“That’s another case where supply is purposefully constrained by dealers, and intense and emotional marketing creates a demand that drives the price up well beyond what any normal person would think that piece of not-very-beautiful rock is worth.” His final verdict is that the art market’s winners are, unsurprisingly, mega-galleries, top-selling artists, and a handful of museums. The losers? Those accepting poorly paid jobs as they try to climb the industry ladder.
How Do We Reckon With the Prices for Young Artists? – Speaking of the nonsensical art market, Scott Reyburn asks: have price and value parted ways entirely? For young artists, the answer may be yes.
The latest edition of the Ipsos MORI Veracity Index, Britain’s longest-running poll on trust in professions, found that museum curators were the fifth-most trusted, behind nurses, librarians, doctors, and teachers.
In his new book, Jacques Mercier argues that the triptych, Image of Our Lord Jesus Christ, has similarities to the art of the Italian city of Siena from the earlier period but also appeals to Ethiopian tastes, suggesting that a Sienese goldsmith painted it in Ethiopia.
Parrish Director Departs in Record Time – Kelly Taxter has left her post as director of the Parrish Art Museum in the Hamptons after less than a year on the job.
Drake Pays Tribute to Virgil Abloh With Tattoo – Toronto-based studio Ganga Tattoo has revealed that it inked the the rapper with an homage to the late creative genius Virgil Abloh, who died last month after a quiet battle with cancer.