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Unlocked | Bonn Afterhours w/ Joshua Citarella & Dena Yago

New Models

CHAPTER

The Dematerialization of Art

As art became a financial asset, it was not affordable by most of the audience that sees it. The turn towards the material widget is a response to the dematerialization of our content and social lives. A painting may start at $10K, but like a $200 shirt while expensive is something you might buy one a year. And so if, for whatever degree soft power is shaping the political crisis that's unfolding, I think that we need properly resourced intellectual think tanks to unravel whatever it is that culture seems to be doing to exacerbate the political situation.

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