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The price of everything

Label
The price of everything
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: M
Main title
The price of everything
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Originally released: 2018
Runtime
95
Summary
Exploring the labyrinth of the contemporary art world, the film examines the role of art and artistic passion in today's money-driven, consumer-based society. Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of artists, from current market darlings Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Njideka Akunyili Crosby, to one-time art star Larry Poons, the film exposes deep contradictions as it holds a mirror up to contemporary values and times, coaxing out the dynamics at play in pricing the priceless
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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