Before, I do not understand why modern art is very expensive. But after watching this, I still do not understand why modern art is so expensive.

I have a painting to sell. Its a white canvas that wasnt even touched by paint. I call it nothingness. Starting bid is 5 million.

To me, this is a slap in the face for every hard working, underpaid animators and comic artists.

I don't think art necessarily needs to look realistic, but it should look pleasant, interesting, beautiful, or trigger some emotion other than "bruh". It should also take skill/talent to create. Anyone can draw some lines, not anyone can create art.

As an artist I find this.. how do I say it, sarcastically irritating.

Basically rich people spend millions on random art to launder their money, so they don’t have to pay taxes since it counts as a donation/charity.

I remember having spent about two weeks on a painting that would go towards me college gallery. I wasn't expecting to win anything but I was just happy it got shown. It was a very emotional piece that I spent much time and thought towards. Only for my work to not just win anything, but not even make it in the gallery. Instead this guy walked in with 50 or so paintings of simple lines and colors and he would explain his "thought process" on it. None of it made any sense, just giberish. And of course he received pats on the back and money out of it. It was extemely discouraging. Unless you have connections, money, or power, your dream as an artist will die with you.

Imagine a cave man watching us from the distant past and chuckling to himself "Man I thought my paintings were bad"

I watch this whole video but still don’t get why it’s so expensive

I really wish I would’ve kept the masterpieces I did in kindergarten. 😔

I went to the Chicago Art institute and stood in awe. Literal AWE looking at the paintings by Van Gogh. You can get so close that you can see every brushstroke. Then we went to the modern art side and I felt sick. Not only were the paintings pointless. But so many gave me the creeps. I got out of there as soon as I could.

In short: the art doesn't has value, the artist has the value!

“Art isn’t about beauty, it never really was” Italian Renaissance: Am i joke to you?

I used to be a modern artist back when i was 3-4 years old and eating paint and dirt

I don't think random paint spills should cost this much. However, I do abstract art that is created purposefully with emotion and with the end design in mind when I begin. Now that is abstract art that should capture the heart.

Everytime i see modern art i Just sit and think of how hard I worked to learn the techniques of the masters. And how many years of dedication that took. Its so infuriating

My art teacher told me this quite a while ago and i still remember it until now for how great it was. "Modern art isn't about art, it's about the artist. First, you have to make yourself known and apreciated by actually making good paintings and then you can make modern art because people will buy it because it was painted by you, not because of how it looks. " Amen

I feel bad for all the artists with actual skills and creativity being unnoticed out there

I think one of the biggest challenges in fighting the undeniable degeneracy of modern art is that it's really not enough to point out the laziness of the work. To really be effective in your criticism, you need to shift your focus towards modernism itself.

As someone who paints acrylic paintings over the course of days, even looking at the modern “art” leaves me unsettled. Experimenting with colours is another thing, but selling it for this insane amount of money is absurd, because I find absolutely no way for it being worth that much. I don’t find this art, I simply find it colours slathered on a canvas. The main reason why I hate this is because the actual, real art, the detailing, the colour schemes that took actual time and effort are being overlooked because of this. For me, random brushstrokes will never be equal to a detailed work.

I am 22. I can proudly say that I am modern artist since 20 years.

DaVinci would have died again seeing this kind of art.

I'm an artist, and I'm sure their are many others artists here like me who will agree, that when we display our works we show a certain amount of pageantry in our techniques, the scale of complexity and as such becomes a culmination of something that can't simply be replicated by just throwing paint, making a cube or letting our children create havok for half an hour in a room with some paints and a canvas. For me arts about mastering the capture of a feeling and translating it on the canvas with the finesse of that expression, putting it before an intended audience and having them feel the same way by reading it as I did painting it, it's not about alienating your audience and then flaunting it's price! This is the reason why I give much of my works away for free! In protest to spite this ridiculous trend

A portrait painting still has an edge over photography, as a painting can show how you wish to be represented; a camera shows what is actually there. Telling people what they want to hear can be a valuable skill.

Money laundering and people who are able to hallucinate random stories from simple daily products

And they still didn't give a "valid and logical" reason why art is expensive.

Love the part where they explained why modern art is so expensive

What I understood from the video is. if you are an artist, do a painting and people will accept it. If you are not an artist, do something on a canvas and cook up a story on your struggle in life ( every one struggle in life by the way). If your story was better that others, few will consider you as a modern artist after your death.

Abstract art is the “I’m not like the other girls” of the art world.

Feels like the secret of modern art is not the art skill itself, but the skill about how good are you at persuading people into something

The truth is they sell for so much because it’s an easy write off once you buy it and hold on to it while it increases in price and later on sell it to yourself for half the price of what it’s worth and then you have another tax write off since it’ll come up as you took a loss for selling it

Art (drawing) is to deeply feel each stroke, color, and line. It depends on each perception and develops successfully according to the popularity/price of the painting.

