By: Ceecee
I would view the print as art—-just not 4 million dollar art. At its size, maybe a few thousand dollar art at best. It is mind blowing how we value some “art” over other “art.” It’s in the eye of the...
View ArticleBy: tigernicole86
Seeing as how art is a pretty general term, I’ll say I do support some of the arts while others I couldn’t care less about.I’m willing to pay to go to the symphony/orchestra and see the dancing at the...
View ArticleBy: Krantcents
Art is truly in the eye of the beholder! Ilike a lot of art, but not enough to shell out the rediculous amounts of money for good art.
View ArticleBy: DonnaFreedman
Maybe we should start calling our blog posts “art” and pricing them accordingly….?
View ArticleBy: Barb Friedberg
Flexo, As an art lover, I really appreciate art museums and original art. But those prices for a photograph are tough to grasp, it’s from another world than the one I belong to.
View ArticleBy: Cejay
I like to look at certain picture, photos, scupltures and whatnot but not enough to pay anything for it. Some of the things that pass for art these days, that get critical attention and accolades as...
View ArticleBy: shellye
I’m a huge art lover, but I would have a hard time paying that kind of money for a photograph. Especially since my husband is a very talented photographer and his photos are just as inspiring and...
View ArticleBy: tbork84
Art pricing has always been very strange to me, but people are always willing to pay what most of us would consider obscene amounts of money to own something widely considered to be an important peice...
View ArticleBy: Ken
4 mil plus for a picture ? only the US Government would be stupid enough to do that, maybe it goes in the Oval Office ?
View ArticleBy: hungrychild
Good heavens. The height of vanity..! This is one BIG money laundering scheme. Money changing hands for a large piece of manipulated photographic paper..!!! Oh, and he says “One nature of art is the...
View ArticleBy: David
I have a degree in art history. Unfortunately, when I was in college, the debate was raging as to whether or not photography was a legitimate art form at all. I thought at that time that indeed it was...
View ArticleBy: qixx
I don’t think there would be as many questions if we knew who purchased the art. $4M purchase bet the NY Museum of Art would be viewed a lot different than $4M spent by Joe Blow who managed a Visa card...
View ArticleThe $4 Million Photograph: How Do You Value Art?
Last week, a photograph by Andreas Gurksy, Rhein II, was sold at auction for $4,338,500 to an anonymous buyer. The record-breaking sale allowed Gursky to reclaim fame as the artist whose work has...
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