Artistul german  Gerhard Richter se declara uluit de suma astronomica, cu care a fost achizitionata o pictura abstracta de-a sa, de catre un client anonim,  la licitatia Sotheby’s din Londra. Pretul de vanzare a fost de 30,4 milioane £ ( 41 milioane €)

“He said he believed people who paid so much money for his paintings were foolish and foresaw that prices for his art would crash “when the art market corrects itself”, as he was convinced it would.” citeste articol complet: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/mar/06/amount-of-money-that-art-sells-for-is-shocking-says-painter-gerhard-richter

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/feb/11/art-market-obssessed-with-money-richter-gauguin-sale

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