Did you buy your new airplane or a painting?

[Bartc]

From the New York Times:

“Nobody needs a $62 million van Gogh, and nobody wants to buy a lawsuit. If there’s any question about the painting’s ownership, people will buy a different artwork — or another airplane.”

Thomas C. Danziger, an art lawyer, on a van Gogh painting that sold at auction for $62 million and was claimed to be owned by a movie producer. It later vanished, with a trail leading to Caribbean tax havens and a jailed Chinese billionaire.

 

[Donna T]

These kinds of reports always make me wonder what Vincent would think of the ridiculous amount of money his work sells for now. I hope he’s looking down and laughing and saying, “I knew my work was good!”

 

[Artyczar]

Me too. But I wish he knew he had this kind of acknowledgement before he died like he wished for.

 

[Dynamic Pencil]

Me too. But I wish he knew he had this kind of acknowledgement before he died like he wished for.

Doctor Who did an episode about Van Gogh along those lines that was pretty interesting. Really emotional.

edit: The episode title is "Vincent and the Doctor".

 

[Dynamic Pencil]

Apologies for bumping this older thread, but this came up in a suggested list the other day and was the exact episode I was mentioning.