The only thing I truly like about art in the form of paintings / statues etcetera is that I am fascinated by the world around it. Although I sometimes visit a museum, artworks that I see there do rarely really move me. But to see how the art world works, how artists make their work and the craziness of it is often fascinating. The number of documentaries/films that I have seen about the subject is enormous (my top 10), so The Price of Everything appealed to me enormously. Isn’t it strange that a work by an artist often yields more when they are dead or that some people buy art as an investment rather than something that they actually enjoy? This film not only follows collectors and artists (the highly successful Jeff Koons and Larry Poons whose work is currently not considered “hot”), but director Nathaniel Kahn also gets access behind the scenes at Sotheby’s. This results in a fascinating picture where you sometimes wonder whether money ultimately has destroyed quite a lot. Continue reading →