Art investors prefer art by dead artists, they can't do anything unexpected once they're dead.
this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2023
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They also can't produce anything new, which means the now limited resource can only appreciate in value.
Artist: *Returns from dead*
Investors: :O
Domp it
"Sike!"
shreds your painting
It's not unheard of that diaries pop up that shed a different light to a person long after their death
it's the same w musicians, prince, michael jackson etc all made squillions after death. being an artist is a v dangerous profession
Alone the tickets to his last tour are worth much more even tho it didn't happen
Hp Lovecraft becoming a foundation of multiple genres....50+ years after dying in poverty.
RIP... especially his cat 🐈⬛️
Well he was a super-racist asshole, so I'm not too torn up that he wasn't wealthy.
Cosmic justice
Has an artist ever faked their own death to cash in on the phenomenon?
Imagine faking your death and then seeing your art not increase in value
Just need to wait it out a while longer... just a while longer...
Oh wow.
The artists looking at the wealth on their graves be like:
It's real annoying if you want to use art as a tax dodge/money laundering medium and the stupid artist keeps making more pieces to alter the value