General / Off-Topic A statue of Hitler by the Italian sculptor Maurizio Cattelan sold for 17.2 million dollars at auction

[Patrick_68000]

A statue of Hitler by the Italian sculptor Maurizio Cattelan sold for 17.2 million dollars at auction

The statue of wax and resin is praying

 

[Nick Sticks]

Maurizio Cattelan is a satirical sculptor and there's slightly more to this.
Interesting article about it here.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...eling-hitler-by-italian-artist-maurizio-catt/
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It always amazes me how much can be paid for this type of "art".
I would be hard pushed to part with £17.20 for this.
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[Soopyyy]

Yeah, why is this special enough to be worth 20,000,000?
It was made in 2001, so its not even of any historical value either.