This to me btw somewhat contradicts The Courage to be Disliked concept (ht @webdevMason via @pmarca)
I have a few thoughts on this, more later.https://twitter.com/TheAnnaGat/status/1102671585935269894 …
The fine art market is just as incentive-driven as everything else & its incentives are very, very weird. Fame is the key mechanism by which your assets appreciate. Taste-makers pick the winners. Not surprising at all that beyond some baseline level of talent, the network is king
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Agreed. Spent many years in the creative industries then left when I realised whatever I do it will always be about politics, gatekeepers, subjective judgement & I need better. Wanted objective measures! Yet I still wonder if we're wrong to say what we do isn't about the friends?
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Just not sure how this relates to The Courage to be Disliked, or what you mean by "what we do"/"about the friends"
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Actually, the fine art market mostly amounts to a scam, and largely exists as a means of tax avoidance:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw5kme5Q_Yo …
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Beat me to it--and I didn't realize they had episodes on YouTube (I only watched on cable)
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I’ve used it as an argument for recognizable art being a good speculation. Recognizability is scarce and pool of disposable income keeps growing
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