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Jun 16th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended ReadingRandom newsy links of the day:
Georgina Adams’ FT column looks at Basel, Russians….
London’s Lisson Gallery was celebrating at the end of the first day with almost a dozen sales, including a £1m Anish Kapoor that went to a Swiss collector. Nicholas Logsdail, Lisson’s owner, explained why he thought the fair had started so well: “Dealers have bought their best works to the fair. Plenty of people have money sitting in their banks earning no interest. Sooner or later there will be inflation, and art is a tangible asset that will hold its value.” While there were fewer US visitors than in previous years, Europeans were buying….
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Visit Liu Ding’s online store
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Translation of recent Ai Weiwei commentary
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Antique hunter at work in China
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Large writer scolarship available
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A review of the new Orient Express
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And for further reading- analysis of the Brazil-Russia-India-China thing.
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