“Very few people know why art sells so high. I don’t even know.”

— Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei, interview in “ Change http://www.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/episode-change,” Episode 1, Season Six, Art: 21—Art in the Twenty-First Century, PBS, April 2012. <br class="br">2010-, 2012

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