1.0 link 135448 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlotte-appleyard/frieze-art-fair-the-agony_b_135448.html The headlines on the London ten o'clock news on September 15th were like a work of art in themselves. Footage of former Lehman employees with their belongings packed into expensive wine boxes were juxtaposed with shots of the Sotheby's saleroom where Damien Hirst's collection of pickled sharks, calves and butterflies was being auctioned for a total of $127,256,306. The agony and the ecstasy. One month later the contemporary art market is once again focused on London and the Frieze Art...

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