I get it: celebrity, rarity, marketing opportunity. What I don’t get is why the East Hampton gallery auctioning off what is likely to be a $25 million+ piece of art (and is undoubtedly an American cultural treasure) has a website that looks cheaper than my free WordPress blog. Here‘s the BBC coverage. Happy weekend, people!
Archive for August 7th, 2009
An uneasy feeling about exploiting death in the art market
Posted in Auctions, News, tagged Andy Warhol, auctioning artwork depicting dead celebrities, Michael Jackson, Vered Gallery on August 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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