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> Strebe has coated a $2 million (£1.6 million) 16.78-carat natural yellow diamond in the material Wouldn't it have been smarter to, say, make a glass replica,
by asdfman123 7y ago
> Strebe has coated a $2 million (£1.6 million) 16.78-carat natural yellow diamond in the material
Wouldn't it have been smarter to, say, make a glass replica, coat that, and pocket the $2 million diamond?
- chrisseaton 7y agoIt's a piece of art - you could reduce the cost in many ways but it's subjective whether you'd be achieving the same thing as it doesn't have any intrinsic value except for how people appreciate it.
- asdfman123 7y agoI know. My "joke" is that the artist could have used it as a scheme to steal a diamond. Not necessarily implying any foul play though.
- rhizome 7y agoThere's an old cartoon depicting a man standing outside of a Jeff Koons art show with a table full of inflatable animals and flowers for sale. A sign says "your friends will never know the difference!"
- v64 7y agoBanksy did something similar where he sold art in New York for $60 without indicating they were his work. [1] After this was revealed, some of those works that were sold that day went for six figures at auctions. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/video/2013/oct/14/banksy-central-park-new-york-video https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/video/2013/oct/14/b...
- Skunkleton 7y agoI mean, it could be the case that the real diamond isn't there at all, and is back safely in some vault.
- anoncake 7y agoIf the artist claims he did coat the actual diamond, it's still a piece of art, just a different one.
- sosuke 7y agoIn that case it wouldn't be art but just a demonstration.
- jacobush 7y agoOr a different kind of art
- ryacko 7y agoArchimedes solved figuring out for density, there are also other non-destructive tests.
- asdfman123 7y agoTests only work if someone is actually going to do them :)
- alasdair_ 7y agoPerhaps they did and are lying about the diamond.