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The "art critic" is there to foster consensus on the appreciation of the art so that the market can more easily set a price tag, like an erudite stock analyst.
by itronitron 5y ago
The "art critic" is there to foster consensus on the appreciation of the art so that the market can more easily set a price tag, like an erudite stock analyst.
- wolverine876 5y ago> The "art critic" is there to foster consensus on the appreciation of the art so that the market can more easily set a price tag, like an erudite stock analyst. Most art criticism is for museum shows, where the work is not for sale.
- itronitron 5y agoThat the artists' work in a museum is not for sale only increases the value of it.
- wolverine876 5y agoDoes it? And value to whom? The work has no sale value, because nobody is selling.
- itronitron 5y agoYou might be interested in the book, 'Marketing Modernism in Fin-de-Siècle Europe' by Robert Jensen. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691029269/marketing-modernism-in-fin-de-siecle-europe https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691029269/ma...