Holland Cotter of The New York Times reports the art world saw more art in more varieties than ever before in the last decade. From new contemporary art in China, to a growing appreciation for multiculturalism in the American art market; the art scene was flooded with new concepts in art and new exhibitions to [...]
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Art Sold As Is?:
Damien Hirst’s acclaimed 1991 shark in a tank work “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” had to be redone in 2006. The work was deteriorating badly because the artist did not use a sufficient amount of formaldehyde. When billionaire Stephen Cohen loaned the work to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [...]
