“When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money.” – Oscar Wilde
During today’s financial crisis, art has been frequently cited as an advantageous alternative asset class. But do the millions of dollars that might buy you a Koons or a Picasso speak about the social and spiritual value?
This Art-as-Money-blog will explore the connections and frictions between money and art. Where do those two worlds meet? And where do they clash? Or is it actually one big world with various perspectives? And last but not least: What are your thoughts about those topics? Get involved in the discussion and don’t hesitate to share your thoughts and ideas by giving your comments!
It’ll cover the full spectrum; from fine art, which uses money purely as its subject, all the way to money, which uses art merely as a vehicle to generate even more money. We will write blog posts ourselves, invite guest bloggers from both worlds (often blurring the boundaries between those worlds), and will link to remarkable stuff out in the world wide open web, which touches upon those subjects.
The blog is part of the Exchanghibition Bank and Pool of Plenty projects by Dadara and as such will also cover all happenings, thought and ideas connected to the bank, which mostly will also be connected to the worlds of money and art and all different shades of grey in between.
Here’s a video of a talk about the project at a Pecha Kucha evening in Amsterdam:
