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Originally Posted by Eugene

But I do not think that that evening in the auction was attended by many British collectors. The target audience for Sotheby's now are not residents of the West, suffered from a falling dollar and the collapse of financial institutions: , they seek out new rich from Russia, China and India, whose state put together, thanks to high commodity prices, political connections and rapidly growing economy. The work of Hirst's primary resource of this cultural neo-colonialism: once, as I understand it, we proposed savages beautiful beads in exchange for gold, but now we offer them no less beautiful butterflies Hirst's dead in exchange for nefterubli.

So he revealed his mission to Russia in the 90's. Scored when the work is sufficient.