Interesting commentary from the New York Times. I found this part amusing:
I don’t really believe in miracles, but I do believe in courtesy.
If you're more specialized and only want to read about the economics, here is an interesting article (also from the New York Times) on how to sell performance art to museums:
And as the talk turned to money, the acid splashed back toward Mr. Sehgal, who in his brief career — he is just 34 — has started an approach to selling performance art that is both providing museums with a new way to take ownership of it and enriching himself. In the past, performance artists have often sold photographic or video documentation of performances, say, or props and other artifacts left over after the events. But Mr. Sehgal is believed to be the first to have sold the rights to the performance itself; MoMA, for one, recently spent a reported $70,000 for an edition of “Kiss” (2004), a living sculpture that was on loan to the Guggenheim for the recent show and that requires its performers to stay locked for hours in a continuous, balletic embrace.
Comments