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Indian Art is a Racket

June 2, 2008 by Marion Maneker

So says the Times of India

But what is most striking about a column like this is not its accusations of money laundering but the eerily consistent theme that seems to show up whenever an art market is in upswing: ‘it’s all snobbery, but the snobs are ignorant philistines.’

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