Doug Henwood :
[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."
^^^^^^ creative destruction ?