Art market and stagflation; Spain’s historical memory; Dürer plate remade by Goldin + Senneby
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I think people will put back generally. I'm a historian predominantly of art market history and you see this going back from really the 1870s when people stopped buying pre-ratholite paintings. In the early 90s recession, there was a switch away from the boom in impressionist and post-impressionist to interesting old master pictures again as well. So people tend to go back to the safety of certain things, but without completely dismissing it. It's probably more important to say that they're actually looking for value in what they're buying and looking ahead while also seeing something as a safety valve"
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