joshua.decter cvfauneJoshua, I'm being perfectly civil, though you do tire. You're totally welcome to write your own article on the subject of financialization and art (I?ve been informed that you?re actually plugging a book, which I should?ve guessed), but hopefully by then you?l...
Binkconn One of my several drafts of the piece had R. Hughes all over it. You are totally correct in saying that he pegged the problem of the "commodification of art" even before his 1991 book. His 2009 documentary The Mona Lisa Curse makes indispensable watching.
Gomichaelgo Ugh. His studio says yes, so, please, enough said.
joshua.decter Joshua, got the details of your CV first time around, thank you. Secondly, while philanthopy, collecting and speculating on art are indeed Methusela old, the use of art as a financial instrument is a relatively new, late 20th century phenomenon and has as much to do with th...
sommerlucia wbourne This is not a gotcha piece, sommerlucia. If I'd meant Kassay, I would have said so. Keep reading.
gabi67 cvfaune Whoever mentioned "good objects" besides yourself? Talk about "straw men"! Similarly, there's nothing in the article that suggests anyone involved is beyond the corrupting influence of money--just the opposite. What the article does say, though, is that the noxious effects ...
gabi67Honestly Gaby, there's nothing less radical than institutional critique today--unless what you're proposing is a critique of institutional critique, which I doubt. On the other hand, we did certainly want to quote Andrea Fraser for the terrific work she's done in charting a genuinely...
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