The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Art for the moneyed

Art as investment, art as collectible, art as beautiful, art as corporate or home decor, art as expression, and so on, and so on.

Warhol's stuff is pure commercial trash and his museum in Pittsburgh is a ghost-town full of junk.

But it's sure collectible, eh?

Like flea-market kitsch for people with way, way too much money.

Billionaires Chasing Warhols Fuel $16 Billion Art Sales

Talk about the Emperor's new clothes.

Go ahead, talk about them.

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