Friday, April 18, 2008

Auction record?

Nude painting may set record for price fetched for a painting by a living artist.

It's something we artists really hate: we rarely become rich until after we're dead.

Mike B added:
You're taking a very negative view of this. You need a more upbeat perspective, like this:
"Great wealth is as close as the nearest tall bridge!"
See how much more positive that is?

Indeed.
Mark Twain wrote a neat story about a group of young artists who faked their own deaths for business.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Eolake said: "It's something we artists really hate: we rarely become rich until after we're dead."

You're taking a very negative view of this. You need a more upbeat perspective, like this:

"Great wealth is as close as the nearest tall bridge!"

See how much more positive that is?

Of course, not all dead artists bring in the big bucks. I haven't made a thorough study of the field, but I suspect that the really big posthumous money goes to artists who were never in it for the money anyway. Talk about irony!