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  • Image of Gagosian Direct Giant Mug

Gagosian and Sports Direct, together at last! The high end gallery and the discount retailer may sit at either end of the economic spectrum but perhaps they are not so different.

They are the pillars that frame a world created by unrestrained capital. Zero hours contracts and the international art market are two sides of the same coin (even if the denomination on each side is uneven). Both deal with the full reality of the commodity in the first quarter of the 21st century.

Mike Ashley & Larry Gagosian, separated at birth …