EXPLORING MONEY THROUGH ART | Ashmolean Museum
The current Money Talks exhibition at the Ashmolean explores the place of money in our world through art, highlighting a multitude of global perspectives across time. Works on show range from rare monetary portraits and historic depictions of wealth to contemporary activist Money Art, alongside more unusual examples from some of the best-known ...
How Surging Inflation Is Impacting Art Galleries | Artsy
Jan 12, 2022 · While an exact correlation between the art market and inflation is difficult to parse, as art is a sentiment-driven asset tied to surplus wealth, history suggests that the price of art sold at auction does tend to increase during periods of high inflation.
Paintings on pesos illustrate Argentina’s currency and inflation woes
Sep 14, 2023 · Artist Sergio Díaz and other Argentine artists’ Money Art movement uses moderately priced brushes and acrylics to paint banknotes of 10, 20, 100, or 1,000 pesos and then share their work on social media. The artwork then fetches prices ranging from 40,000 to 70,000 pesos domestically and as much as $300 abroad.
Making Art Out of Inflation - The New Yorker
May 2, 2022 · Currency Dept. Making Art Out of Inflation. When Carla Zaccagnini was a child in Argentina and Brazil, the local currencies kept losing their value. Now she uses out-of-circulation banknotes as...
Illustrating Inflation — Google Arts & Culture
Inflation describes when prices are rising. How quickly prices go up is called the rate of inflation. Imagine a pint of milk used to cost 90 pence a year ago. If today it costs 99 pence the rate...
Inflation is soaring in the US and UK—here's what ... - The Art …
May 26, 2021 · On the basis that inflation causes money to be spent rather than saved, up to a point of rising interest rates, falling investment and economic retraction, it matters to the art market,...
Money Art: A History of Artists Using Cash and Currency as …
Mar 24, 2020 · Money Art is when artists who use money, currency, and cash as their medium to look at wealth disparity, the art market, and more.
US inflation rates are rising at the fastest pace ... - The Art …
Nov 22, 2021 · Art market economists warn US may soon reach a state of stagflation not seen since the 1970s - and buying art might not help investors. Over the past 12 months, prices in America have...
The Argentine Artist Making Paintings on Devalued Currency
Jan 31, 2023 · An Argentinian artist is combating his country’s ongoing inflation crisis by selling miniature paintings on depreciated banknotes. Sergio Guillermo Diaz, a painter and museum worker from the...
The Back Room: Up, Up, and Away - Artnet News
Feb 18, 2022 · This week: inflation's effects on the art market, a painting that can't stop flipping, millions spent on Washington lobbyists, and much more.