Chapter 292 The real shameless
"You see, there are also these garbage. Tara Modern Art Studio Milan offers 15 pieces. The art company, Pesaro, provides 21 pieces. In fact, these two companies are equivalent to rental companies. They have many works of artists. Whose exhibitions do you want to do, you can rent them from them. It's that simple!"
"No way?" Wen Yiming was also a little surprised after hearing this. This exhibition was not held by the big collector Ullens? That is the hot celebrity in the art circle now, and he will fool people?
Ling Tiancheng became more and more angry as he looked at it. He pulled Wen Yiming to the so-called Picasso print exhibition area, pointed to a painting and said: "Look at this print "Funny Actor". According to the international market, the ones with signatures and version numbers are about 5,000-7,000 US dollars. Even if it is sold at $6,250."
"This "Waiting" has a signature, and the auction price is 3,500 euros with a version number. There is no signature on Amazon, and the auction price is 295 US dollars. One of the "Waiting" in this exhibition is signed, and the auction price is 20,000 euros. It is a pending sale."
Ling Tiancheng said clearly: "I rule out unsilent hype behavior, and calculate the price based on the normal auction price with signatures and version numbers about 3,000-5,500 euros. All prints are calculated at the price with signatures and version numbers, which is 198,000 euros."
"In the same way, you can calculate the 35 pottery at the highest price of 120,000 euros each, but it is only 4.2 million euros. You have 1 billion euros of works, and I'm curious how to calculate them?"
Wen Yiming was drunk after hearing this and said in confusion: "Does Ullens have no such eyesight?"
"Bad Ullens!" Ling Tiancheng laughed furiously and said, "That foreigner who is full of money is the international speculator who eats people and does not spit out bones!"
Ling Tiancheng whispered: "Urence's father participated in World War I. After the war, he was stationed in Beijing for five years as a diplomat and traveled all over the country. At that time, the turbulent market was filled with a lot of art. Like many diplomats, he would occasionally buy his favorite antiques, some of which were left for his son. It can be said that Urence's initial contact with antiques."
"His mother is also a person who is interested in collecting. She has visited Iran many times to inspect cultural relics and monuments. Every time she comes back from Iran, she brings almost all kinds of porcelain and cultural relics, tells her son the origin of each item, and gives some cultural relics to Ullens as a gift."
Wen Yiming felt disgusted. To put it nicely, archaeology? Isn’t it just to rob and smuggle! It seems that the Ullens family is not a good thing, it has genetic genes!
"In the early 1970s, Ullens's interest in collecting almost turned a big turn, and he began to turn from antiques to modern and contemporary Western paintings. He once said that what he remembered most was that he failed to buy an oil painting by the abstract expressionist master Rosco. At that time, the painting was not expensive, about 150,000 francs."
"Ten years later, when he brought a batch of collections back to Belgium to show them to a gallery owner, she pointed out that many of them were fakes, which made him quite embarrassed. Then he began to learn more systematically about how to purchase and identify artifacts and artworks. A year later, he met two other master experts - Christine of Paris and Eskenat of London, both of today's most well-known oriental antique dealers, which allowed Ullens to be exposed to the top Asian antiques."
"He revealed that the first contemporary work he bought was a Tibetan child painted by Ai Xuan. At that time, he only painted under a 25-watt light bulb. He was deeply touched and decided to start supporting contemporary art."
"Bad support! It's actually for hype!"
Wen Yiming finally understood what Ling Tiancheng was so angry? It was also because people were looking forward to it for a long time, but they all ended up being fake paintings and rented things. Who wouldn’t be angry?
"But just talk about the matter, the series of publicity methods are very good, otherwise we wouldn't have gone to visit, right?"
Wen Yiming comforted: "You can see the tricks for a veteran expert like you, but who ordinary people know? I have been very excited to see so many masterpieces suddenly!"
"I'm most angry when it comes to this! If you visit for free, it will be considered to enrich the public's artistic life and improve your taste. Do you know how much a ticket they sell for? One hundred and two! It's more expensive than the Forbidden City!"
Ling Tiancheng looked at the more and more people in the exhibition hall, and many families brought their families to receive artistic influence. He said angrily: "The Picasso Gallery in Barcelona has a ticket of 11 euros, about 80 yuan, and often contains 4,251 genuine Picasso exhibits. The Picasso Gallery in Paris has a normal ticket of 12.5 euros, about 91 yuan, and now there are 4,398 genuine Picasso exhibits."
"There is also the Pompidou Art Center, which has 301 genuine Picasso exhibits, with tickets of 14 euros, about 102 yuan. In addition, thousands of authentic works of other masters can be seen. The Metropolitan Museum has 1,231 genuine works of Picasso, and the museum ticket is 22 US dollars. In addition, you can also see tens of thousands of fine art collections of various continents."
Ling Tiancheng cursed: "Isn't this an obvious trick on his own people? He also wants to earn back the rent through tickets?"
"And these professionals in China have never seen foreign exhibitions? Where is the professional ethics in such a water-like exhibition platform? If such a specious exhibition occurs in Europe and the United States, I believe no famous critic or famous curator dares to go to the platform, otherwise it would definitely be a scandal in the industry!"
"There are also those so-called famous curators, famous critics and famous curators who stand up for the opening ceremony. Do you have no basic judgment on the level of this exhibition?"
"A hundred media outlets are making noises, without any professional knowledge or professional ethics? Or are you originally a ignorant of art? You are fooled by others and then you will make noises. After receiving a red envelope for Zhang's unreliable press release, you dare to send the full text? They are not worthy of calling the media, and at best they are considered an advertising company!"
"I haven't been so angry for a long time, really..."
Wen Yiming felt a chill in his heart as he looked at the bustling crowds outside. This is our art circle? Let a foreigner play with everyone in his palms? For money, he still has to help others with his conscience?
Grass!
"Next, we invite the initiator of this exhibition, the top international collector, Mr. Ullens, to come on stage!"
Wen Yiming stood coldly in the crowd, watching an American in his fifties walking onto the podium. When he opened his mouth, he turned out to be in Chinese. Although it was not very standard, he could understand the general content.
"Thank you all for coming. The reason we launched this exhibition this time is to bring the works of the world's top artists into the country..."
"Now many people like Western art, but don't know how to appreciate and invest. As a collector, I hope to do my best to let the public understand the charm of art!"
"Finally, I hope everyone can truly experience the appeal of art through the exhibition. We will continue to hold such activities in the future..."
Ullens spoke for more than ten minutes, feeling awesome and righteousness, saving the poor people from the sea of suffering. The people below applauded and applauded, and then a few so-called experts came on stage, desperately praising the professionalism and academic nature of the exhibition. Wen Yiming was very disgusting.
Looking at Ullens who was surrounded by more than a dozen reporters, Damn, this is the real shamelessness!
Under the banner of saving the suffering and suffering, using some garbage to deceive laymen, can you find a group of experts to support them with some money? Is this the domestic contemporary art circle?
Just as Wen Yiming finished the toilet and was about to leave, he happened to pass by the corner of the corridor and heard a voice calling from afar. When he carefully heard it was Ullens.
"Well, it's very successful. These people are all fools. Who really understands art? Just find someone to promote it and take it seriously!"
Chapter completed!