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Art market and stagflation; Spain’s historical memory; Dürer plate remade by Goldin + Senneby

The Week in Art

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The Art of Melancholia

The idea of melancholia was in my work to describe the knowledge problem, especially the central bankers were facing. I have been attracted by Dura's melancholia painting, but also the works by the psycho analysts like Freud's. It is a feeling of loss. So basically, central bankers trying to use tools to solve major economic problems, but they're not getting their results. Like today, you know, they get criticized because they didn't see the inflation.

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