would you spend that kind of money on just a painting?
what is in the minds of the people who do that?
2007-03-02 19:45:02 · 7 answers · asked by Omar 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Anyone who has 60 million dollars to spend on any painting, is going to have a lot more besides. They may buy it as an investment or perhaps because they have more money than sense. Either way, I believe when a great piece of art is bought by private owners, it's a cultural theft for the world.
Masterpieces should only be owned by museums and available for all to view, not stuck in someone's palatial mansion for their sole gratification and/or used as a symbol of their immense fortune in order to impress their similars.
I love art, but I could never be that selfish. 60 million dollars could be better used to help others less fortunate...maybe that's why I'm no millionaire!
2007-03-03 07:45:28 · answer #1 · answered by Kikkaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be watching CNBC's High Net Worth. The show is designed to cater to those with lots of money. Art is and has been a way to invest one's fortune. Think of it this way, $1,000,000 was 62,500 times the minimum wage in 1940. Today's minimum wage multiplied 62,500 is 15,625,000. So, it would not be uncommon or unfeasible for a person to be able to afford 60mil for a Picasso.
2007-03-03 03:56:24 · answer #2 · answered by sansjazz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had sixty million dollars to drop, sure, why not? It's an investment. Personally, though, I'd stock up on Monet and Cassatt.
2007-03-03 23:05:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on which piccaso and if my last name was Gates.
2007-03-03 18:19:17 · answer #4 · answered by american horse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I would spend six dollars and paint one myself.
2007-03-03 03:47:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You bet your sweet *** I would.
However, I'd buy a Van Gogh over a Picasso. Van Gogh is my favorite painter, Picasso is second. :)
2007-03-03 03:53:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NEVER!
2007-03-03 04:02:19 · answer #7 · answered by Katyusha 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