Bueno, hace unos días en subasta, se vendió un cuadro de Jean Michel Basquiat por la friolera de 48 millones de dólares (USD)… Así son las millonadas que pagan coleccionistas por obras de arte, y dicho sea de paso, casi todas son obras tradicionales, digamos pinturas, y la mayoría figurativas. Eso dice mucho… En primer lugar que el mundo del arte gira en un espacio controlado por el dinero, y bueno, dinero en abundancia. Desde que un jeque árabe pagó mas de 400 millones por el «Salvator Mundi» (Atribuido a Leonardo), los millones han fluido como el agua. Yo diría como fluye el agua sucia por entre las manos de los pobres en en tercer mundo que tienen que beber agua sucia con estiércol y tierra y comer migajas, si las encuentran, vivir en chozas y defenderse de los depredadores humanos que los usan como carne de cañón… Los pobres del mundo que también hacen arte, pero ese arte no lo ve nadie, ni lo compra nadie, y si es bueno, muy bueno, y lo descubre uno de estos depredadores, se lo roba para luego subastarlo en Christie’s o Sothebys por millones… Estamos llegando a la época de la navidad, debemos pensar un poquitin en los demás.
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Well, a few days ago at auction, a painting by Jean Michel Basquiat was sold for the staggering amount of 48 million dollars (USD)… This is the kind of money collectors pay for works of art, and by the way, almost all of them are traditional works, meaning paintings, and most are figurative. That says a lot… Firstly, it indicates that the art world operates in a space controlled by money, and well, an abundance of it… Ever since an Arab sheikh paid more than 400 million for the «Salvator Mundi» (Attributed to Leonardo de Vince), millions have flowed like water. I would say it flows like dirty water through the hands of the poor in the Third World, who have to drink filthy water mixed with faeces and dirt and eat scraps, if they can find any, living in shacks and defending themselves against human predators who use them as cannon fodder… The poor of the world also create art, but that art goes unseen, unsold, and if it’s good, very good, and discovered by one of these predators, it is stolen to later be auctioned at Christie’s or Sotheby’s for millions… We are approaching the Christmas season; we should think a little about others.
GRACIAS – CHEERS
JaZzArt en València 
Your diary entry carries a heavy truth—the art world’s glitter often hides the shadows of inequality. Yet the most authentic, soul-carved art often comes from those who receive the least. Your message is a beautiful reminder to hold compassion close, especially now.
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Thank you for such a wise statement with the which you have closed your reply. I certainly appreciate your insight and your points of view. All the best.
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You always welcome.
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To me, one of the saddest aspects of this is that many of these artists are dead, so they will never see the money.
I’m all for artists being paid reasonably for their work. The million-dollar payouts, though, are obscene.
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But the artists are not necessarily getting the money from the sales, those paintings are owned by collectors…
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That makes it even more depressing.
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The investors in art, they make the money, but they usually start off with quite a lot anyways…
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