A Dutch art detective has helped recover a missing Vincent van Gogh painting that was stolen from the Singer Laren Museum, east of Amsterdam, in March 2020.
This kind of headline makes me sick: “Work of art worth X currency” - because of course it’s only the financial speculative aspect that makes art valuable and no one cares about anything else. Disgusting.
Realistically? I think it very much is. If you can’t make money with art either by producing or buying/selling/owning it then pretty much no one cares.
When is the last time you genuinely saw someone care about a work of art breaking new ground, or for it delving into truly novel understanding, or due to it invoking feelings in the recipient?
Like the outrage ober the self-shredding Banksy? Oh noes, so much value destroyed how could he!!1
This kind of headline makes me sick: “Work of art worth X currency” - because of course it’s only the financial speculative aspect that makes art valuable and no one cares about anything else. Disgusting.
Is it though?
Realistically? I think it very much is. If you can’t make money with art either by producing or buying/selling/owning it then pretty much no one cares.
When is the last time you genuinely saw someone care about a work of art breaking new ground, or for it delving into truly novel understanding, or due to it invoking feelings in the recipient?
Like the outrage ober the self-shredding Banksy? Oh noes, so much value destroyed how could he!!1
Graffiti?
The Grenfell tower fire tributes weren’t produced for money, and invoke feelings
https://ldngraffiti.co.uk/graffiti
Yep, that counts. And honestly, it counts for a lot more to me than speculative art trading and hoarding.
I mean, original Van Gogh gigs will sell for boatloads of money though. It’s not particularly speculative.
Lesser known artists, sure.
I hope he got it laminated before he started handling it.