Why is it that visual art goes for hundreds of millions of dollars at auction, and music sells , nothing sometimes? Is music really worth that much less than art? Or is there something else at play that speaks to the fickle economics of art?
HOOT AND HOLLER:
LEE STEVALL SOUNDS (direct to vinyl recording):
MUSICIANS GET 12% of the record industry:
SOTHEBY’S VALUATION OF ART:
VALUE OF ART AT THE MET:
“PRICE HIKE” ope-ed:
TAYLOR SWIFT’S OP-ED:
ONCE UPON A TIME IN SHAOLIN: