The Value of Art

I’ve been spending the last couple days thinking about the value of art.  I’m giving a short talk for Intermountain Opera on the subject in Bozeman the end of this week. Talk about opening a Pandora’s Box!


After some significant deliberation I’ve come to a conclusion, not anything earth shattering or especially insightful, but a conclusion nonetheless.  This is it. The value of art is made up of three components: intrinsic value “Art for Art’s Sake”; commercial value “You paid how much for that stuffed shark”; and social value “Society is remembered by the art it leaves behind”.

There’s my philosophizing! Now go look at art.

Let’s keep in touch,

Marshall

Photo credit: Damien Hirst and Hirst Holdings/Tate Modern/PA Wire

One reply on “The Value of Art”

  1. YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THAT OPINION.
    Art is one of the most ephemeral topics of conversation while also a law of social and cultural conclusions. “Well if you don’t appreciate “that” you are nothing but an unsophisticated clod.”

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