China has overtaken the UK as the world's second-largest market for art

Mar 19, 2018

A man looks at a photo of ice cores drilled from the depths of the Greenland Ice Sheet, displayed as part of an installation called '88 Cores' by artist Peggy Weil at New York's Climate Museum inaugural show, featured at the Parson's School of Design in New York City, U.S., February 6, 2018. Picture taken February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Sales in the global art market reached $63.7 billion in 2017, up 12% from 2016. Image: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

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