The value(s) of art

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What is the value of art?

Felix Salmon, in arguing that art is not a good financial investment, analyses the current art market and presents a theory of the value of art:

The whole point of art is that it has no intrinsic value: that its financial value is a magical number which is some highly variable function of how much various incredibly rich people love and covet the work.

But she’s [meaning Sarah Thornton] right about this aspect of why the two big auction houses are doing so well these days:

Christie’s and Sotheby’s are superlative marketers who are getting better at funnelling demand for objects by a small group of well-tested artist brands.

The key word here is “brands”. CNBC’s Zac Bissonnette recently wrote to me saying that what he hates about contemporary art is the way in which “you can just put it there and…

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Supras Valentines Vaiders

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As January is drawing to a close it can only mean that THAT day is also fast approaching. Whether you’re a hopeless romantic of fed up singleton there’s no escaping it.

It seems the guys down at Supra have been shot with Cupids creative arrow and have brought us these lovely Valentines Vaiders. Red waxed canvas, red and white outer sole with gold embellishing trims on the outer shell. Unfortunately these are ones for the fellas.. or women with really big feet as they start from a US 8.5|UK Mens 8|EUR 42. If you want to treat some feet this Valentines day and get these as a gift for him, they are available from SoleBox at €130.00|£108.29 

Images via Highsnobiety

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