Hijinks in Hong Kong
Hi, Kobi! Just some comments on the Art Basel Hong Kong show. Hmmm…where to start? I met several top art dealers from NY, London, Milan, Paris, etc. who deal in Picasso. I saw some nice Picassos (and some very disturbing Contemporary Art). My overall impression is that the people who regularly buy from these dealers must be incredibly naive. I won’t bore you with all the conversations, just a sampling. “Provenance? It’s in Zervos, which is a catalogue raisonné (spoken slowly apparently so my slow mind can grasp the French words)…that’s all the proof you need. If it’s in there it’s genuine. Here, let me show you a copy of the page.” “But what if it’s a fake?” (Apparently […]
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