As the Ukrainian war escalates, stock and bond markets are quite nervous. The Kremlin states that it is making maximum effort to avoid a nuclear conflict; at the same time, it is reported to have fired an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine for the first time since the war began, and its air defense has shot down two British-made Storm Shadow missiles.
Art can be a solid and valuable investment as well as a source of comfort in difficult times. So, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur bought “Comedian“, a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, for $6.2 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. The buyer will receive a strip of silver duct tape, a fresh banana, a certificate of authenticity, and instructions for installation.
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