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Remembering Val Kilmer: film star, artist, collector and subverter of the male archetype

The ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Heat’ star was a fixture on the Los Angeles contemporary art scene—and made his own art exploring themes such as his rich heritage

Tom Seymour
7 April 2025
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Val Kilmer at Art Basel in Switzerland in 2010

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