The Price of Everything

Released Oct 19, 2018

1h 45m

Documentary

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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

[Director Nathaniel Kahn] marshals a lively parade of its players.

Mar 3, 2020

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David Stratton

The Australian

[The Price of Everything] succeeds in being educational and entertaining as well as profoundly disturbing.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 8, 2019

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

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.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 6, 2019

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

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.

Jan 5, 2023

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Dan Schindel

Hyperallergic

This movie may not be able to make full sense of the trends, but it's a great peek into how the gamblers operate.

Feb 10, 2020

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Tom Augustine

New Zealand Herald

[The Price of Everything] is as pure an expression of the haves-and-have-nots as any you'll see on screen this year.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 3, 2019

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Janusz N

I think that it's a great film https://polishfixer.com/@film

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/30/22

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lars p

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!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Good documentary about art and money.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Rotten tomatoes is fake news. They refuse to let me review Captain Marvel. They fabricate their review outcomes. A disgrace. Rotten Tomatoes is corrupt.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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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.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/10/18

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn delves into the contemporary art world, where everything can be bought and sold.

Director: Nathaniel Kahn
Producer: Katharina Otto-Bernstein, Jeffrey Pechter
Distributor: HBO
Production Co: Hot & Sunny Productions, Anthos Media, HBO Documentary Films
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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