hedge fund. Robert Longo, for instance, demurred from having one of his works included in the show’s first season.

For the first season, Shaw wanted to secure a sculpture by John Chamberlain. But the artist’s gallery, Gagosian, had planned a show of his work right in the middle of the “Billions” production schedule, so the collaboration wasn’t possible. In the end, the designers went with a work by Joel Shapiro instead.

Sometimes, even hedge-fund managers have to compromise.

Edward Burtynsky’s Oil Fields #19ab, Begrudge, California (2003). Image © 2017 N. Rivelli, courtesy of Culture Corps.

Note: This story has been updated to reflect that set designers sought to include John Chamberlain’s sculpture in season one, not season two, and that the work by Tony Smith was always intended for inclusion in theGlenn Reynolds: 'The New York Times' deploys 'stray voltage' Too many topics expose Obama's domestic and foreign policy failures, so the 'Times' is playing distract the plebs.

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Over the weekend, The New York Times ran a front-page editorial — its first since 1920 — on the subject of gun control. This led Jonah Goldberg to comment:

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