Revolting people - knowing the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Dan Mitchell danmdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > From: Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: ART INSTA-COLLECTORS: BUYING BIG NAMES THEY DON’T EVEN LOVE > > RISE OF THE ART INSTA-COLLECTORS: BUYING BIG NAMES THEY DON’T EVEN LOVE > > By Richard Kirshenbaum > > 8/21 > > . > > I was brought up to view art as inspiration, not a commodity to be traded like natural gas -------- > > A few days later I was having breakfast with a good friend in his Madison Avenue aerie, where the morning sun illuminated the Greco Roman sculptures, Renaissance paintings, Georgian silver and mid-century Modern furniture. > > “When I go to Art Basel, I don’t see art collecting as much as I see competitive spending,” he said. “I see the same people who 30 years ago were at Studio 54 who are still behind the velvet rope. Only now it’s Art Basel and the entrance fee to an A List party is $100,000 for a starter piece,” he said offering me a serving dish of gravlax on toast points --
