Arts and entertainment
August 19, 2020
Seeing the direction. Painting by Jim Tipler. Image courtesy of Saatchi Art
By Dianna Dilworth
Saatchi Art, the world’s largest online art gallery, is seeing a jump in Internet sales, with many buyers spending much more time at home and investing in objects that beautify their abode which now doubles as a workspace.
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