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Museums: Wherefore contemporary art thou?

They said it couldn't be done: New art in old museums. Actuality visits an auction house to see a billion dollars of art sold in just a week and learn how this bubbling private market is changing staid public art museums in surprising ways.

Museums: Wherefore contemporary art thou?
Clare Toeniskoetter/Marketplace

They said it couldn’t be done: New art in old museums. Actuality visits an auction house to see a billion dollars of art sold in just a week and learn how this bubbling private market is changing staid public art museums in surprising ways.