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Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary Art

Is it Art?

Even good, arresting visual art is transformed by the gaze of a potential consumer. As clichéd as it is to kvetch about commodification, the status of these objects as valuable commodities impacts how one sees them.

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