Appropriate

[supergee]

Fake money buys fake art

Thanx to andrewducker

Comments

[voidampersand]

“He has persistently disrupted the art world’s status quo in meaningful, irreverent, and often controversial ways,” the auction house said, making $1 million in fees.

[carbonel]

This is worthy of what Heinlein described in a couple of his Future History works as "the Crazy Years."

[armiphlage]

I know that this is just another case of art being used for money laundering and tax avoidance, but I don't quite see how they're profiting.