How to Make $6m in 3 hours

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Gagosian’s Online Viewing Room Sells $6m Oehlen in 3hrs

Three hours. That’s all it took for Gagosian Gallery to sell Albert Oehlen’s untitled 1988 abstract painting priced at $6m and featured in their Online Viewing Room (OVR) less than a week before Art Basel Hong Kong opens. 

Gagosian has been experimenting with its OVR before major art fairs as a way t…