Could a work painting on the wall of this Surrey cottage be by one of the pioneers of abstract art, Ben Nicholson? Fake or Fortune s10e1: Ben Nicholson
‘We are of the opinion that this work does contain elements consistent with the work of Ben Nicholson. However, We strongly believe parts of the composition are by a different hand.’ ibid. expert
Worth between £50-100,000. ibid.
Marla Olmstead [4] is creating a whirlwind painting with her abstract paintings flying off gallery walls … My Kid Could Paint That, news, 2007
People are asking about this art for real. ibid. father
[expert admires picture] You could slip it into the Museum of Modern Art. ibid.
I saw no evidence that she was a child prodigy. ibid. other expert
I don’t see Marla as having made or at least having completed the most polished-looking paintings. ibid.
Some are wondering if she might have had some help with her art work. ibid. news
There will be a special place in Hell for Marla’s parents. I guess it’s OK for some of the scammed money to go [to] the kid’s college fund, but put some aside for therapy when she gets old enough to see what they’ve done with her. ibid. social media post
Just spent the day with the Olmsteads trying to get the footage of Marla painting one of her paintings … If they’re lying, they’re lying incredibly well. ibid. documentary maker
The whole 60 Minutes episode was terrible. ibid. mother
I don’t think anybody who could watch this footage could come out of it feeling anything other than the fact that Marla actually does these paintings. ibid. gallery guy
Art and money have always gone hand in hand. It’s very important for good art to be expensive. You only protect things that are valuable. If something has no financial value, people don’t care. The Price of Everything, comments, 2018
No question Jeff Koons changed everything in terms of sculpture. ibid. Schimmel
I wanted to be an artist. Now an artist can do anything … You do what you can do. ibid. Larry Poons, artist
New York still is, in terms of the big auctions, the centre of the art market, because big ticket items are always sold in New York. But what has changed is that the art market has become totally global. ibid. Simon de Pury, auctioneer
[Jean-Michel] Basquiat. He’s one of the hottest things in the art market at the moment. ibid. comments
That’s essentially what the auction have become: a trading house for assets. ibid.
There are no rules about what is going to be good and what is going to be bad. ibid.
The supply was almost infinite. I don’t think anyone really understood just how important contemporary art was going to become. ibid. auctioneer
There’s a lot of people that know the price of everything and the value of nothing. ibid. collector
When Pollock finished his first drip painting, he asked his wife, Is this a painting? ibid. Saltz, critic
And that is what contemporary art has become. It is a luxury brand. ibid. comments