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Article: Contemporary art: Follow the money The latest status investment is showing signs of a bubble
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- International Herald Tribune
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- January 27, 2007
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Sharon Reier
International Herald Tribune
01-27-2007
When Marta Guitart, an art teacher, lived in her native Spain seven years ago, she brushed up on the latest trends in contemporary art by attending art fairs like ARCO in Madrid and Documenta in Essen, Germany. But she didn't catch the collecting bug until December, when she visited Art Basel Miami Beach, a five-year-old art fair that mixes celebrities, high rollers, avant-garde works and late-night partying.After Guitart returned to her home in New York, she realized she had developed the desire to own fine art, and regretted not having purchased a print by William Kentridge, a South African artist whose works deal with exploitation and ...