspooner, Barry McGee, Os Gemeos, and Kehinde Wiley. This rich compilation of the gallery's 180 projects is a revelry of some of the most important art created over the last ten years. Filled with images of artworks and installations, photos of live events and crowded openings, as well as a short text on each exhibition, Live the Art also features an illuminating essay-as-memoir by Deitch himself, providing insight into his creative genius as well as reminiscences about the genesis and execution of exhibitions and events.