88 million reasons not to be an artist
17-May-07
quite frankly gentle reader i don’t give a rat’s arse how much any painting sells for and $88 million is no more or less ridiculous than the sad little $15 price tag on a painting by the local artist in the gallery where i work – it is the comments from art investors and gallery directors that drive home why the art “world” is rotten to the core and why it is surely impossible for a person with any integrity to participate in it.
how much? for that?? someone finds the wall on which mark rothko’s white centre (yellow pink and lavender on rose) is hung as interesting as the painting, which sold for $88m yesterday.
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