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To expand on what a sibling comment suggested, the art world since the early 1900s has become defined by speculative trading, and some of those early artists we
by shrimpx 4y ago
To expand on what a sibling comment suggested, the art world since the early 1900s has become defined by speculative trading, and some of those early artists were ultra-hyped, and their art has appreciated by millions-fold in the speculative art markets. Picasso is one of those ultra-hyped artists that was at the center of the initial FOMO fevers. Picasso is a good artist, but you have to wonder how, what, and whether Picasso would have painted if the art world didn't gain this feverish speculative dimension with Picasso at the center of it.
- pmoriarty 4y ago"the art world since the early 1900s has become defined by speculative trading, and some of those early artists were ultra-hyped, and their art has appreciated by millions-fold in the speculative art markets" Not only that, but there's evidence[1][2] that the CIA secretly manipulated the public's perception of modern art in the cultural war against the Soviet Union. [1] - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-... [2] - https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20161004-was-modern-art-a-weapon-of-the-cia https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20161004-was-modern-art-...