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The Unexpected Logic of Art Economics: Arts and Inequality in 80s NY (2020)


The Unexpected Logic of Art Economics: Arts and Inequality in 1980s New York By Sarah Miller-Davenport When Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc was installed in Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan’s Foley Square in 1981, it was meant to be a pioneering work of public art that would expose New York’s masse

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