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The art market: Not a pretty picture

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imagePablo Picasso’s Women of Algiers (Version O) is sold for US$179 million.EPA/Jason Szenes

Rather appropriately, I discovered the art world’s big news in the pages of the Financial Times. Pablo Picasso’s Women of Algiers (Version O) sold for US$179.4 million at auction – the highest price ever paid for a single work. The...

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