pretentious art
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- maikel0
I am really happy to see some meaningful discussion in QBN other than cheap ugs or nikes.
Banksy has been accepted by the establishment, he sells for shitloads and plenty of collectors consider him a must have. Whoever got hold a limited print of him for £200 about 10 years ago in Bristol, is sitting now in a nice pile of money. So if you have some cash on you, maybe you'd be better off checking CSM or RCA final shows and buying something new (like Saatchi Gallery normally does) that buying that odd lottery ticket.
And to stepson, there's a reason why reasonably prestigious universities are giving seminars in the many contemporary art markets... mostly because it is a bit like wall street. Art is one more commodity in a balanced wealth portfolio and many bankers will buy art just to impress other well earned people to compensate for their lack of taste. Russian market is a good example of it. While it is elitist in terms of the money the collectors manage, certainly is not famous for their radical views or sophisticated taste.
- establishment does not equal collectors - you will see a lot of fashionable crap in collectionsfadein11
- establishment = museums, journals, critics, broadsheets... its throwaway art mate - will not stand the test of timefadein11
- you are obsessed with money mate - start appreciating good art morefadein11