Dedicate a bit of time to this — it’s long, but worth the read. Also, recommended in this piece is Olav Velthuis's Talking Prices,”an extremely wide-ranging and subtle guide to the way in which value is formed in contemporary art.” Time to go get this puppy.
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The historical analysis of relics is fascinating, incorporating elements of relatively common knowledge with more esoteric research to build a compelling argument for the analogy between the reception of relics and contemporary artworks (if this isn’t already a book, it should be). Still, the author seems to too quickly dismiss the arguments of Thompson and Galenson in ascribing value to contemporary artworks – that is, how is an “artist†made into a “saint?â€
The historical analysis of relics is fascinating, incorporating elements of relatively common knowledge with more esoteric research to build a compelling argument for the analogy between the reception of relics and contemporary artworks (if this isn’t already a book, it should be). Still, the author seems to too quickly dismiss the arguments of Thompson and Galenson in ascribing value to contemporary artworks – that is, how is an “artist†made into a “saint?â€
The historical analysis of relics is fascinating, incorporating elements of relatively common knowledge with more esoteric research to build a compelling argument for the analogy between the reception of relics and contemporary artworks (if this isn’t already a book, it should be). Still, the author seems to too quickly dismiss the arguments of Thompson and Galenson in ascribing value to contemporary artworks – that is, how is an “artist†made into a “saint?â€
The historical analysis of relics is fascinating, incorporating elements of relatively common knowledge with more esoteric research to build a compelling argument for the analogy between the reception of relics and contemporary artworks (if this isn’t already a book, it should be). Still, the author seems to too quickly dismiss the arguments of Thompson and Galenson in ascribing value to contemporary artworks – that is, how is an “artist†made into a “saint?â€
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