Deep Read with Phoebe Lovatt
Deep Read with Phoebe Lovatt
Phoebe Lovatt
Author Zoe Dubno on Growing Up in NYC, Art World Status Games, and the Performance of Taste
1 hour 8 minutes Posted Jan 21, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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Zoe Dubno is the author of Happiness and Love – a buzzy new novel set inside the decadent but spiritually empty downtown New York art world, where artists, collectors, and social climbers circle each other in pursuit of status and survival.

Our chat that moves between New York and London, artists and patrons, boredom and desire. We also covered the performance of taste, the emotional cost of ambition, and what it means to live inside a culture that rewards image over substance. And, of course, Zoe shared some of her favourite books.

I hope you enjoy the conversation.

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