Say Good-Bye to Picasso’s Women of Algiers, Disappearing for $140M

Re:Say Good-Bye to Picasso’s Women of Algiers, Disappearing ... by robotresearcher on Monday May 11, 2015 @07:24PM (#9528522)

The penultimate line of the article negates the headline.

> When I carped about all this art disappearing forever after auction, she said, in a tone that was distinctly silly boy, "A lot of it will be back here next season."

Where 'she' is an art expert and employee of the auction house handling the sale.

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Re:Say Good-Bye to Picasso’s Women of Algiers, Disappearing ... by lbotos on Monday May 11, 2015 @07:40PM (#9528580)

Right, but that comment was in jest about the state of Art buying. That's the point of the piece, Art buying is bullshit. Who's buying these pieces? They aren't buying them to add to the greater art narrative but as an investment. Art Critics love to hate the fact that their world couldn't exist without the wealthy supporting as investment. No one buys a 140mm Picasso because that's what it's worth. They buy it because they think they can sell it for more. Hence his tone about it being gone forever and her joking that he knows it will be back.

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Re:Say Good-Bye to Picasso’s Women of Algiers, Disappearing ... by robotresearcher on Monday May 11, 2015 @11:48PM (#9529496)

OK, I didn't get the joke I guess.

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