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Article: The Great Contemporary Art Bubble on BBC Four.
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- May 13, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 May 2009-BBC: The Great Contemporary Art Bubble on BBC Four(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The last five years have seen an unprecedented craze for contemporary art. Contemporary art prices rose by an average of 800%, while works by Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon and Mark Rothko sold for record-breaking prices of GBP30million plus.
Art critic and film-maker Ben Lewis spent 2008 following the contemporary art market; travelling to art fairs, auctions, museums and the offices and homes of billionaire art collectors, for a new BBC Four documentary, The Great Contemporary Art Bubble.
He spoke to dealers, ...
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