The back of my notebook: finally, a worthy opponent

Buyer: Truly a masterpiece...the artist must have thought long on this...I can feel their thoughts touching me spiritually. Artist: haha paint go sploosh

The truth is that most artists starve. Most of the comments say artists are scammers but 90% of them work really hard and don't get any money for their art. I'm an artist myself, I work hard and don't sell anything. Works only sell for millions after the artist is dead. So stop saying it's a scam, art don't do you any harm, on the contrary.

The idea that we should be highly rewarded for a small amount of effort has made its way into almost every aspect of life

Is it just me or did no one say anything during this video? I didn’t hear a single explanation as to why it’s expensive

I’m an artists and I do realism, and when I’m drawing realism it takes me time a precision, getting the exact colors right, and making sure all the proportions are correct. Just seeing someone splatter some paint and calling it a day kind of irritates me because artists that are struggling because people don’t find realism as fascinating as contemporary art struggle

Art can’t be recreated even by the same artist. And even if it is recreated it’s merely just another creation. All art is one of a kind❤️

I paint for my self, i build my own frames and my home is my gallery. I dont feel like sellling or showing anything, they bring me joy. My wife loves them so they will never be sold. So with each painting my happiness grows.

It actually pisses me off that there are genuinely talented artists out there but shit like this is what is people are willing to pay millions for.

I agree. Art isn't about Beauty. It can be grotesque, terrifying, sorrowful, or grating. Art is about feeling something. And when I look at these squiggles and shapes - I feel nothing.

i thought my comment on this topic would make me seem uncultured and uncivilised but its good to see that the comment section is filled with comments from people that have common sense !

Art is inherently a balance of colors and shapes. What makes it special is the idea and feeling it brings to the person viewing it. - To have a work of a lifetime is not an easy thing. it's sometimes a matter of luck. - It is because of such rarity that it becomes so expensive.

Even the way they paint makes me cringe, it's like they don't even care. Just smearing paint all over

Meanwhile There are many beautiful traditional artwork all around the world which are on the brink of disappearing. Sometimes I just don't understand people.😭

Because people that hold a high amount of wealth need to ‘clean’ their assets. In other words, money laundering for rich people.

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Van gogh died thinking he was never good enough with no recognition yet these people literally just splash paint on the canvas and get famous. It's honestly sad.

Most of us are mad because if we do the same thing it's called trash. But if someone with a fancy name does it, it's considered art

There are countless stories of ‘installation art’ being thrown out by the cleaning staff at museums who mistook it for the garbage it was. If something can’t stand on it’s own merit, without explanation as to why it should be appreciated or admired, it doesn’t deserve to be called ‘art’.

“It’s not easy being an artist in London” ....paints messy circle.

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity" - Albert Einstein

I have really fallen in love with the contemporary art movement and work to expand on the works of the greats before me in my own art work.

As an artist I feel so hurt. We spend hours upon hours working on a piece, trying our level best to create a beautiful artwork that people would look at with awe and wonder, then there are these fake ass imposters who shit all over a canvas and have the audacity to call it art n say things like art isn't about beauty. Don't give me bs. People like these and the ones who buy their 2 cents worth shits are the reason why real artists are struggling today.

It would be interesting to see an experiment done involving a modern artist’s work vs. 3 random passersby instructed to imitate said artist’s work, and see whether a room full of social elites are able to differentiate the authentic one full of “meaning”. I reckon everyone would just start bidding on the spot.

Great abstract art work!! And very informative video👍👍 Thanks for wonderful sharing 🌲🌹

"I could do that" + "Yeah but you didn't" = MODERN ART

I remember watching a news report many years ago where they took paintings made by elementary school students and put them in art galleries. It was hilarious to watch the "experts and critics" comment on how much depth, talent, skilled, etc, the artists were.

Its expensive because someone has to launder a large amount of money.

It seems to me that people who defend modern art claim that it is a personal expression of emotion from the artist and therefore, it has value. In 3:26, the speaker states that any person could make a black canvas, but because the artist put lots of thought into the work and had a journey to arrive to the work, the plain black canvas has value. However, you're not buying the journey or the thought, you're buying the stupid black canvas (which you could DIY at home). The journey and thought is deeply personal. It is an insult to the artist to think that one could buy that personal journey with rich people paper.

Short answer on why these things get so expensive *MONEY LAUNDERING*

Whats sad is there are actual artist with amazing talent being overshadowed by these 10 minute "abstract" paintings

_splashes paint on canvas_ _sells it for 100 million_ "Why would we buy this?" "It represents society and life" _sold_

As an artist, scamming the rich is my favorite pastime.

