Brandeis University is planning to close their Rose Art Museum to offset $$ issues for the University. Does making money off of cultural heritage not ring home as BAD with anybody? Anyway, why try and sell extremely valuable pieces of art work in an economy/art market that is failing along with everything else? Hell, I have always wanted an original Warhol- can we start the bidding at $5 dollars- yes?
I think of this like the stock market, why sell now?
Picasso
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Art Market
I recently read where the art market (no surprise) is also suffering due to the global economic crisis and it makes me wonder why people think it is advantageous to go around stealing pieces of fine art...
NYT (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/picasso-matisse-works-stolen-in-berlin/)
NYT (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/picasso-matisse-works-stolen-in-berlin/)
Monday, January 5, 2009
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