Commerce
December 8, 2014
Tom Sachs' Hermès value meal
By Sarah Jones
MIAMI – Compared to luxury, which typically serves some utilitarian function, art is the highest form of luxury, according to artist Tom Sachs last week at The New York Times International Luxury Conference.
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