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The Price of Everything

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Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn delves into the contemporary art world, where everything can be bought and sold.
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The Price of Everything will be of immediate interest to art lovers - but this look at the relationship between creativity and commodification has something for all audiences.

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Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader 03/03/2020
[Director Nathaniel Kahn] marshals a lively parade of its players. Go to Full Review
David Stratton The Australian 03/08/2019
4/5
[The Price of Everything] succeeds in being educational and entertaining as well as profoundly disturbing. Go to Full Review
Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald 03/06/2019
4/5
It's rare to get such a frank and authoritative view of the market and its flaws. Kahn has returned from his trip down the rabbit hole with a clear-eyed and enthralling picture of what he found there. Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 01/05/2023
The general subject is how the contemporary art market came to be so lucrative, and Kahn gets answers — this may be an entry-level primer that’s absolutely a standard-format HBO doc, but I knew none of this, so the answers were fascinating. Go to Full Review
Dan Schindel Hyperallergic 02/10/2020
This movie may not be able to make full sense of the trends, but it's a great peek into how the gamblers operate. Go to Full Review
Tom Augustine New Zealand Herald 07/03/2019
4/5
[The Price of Everything] is as pure an expression of the haves-and-have-nots as any you'll see on screen this year. Go to Full Review
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lars p 03/15/2021 If you are into modern art THIS is a must see! I love art and expected to enjoy the film. I do not like it, I love it! See more 07/02/2020 Good documentary about art and money. See more 03/10/2019 Rotten tomatoes is fake news. They refuse to let me review Captain Marvel. They fabricate their review outcomes. A disgrace. Rotten Tomatoes is corrupt. See more 12/15/2018 The Price of Everything takes us through the rarefied are of a Sothebyï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)s art auction, and by withholding judgment, we are allowed to come to our own conclusions. The camera lingers on various pieces of modern art as different players are speaking, giving us the chance to decide for ourselves what we would bid for a specific piece of art. Are we all being hoodwinked by the glitz and wealth surrounding this crazy art scene? Are the collectors and critics under the spell of a type of cult? Watching Koontzï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM) rooftop monologue as he surveys one of his sculptures, one cant help but ask these questions. Representational artist West Frazier in a recent interview made the observation that important things are happening in the regional art scenes around the country, perhaps even more important than the lofty scene in New York. The representational artists such as Frazier sell their pieces for much more modest sums, and supplement their income by teaching workshops to the hobbyists and aspiring artists. These workshops frequently sell out well in advance, because people actually want to learn to paint representational art. And, the artists are approachable, regular people. In the end, Iï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)d take a Richard Schmid or a Scott Christensen over any one of the pieces on display at Sothebyï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)s auction house. But time will be the ultimate arbiter. In the end, will the pieces here be views as masterworks of art, or as mere artifacts of that provide clues to a bygone period and culture. See more 12/10/2018 Decent exposure to the 1% sector of the arts but its narrow focus hardly sheds light on how the art world functions as a whole. See more paul d @PaulusLoZebra 11/16/2018 A very good film, this is a serious yet entertaining and challenging look at the global art market. Everyone can find something to like and to learn from in this film. Well done! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn delves into the contemporary art world, where everything can be bought and sold.
Director
Nathaniel Kahn
Producer
Carla Solomon, Jennifer Blei Stockman, Debi Wisch
Distributor
HBO
Production Co
HBO Documentary Films, Hot & Sunny Productions, Anthos Media
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 19, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 13, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$85.3K
Runtime
1h 45m
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