Art Collector Says He Lost Warhols and Harings to L.A. Fire
Art Collector Says He Lost Warhols and Harings to L.A. Fire
Ron Rivlin said he had lost about 30 works by Andy Warhol — and dozens more by other artists — when his Pacific Palisades home was destroyed.
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People lost every photo they have of their parents.
People lost every precious thing from their childhood and every family heirloom.
Some people lost their lives.
This guy lost some paintings and gets a NY Times article for it.
This persists as long as we decide this is news worth sharing and discussing. There is a recent meme floating around about how part of media literacy needs to be ignoring bait like this. This article getting no clicks would be the very best outcome.
I would say it's too soon for this article, but don't you think there's something worth recognizing here? I am sad for those who lost photos of loved ones, etc, but we all lost a piece of art that forms part of our cultural history.
Now, did Picasso have millions of unimportant sketches? I don't know. Was this something like that? Then maybe I agree with you more.
Edit: I take it back; iels gross that he's got all this art insured and will get lots of money for its loss. Also, it was mostly lots of Warhol prints, which I'd say are more like the "million sketches" scenario. Definitely an article in poor taste.
Should have kept them in a secure location - like a museum.
Do you think artists are going to produce art to be freely hung in a museum?
The reason art is valuable and worthy of being hung in a museum is because there is a market for it.
Lay people travel to the Louvre to see the Gioconda because they perceive it as valuable, important, and irreplaceable.
No market means no measure of value for art
Yes, I will store the expensive paintings in a house made of toothpicks and cardboard with a tar roof in a state known to have widespread fires every year. It is a good idea.
$$$ insurance payout
Wouldn't he have to prove ownership? Most likely he lost that too.
people with significant money in art assets have it documented and insured. if he had 30 pieces just by warhols and additional, we're likely talking millions of dollars of assets.
nobody leaves millions of dollars lying around without some sort of insurance
to be honest, this is a great opportunity for him to cash out of all his expensive art in one fell swoop. i would be elated if I were him
oh no.
Anyway...
Is this the right way to protest climate change?
I know people who lost their homes.