
The art market is a racket — his exhibitions are drawing attention to that
“… Thanks to a web of freewheeling middlemen, offshore shell companies and unscrupulous art dealers, investing in artworks is now one of the easiest ways to exchange ill-gotten cash for respectable assets. Earlier this year, it was reported that a raid on a drug dealer’s house in Philadelphia had found “14 paintings on the walls and another 33 stacked in a storage unit” nearby, including works by Renoir, Picasso and Dali.”
