From July 2014 to June 2015, auction «hammer prices» by the late Jean - Michel Basquiat, Christopher Wool and Jeff Koons reached $ 33 million, $ 26.5 million and $ 23 million, respectively, for single works of art. (washingtonpost.com)
(New York Magazine critic Jerry Saltz described it as «the worst single work of art that I saw all this year... a high - tech amusement - park ride.») (latimes.com)
Curators of the great art collections have long enjoyed access to funds which allow them to pay high sums for a single work of art, and to restore and conserve such showpieces. (newscientist.com)