Illiquid Assets

Notes

Pandering to the real or imagined demands of private finance distorts the art world, silencing dissent and stifling politically or socially engaged art in favour of consensus and what is known in the trade as ‘investment grade art’.

Artist / Author Morgan Quaintance
Publisher Britannia Art Publications
Reference A0682
Date 2016
Journal Art Monthly
Journal date July - August 2016
Journal page 6-8
Type Article

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