Canadian illustrator Jon Klassen wins $750,000 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Awards in all fields are important. All people are in some part driven by recognition. But people also need to earn a living. Recent data shows that the median artist’s income is $30,200. There is something wrong with this picture and we’re doing something about it.
The Sorry State of the Art “Market”
I recently read two pieces by two revered and decidedly distinct commentators on art and collecting. Each lamented on the sorry state of the art market..
But art is more important than ever. Art functions as more than a commodity and has value beyond a strike price – but it has to be activated.
Would this be in your collection?
Even among the most significant collectors, collecting philosophy is too often steeped in institutionalized and paternalistic noblesse oblige. Patronage as philanthropy. Here’s the rub. When corporations collect as a gesture rather than with intentionality, it’s condescension, not patronage.