Stuart Jeffries

The artists ensnared by the capitalist system they affect to despise

Anti-capitalist artists like Barbara Kruger and Santiago Sierra are very skilled at making money from the capitalist machine

‘I shop therefore I am’, 1987, by Barbara Kruger, has been printed on a bag that is selling online for £1,476.61. Credit: DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy Stock Photo

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