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12-10-2012, 10:29 PM
REPRESENTATIONS OF VALUE, OR THE UNEXPECTED DOUBLE HISTORY OF BANKING AND THE ART WORLD

DISCUSSED: Shadowy Holding Companies, The Questionable Ontology of Finance Itself, Very Public Vanitas, Financiers’ Tastes, A Whole New Shark, Begetting the Federal Reserve, Tiny Areas of Color, Vast Amounts of Liquidity, An Unexpected Madonna, Duccio’s Compatriots, Double-Entry Bookkeeping, Leaves Blowing in the Wind

http://www.believermag.com/issues/201211/?read=article_cohen

Click through, it will be time well spent to read. There is no better introduction than what is already given.