£50m on a painting

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Thanks mate, that's made me feel really worthwhile in my profession

What sort of painting do you do? any pics?

Originally Posted by madness

What sort of painting do you do? any pics?

Neddies, pooches and moggies

[northwind]

Hmm, when they bought Dali's Christ of St John on the Cross for the (then) huge sum of £8200 for Glasgow, the whole place went mad... The director got abused in the street, protests outside the gallery, the whole deal. "Terrible waste of public money" "Should spend it on schools". The painting was even attacked and damaged by protestors. Course, it's paid for itself 20 times over with reproduction rights, even before you think how many people have travelled to the museum to see it. At the time it seemed like madness, now it's seen as one of the smartest moves in british art history.

In this case, people say "50 million for a painting" but it's not just one painting, the purchase secures the rest of the collection. And it's thought that the collection may already bring in as much 50 million to the economy of scotland annually as a tourist attraction- now they've got the collection for another 21 years, which if that figure is even remotely accurate makes this a money maker.

50 million's a huge amount of money, but it's not as simple as it looks. Me, I know nothing about art, but it does have boobies in. And when it comes to teh crunch, I'm always going to be on the side with the boobies.

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Neddies, pooches and moggies

Cool, especially like the Border Collie, my favourite breed of dog.

[DarrenSV650S]

They are really good.


I'm going to hang them on my wall.......... see, prints are the way forward

Originally Posted by madness

Cool, especially like the Border Collie, my favourite breed of dog.

Thanks

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

They are really good.


I'm going to hang them on my wall.......... see, prints are the way forward

Not allowed - copyright!

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

They are really good.


I'm going to hang them on my wall.......... see, prints are the way forward

That'll be 50 million squid then please

Originally Posted by madness

Not allowed - copyright!

absolutely - but you can all buy them....roll up roll up!!

Originally Posted by northwind

And it's thought that the collection may already bring in as much 50 million to the economy of scotland annually as a tourist attraction

Are you avin' a larf??? How is this £50m calculated, and as the painting is already there, how can it bring in more sums?

I have some original stuff, Cornish artists mainly, my fave being a pair of Robert Jones sea pictures off Falmouth. But like Lorna, £50m would buy a lot of Robert Joneses...

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Thanks mate, that's made me feel really worthwhile in my profession

I think yours are better. maybe the public will pay £75 million?