28 February 2007, Cervera de los Montes
Jukka Yli-Lassila from Helsingin Sanomat, the biggest newspaper in Finland, asked my opinion for his article about the current centers of the art world. I think the center moves to where the star curators open shows and the richest collectors' private jets fly.
You can make Timbuktu the center of the art world if you spend enough money and do there a flashy biennial. It's all about money, art is just like any other business. Where the economy grows, more prestige provided by art is needed.
Damien Hirst said that "art is about life, the art market is about money" but the Australian artist Anthony White makes art about money. He sells his paintings for the amount painted on the canvas and then does the next painting with one unit higher amount. In the US dollar series the available work is now $145. I've reserved the one million dollar painting.






