stackyFACTSThe world's greatest creative achievements are not hanging in glorious galleries. Instead, they sit in temperature-controlled crates inside ultra-secure freeports near airport runways. Fine art operates less like cultural heritage and more like giant bearer bonds wrapped in bubble wrap.
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