[lbo-talk] signs of the times

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Mar 10 16:47:03 PDT 2009


[from a news list run by Michael Munk - a large portrait of Bernie Madoff didn't sell, but...]

A NYTimes report <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/nyregion/09painting.html

> on this year's Armory art show found "lower energy," "thinner crowds" and prices "up to 30% off"

But one "decidedly pleased exhibitor was Vladimir Ovcharenko of the Regina Gallery in Moscow. On Saturday, he sold a neon sign by a French artist, Claire Fontaine, for $20,000.

It read: "Capitalism Kills."

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