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Fine art: a playground for the superrich

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 8, 2022
Since the blockbuster auction of Paul Allen's collection, the art market might be losing some of the wind in its sails.
David Hockney's "The Conversation," part of the collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. But fine art adviser Lisa Austin thinks a market slowdown may be imminent.
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More people are buying art online, but is that making the fine art market more accessible?

by Kimberly Adams and Sean McHenry
Apr 9, 2021
Online art sales doubled during the pandemic, but that didn't necessarily make it easier to break into the art world — as a collector or as an artist.
After receiving tens of thousands in cash, a Danish artist decides to "Take the Money and Run."
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