$195 million for a Warhol Marilyn. This not the apotheosis of art, but rather the further muddling of art. It’s not the art that is important, but owning the art that is important. The art is not the art, it’s mere status.
Warhol was a master of turning himself from persona into icon. He knew how to use cultural trends to his advantage. He could turn the lack of substance into substance itself. He was the art, and what he produced were artifacts of himself. In that way he taught us a lot about ourselves.
But in a world full of uber-billionaires, what’s a couple of hundred million anyway.
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