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NYC art auction season to kick off, break a taboo

Cattelan's statue of Hitler at Christie's auction expected to fetch US$10-15 million

Published Wed, May 4, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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THE spring art auction season kicks off on Sunday in New York with paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Cy Twombly and a taboo-smashing statue of Hitler.

Some 1,500 artworks are to go under the gavel over the course of five days of auctions expected to fetch more than a billion dollars.

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