18 Comments

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   Balzac on October 14, 2008 at 11:51 am

   Nice use of Rudy Valee.

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   MSB on October 15, 2008 at 10:45 am

   Hey Balzee Babee,
   Why don-t you come incognito to this tomorrow. I’d like to met you, even if I don’t know your true identity, Bruce Wayne. http://www.sharkforum.org/2008/09/euroshark-in-chicago-and-champ.html

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   artlistener on October 15, 2008 at 9:37 pm

   Hello, love the podcast, but if i never heard the intro jibber-jabber again, i wouldn’t miss it. i’ve got loads of sarcastic common wisdom at the actual bars i go to, so for a podcast, i think a little bit of editing would help a lot, in my opinion.

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   sandy on October 16, 2008 at 6:02 am

   I just finished listening to this podcast and I think that your comments about the financial crisis and the art market were naive and misinformed, punctuated by a lot of wishful thinking. I really like this podcast a lot but frankly Brian and Claire Haggarty aren’t qualified to comment on this subject. (sorry!!)
   It would be great if you could find a real expert on how the art market works, (an art economist!!) and do something more in depth with real facts…sort of like what This American Life has done on their podcast about the financial crisis because frankly this is a subject that is likely to affect every single one of us.
   Sandy

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   sandy on October 16, 2008 at 6:13 am

   PS the price of a Warhol can decrease in value! Everyone said the same about the housing market. Also Half of the work at the recent auction of Contemporary Asian Art did not even sell.

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   Mathew Margolis on October 16, 2008 at 8:32 am

   “Life styles” was mentioned. Art to discover new life styles. Born from a curatorial curiosity? I wanna know… What are the existing categories of life styles today? This sounds like life choices including an aesthetic dimension. I wanna fleshing out of this topic.

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   Bad at Sports on October 16, 2008 at 9:45 am

   Art Listener,

   Sorry your are stuck with the jibber-jabber, it makes it fun for us. Fast forward through it if you don’t like it. It is occasionally informative, and even more occasionally funny.

   Thanks for the feedback.

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   Bad at Sports on October 16, 2008 at 9:46 am

   You are, sheesh can we do anything without a typo? Apparently not!

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   Brian Andrews on October 17, 2008 at 8:50 am

   What a difference a couple of weeks makes. We recorded this right after the VP Debate, hence all the Palin-oia. At that time the financial crisis had not spread to Asia and Europe, Damian Hirst just had his record breaking auction and the blue chip art market was smoking. Now- not so much.

   I am most definately not an Art-Economist. I believe any artwork is basically worth a couple of grand plus the cost of production- everything else is just commodity speculation. That economist would need some strong theories to convince me otherwise.

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    sandy on October 19, 2008 at 2:24 am

    oh brother, sounds like you have a bad case of “I know what I like and i like what I know”. I find your attitude so frustrating, you believe that this market has nothing to do with you? thats just crazy, ok keep hiding your head in the sand.

    How are you ever going to win if you dont understand how to play the game

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    Balzac on October 20, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    Sandy,

    Enlighten us!

    Balzac

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    Sandy on October 21, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    too scary maybe

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    Michael Workman on October 22, 2008 at 1:15 am

    Seems like Sandy wants to hear more than the same recent kind of “academese” conservative pile she’s been hearing out of BAS and just doesn’t want to bother deflecting attacks for having an opinion about it. I agree so far as that point, and moreover sense that this enterprise has drifted to a more seemly and ungainly purpose than I recall as an early fan.

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    Whatevs on October 26, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    thas da Pot calling da kettle, mikey.

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    duncan. on October 28, 2008 at 7:28 am

    Wait. What the hell is that supposed to mean Michael? What did you call us? Wait… Are those fighting words? … was that supposed to be and insult… I’m confused… ungainly…

    Sandy.

    Most of the people we have talked with are in “wait and see” mode. No one knows what will happen. If luxury goods “go out the window” then art will too but no one we have spoken with will go on the record about it, there are still too many unknowns for people to really speculate in public. The people we have tried to get to speak to you about it include artists, dealers and economists. Ed Winkleman comes the closest and touches upon it in an upcoming episode. So stay tuned. (it should run in two or three weeks and is awesome.)

    duncan.

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    Brian Andrews on November 3, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    Sandy-

    I would really like to hear your opinion on this. You seem to be directly conflating the critiques of the artwork with market activity, which to me are separate, but related, conversations. I’m curious about how you perceive that relationship.

    BTW posting your ideas might be “scary”, but if you are going to participate in a forum and critique, you should be prepared to stand up for your own content too.

    Brian

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    Michael Workman on November 7, 2008 at 1:46 am

    So long as it’s “content” we’re standing up for, I suggest Sandy remain silent.

    Yo Duncan. Calm down. Breathe in, breathe out. That’s what breathing’s all about.

    I started saying “Yes we did.” And immediately felt like an asshole. So.

    M

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    Brian Andrews on November 7, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    Michael-

    So you think when someone criticizes something they don’t have to justify what they say? That sounds very swift-boat to me.

    Brian