txt: Money Changes Everything - Art to go by Regina Hackett
Good point, but what Clement Greenberg wrote in the 1940s is still true, that money is art's umbilical cord. If collectors can't afford to buy and donors are too pinched to donate what they could sell at auction, we've got trouble right here in River City. Back to the implications of Guzman's side of the argument: The high cost of living makes the most expensive cities inhospitable to artists. That's why San Jose can't have a thriving art scene. Being a quick BART ride from San Francisco, San Jose should be full of the artists San Francisco priced out. But San Jose costs just as much. Maybe more. McMansions have replaced the town's original ticky tacky. What artist would live there when all the good stuff is in SF? Money is art's umbilical cord, but it's also art's abortionist. Why live in Boston, which is just as pricey as New York? High prices mean dead spots on the art map, with little chance to grow.
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