Subj : Re: Italian artist auctioned off an invisible sculpture for 15000 Euro
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Fri Dec 24 2021 12:25:30

Hi August,

On 2021-12-23 20:02:00, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italian-artist-
 WvV>> auctioned-off-invisible -sculpture-18300-literally-made-
 WvV>> nothing-1976181 https://tinyurl.com/2ceznt56

 WvV>> I can understand the artist, but not the buyer! ;-)

 AA> OMG. I don't even want to read that article.  It's a sad
 AA> commentary on the state of some minds.

 AA> How can you "understand" the artist? He's the taylor for the
 AA> king who wears no clothes?

He's making a lot of money for basically telling a simple fictional story. Wouldn't you if you could? ;-)

 AA> It reminds me of the joke about the little boy who was asked to
 AA> draw something for class and turned in a blank sheet of white
 AA> paper. The teacher obviously didn't see anything. But the boy
 AA> said it's hidden by the snow storm!

And how did that story end? ;-)

 AA> NFTs (none fungible tokens) are another thing that boggles the
 AA> mind.

Indeed. Some people have to much money and foma (fear of missing out) kicks in...

Bye, Wilfred.

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