It's no secret that the meteoric rise of Instagram has been hugely influential on the art market in recent years. Back in April actor Pierce Brosnan visited the Phillips auction house showroom in London, snapping a selfie in front of Marc Newson's aluminum chaise "Lockheed Lounge" before posting it to his feed with the words "let the bidding commence"; later that very week, the piece broke the world auction record for a design object, ultimately going for a cool £2.4 million GBP (approximately ...
It's no secret that the meteoric rise of Instagram has been hugely influential on the art market in recent years. Back in April actor Pierce Brosnan visited the Phillips auction house showroom in London, snapping a selfie in front of Marc Newson's aluminum chaise "Lockheed Lounge" before posting it to his feed with the words "let the bidding commence"; later that very week, the piece broke the world auction record for a design object, ultimately going for a cool £2.4 million GBP (approximately ...
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