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Luca Guadagnino’s Art World Crossover

The acclaimed director is a favorite collaborator of actors like Julia Roberts, Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya, but he also draws inspiration from painters like Giorgio Morandi, David Hockney, and Michaël Borremans. And he’s even cast his art dealer in his latest film.

Luca Guadagnino
Guadagnino uses art in a different way: He calls the use of mood boards a “tragedy,” something brought into the world of cinema from advertising. Photo: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis/Getty Images
Marion Maneker
August 1, 2025

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If you’ve been paying attention, you might have noticed that David Leiber, a partner at David Zwirner gallery, has been making more cameos in the Wall Power cinematic universe. Selling art, after all, is as much a matter of performance, where the dealer dramatizes an object’s backstory—thereby matching the artwork with a buyer, their interests, and their own story. So it’s perhaps unsurprising that he’s now added acting to his résumé, with a part in the new Luca Guadagnino movie, After the Hunt, starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, Chloë Sevigny, and, well… David Leiber.