The Art World’s Enfant Terrible Runs for Senate
Stefan Simchowitz, 53, a Los Angeles–based politician, art collector, art curator, and art adviser, poses for a portrait in front of artwork by Gene A'Hern at his home in Pasadena. (Philip Cheung for The Free Press)
Stefan Simchowitz is a provocateur. ‘Why am I running as a Republican? Because I’ve seen up close the hypocrisy of the left and it’s unfathomable.’
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PASADENA, California — Stefan Simchowitz, 53, is no one’s idea of a viable candidate, including his own.
“I have no illusion that I can win or that I stand a chance to win, which is also quite liberating, because I’m not running to win a campaign. I have no prayer,” he tells me.
Simchowitz, who is running for Senate as a Republican in a seat that has be…
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