Why Do Pieces Of Art Suddenly Become Masterpieces?

[fmdog44]

Paintings, sculptures or whatever. Some artists go through life working their art then sometime either late in their lives or after they die they are suddenly declared great artists. Who declares that? Is it done by committee? Also, why do prices of great artworks fluctuate?

 

[Rosemarie]

It depends on how people feel about things. I watch a lot of antique programmes and it's difficult to put a value on items for sale because the value depends on the interest of the buyers. No matter how beautiful an object is, if no-one wants to buy it, it's worth nothing.

 

[horseless carriage]

A new day, a new record price for a Banksy artwork it seems. Game Changer became the most expensive Banksy painting ever sold at auction when it achieved £16.8M at Christie's London on March 23rd 2021, on the first anniversary of the UK's lockdown.

With under bidders from the Virgin Islands, Singapore and online, Game Changer eventually sold to a telephone bidder with Christie’s specialist Tessa Lord in the London saleroom. “It’s a game changer in every sense,” stated the auctioneer, Jussi Pylkkänen.

If you Google Banksy you will see that he started his career as a street artist, you might say, graffiti artist, but his personal wealth is now estimated at over £50M. The record price paid for Game Changer he donated to our NHS, to help with financing the pandemic.

 

[chic]

It's just manipulation of the public for profit. Nothing new really.

 

[Fyrefox]

Generally, the artist needs to have name recognition, and be recognized as a standing exemplar of a particular artistic school or style. The work considered a masterpiece prominently embodies elements of both the artist and their style, and is distinctive of it. A true masterpiece has withstood the test of time, and is considered a great work of art. It will long survive its creator...

Attaching prices to masterpieces is really an arbitrary obscenity of society as art is priceless, and meant to be experienced rather than possessed and hung on an owner's wall. It is a manifestation of some aspect of the human spirit, and the special soul which created it...