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Where is the most expensive painting? – BBC Culture
- themodelplumber 5y agoIt's fascinating that there's this creeping question of low-level, dead simple economic value-fraud, juxtaposed with comparative 4D chess around relevant questions of cultural heritage and international politics. My guess would be that the fraud questions will fade due to the kind of immense pressure that these latter two systems can bring to bear. I would bet on the Saudi prince's side in this case, because of the political power and varying types of currency on the table, as opposed to just money. Based on the article there's even a very clear argument to be made that his interests are directly aligned with most of those who work in the art world...