When the woman said, 'Art was never about beauty, it never has been.' really pissed me off.

What normies see: shitty art What rich people see: tax evasion

I think the world needs to know that not all art is for aesthetic purposes only. Whether or not you understand that, it's a fact.

The art market is monopolized by large buyers, it makes no sense. They randomly choose the works of who they are going to promote as the star of the moment.

*sneezes* at a canvas Money launderers: I will pay 20 million!

I mean like, i dont know about this kind of "art", but people need to appreciate more comics artist who literary draw and thinking about their comic story.

Art is not about itself but the attention we bring to it. -Marcel Duchamp

Potrait arts, Landscape arts, Sculptures like the Renaissance period arts based on various events and mythology I admire them

Wow! So my years of practicing anatomy, shading, lighting, design, perspective, coloring and environments fundamentals are just a waste, all i need is to buy paint platter and paint random shapes on a canvas and i would be a billionaire.

The back of my Notebook has more personality than these.

if you dont know much about “the urinal” (originally “the fountain”) by marcel duchamp, the whole point of it was to piss everyone off. hence the name urinal. it was a store bought piece, and the only thing actually handmade was his fake signature “r. mutt.” the artist wanted to make people mad and make everyone question what even is art anymore if we can buy an everyday object and slam it in a gallery. i do think thats what a lot of these minimalist/abstract/contemporary artists are doing. of course you can put so much emotion and storytelling into a canvas with such simplicity, but you can also just be smearing paint for shits n giggles. i hope thats what some of these artists are trying to show us, show us that art nowadays is so invaluable because rich people dont have anything else better to do with their lives except spend it on the most simple piece and say it “speaks to them.” yeah arts interpretive, but arts becoming more about who can think of anything and paint it versus who can think of something creative. but of course, creativity is subjective. so we’ll never know why art IS SO EXPENSIVE.

Paintings with a vivid image on it would someday be a history because there’s a possibility that abstract art would takeover the future.

And that’s why local artists who actually have talent can’t sell their art 💁🏻‍♀️

Imagine going to art school, studying and practicing hard to be the next Leonardo Da Vinci. Then imagine making a painting you put your heart and soul into it for 46 years, only to be bested by some squiggles because some dude had a heart attack and the “artist” stole it.

It’s actually a way of moving money around globally. Buy a painting for 10 million here in the US ship it to a “buddy” in Russia and sell it there . No one questions shipping a painting to Russia but try shipping or transferring 10 million dollars without problems.

0:20 imagine if you had a daily budget of $2600 every single day of the year for 10 years that you could give away, to help anyone who needed it, anywhere in the world, with food, shelter, clothing, bills etc. You could do a lot of good with that kind of money

Who else found this video to be completely unconvincing?

My theory: after what happened with hitler, art schools started accepting anything and everything in order to avoid another world war

"No matter what the artist intended, art is now seen as an EASY INVESTMENT by many (really the GALLERIES), and COMPANIES HAVE APPEARED TO TREAT ART PURELY AS AN ASSET FOR FINANCIAL GAIN." INSIDER BUSINESS

If this is an art, then we all are perfect artist.

“Art isn’t about beauty, it never really was” Definition of art: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. Explain this then

Understanding art is the thing / either one does or doesn't because it is a labour of love 😊 accolades to the artusts😊

Best wishes from blind artist in Los Angeles! I love modern art all my life))

This what happens when you give every kid a gold medal.

This makes me so angry... That shitty art is being sold for millions where amazing artists I follow sell artworks for a 100$-500$

"art was never about beauty.... Really" thats literally the opposite of art 💀

Yep. Most of that art was hard to have any love for. The black square didn’t just come out of nowhere. There was a lifetime of dots and pluses that came before the canvas with a black square.

The black square painting is the equivalent of revising draft after draft of an essay and then deleting all of it and submitting a blank Google doc. A+ work right there.

Man this means I was an artist in my early school days.

I’m an artist and In my opinion modern art has become the biggest scam in the industry. It’s fine if you like it that’s great express yourself and love what you love that’s your right, but those prices……. Come on but it is fun

My dad is an artist, since he was a kid he went through a lot, when I say a lot I mean it. He’s a brilliant artist, he works hard to sell his artworks and participates in exhibitions and galleries..etc , that breaks my heart, I really hate it when I see him up all night and working under pressure and not be able to sell anything.

I wonder if any of these artists will one day actually learn how to paint

My older brother: goes to art college Also my older brother: modern art is trash

Moral of the story : YOU ARE AN ARTIST

I made art like this many years ago, I was about 4-6 years old! 😂 🎨