Matty Mo: Major art institutions primarily function as tax avoidance mechanisms
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Matty Mo explains why traditional art institutions ignore ancillary art infrastructure and market opportunities.
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“Major institutions, because they're set up to sell a certain type of product to a certain type of person for a certain type of results. And that's mostly really expensive products as a store of value and sometimes a way to avoid paying taxes.”
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