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‘Prediction Markets’ Come to Art Auctions: Now You Can Bet on Basquiat and Monet, Courtesy of Kalshi
Online bettors have raked in cash on the war in Iran and the abduction of the Venezuelan president. Can they gamify Basquiat and Picasso auction results?
What happened
According to ARTnews’s source item, ‘Prediction Markets’ Come to Art Auctions: Now You Can Bet on Basquiat and Monet, Courtesy of Kalshi, Online bettors have raked in cash on the war in Iran and the abduction of the Venezuelan president. Can they gamify Basquiat and Picasso auction results?
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Source
Primary source: ‘Prediction Markets’ Come to Art Auctions: Now You Can Bet on Basquiat and Monet, Courtesy of Kalshi via ARTnews. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- ‘Prediction Markets’ Come to Art Auctions: Now You Can Bet on Basquiat and Monet, Courtesy of KalshiARTnews - 2026-05-27T17:51:10+00:00
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