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Faced with ever-increasing demand, art has never been so expensive.
As for the prices of young artists, they sometimes border on indecency!
Iconic piece, pharaonic price.
"Forty million euros is the amount paid by a European to acquire the mythical spider of Louise Bourgeois, a unique piece of steel for the interior, unlike the bronzes going outside"
, announced, from the early hours, the Swiss Iwan Wirth, co-founder of Hauser & Wirth.
The gallery, which will open in 2023 a branch in the Parisian golden triangle, between the Champs-Élysées and avenue Montaigne, attracted the crowd under the giant legs of this mother arachnid as terrifying as it is attractive.
It was probably negotiated before the opening of the fair, like many of the pieces sent by “previews” to the galleries' best clients.
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