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The Price of Everything

With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and times.

Director

Nathaniel Kahn

Year

Genre

Box Office

$87,400

Production

N/A

Awards

1 win & 5 nominations

Self - Artist

Self - Curator

Self - Artist

Self - Art Collector

Self - Auctioneer

Self - Phillips Auction House

Self - Sotheby's Auction House

Amy Cappellazzo

Self - Art Collector

Inga Rubenstein

Self - Art Critic

Self - Art Dealer

Self - Artist

Self - Artist

Self - Artist

Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Self - Artist

Self - Art Collector

Self - Artist

Self

Self

Roy Lichtenstein

Self

Robert Rauschenberg

Self

Willem de Kooning

Self

Helen Frankenthaler

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Jean Michel Basquiat

Self

Gerhard Richter

Self

Julian Schnabel

Self

Self

Self

Self

Takashi Murakami

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self - Art Historian

Alexander Nemerov

Self

Robert C. Scull

Self - Art Historian

Self - Art Dealer

Self - Art Dealer

Self - Phillips Auction House

Self - Artist

Sabine Moritz-Richter

Self - Art Collector

Self

Jackson Pollock

Self - Curator, Hammer Museum

Self - Chariman, Art Runners

Self - Art Dealer

Self - Sotheby's Auctioneer

Self - Man at Sotheby's auction

Cameo

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- You don't.
You don't. - The Price of Everything

- You don't. You don't.

You don't decide--
you don't pick your parents, - The Price of Everything

You don't decide-- you don't pick your parents,

You know, uh, a poet.
A writer. - The Price of Everything

You know, uh, a poet. A writer.

A singer.
You know, Hank Williams. - The Price of Everything

A singer. You know, Hank Williams.

- What's the relationship
between art and money? - The Price of Everything

- What's the relationship between art and money?

- Art and money have
no intrinsic hookup at all. - The Price of Everything

- Art and money have no intrinsic hookup at all.

You know, that's--that's
the bottom line, you know? - The Price of Everything

You know, that's--that's the bottom line, you know...

Um, and they've tried to make
it much like that, - The Price of Everything

Um, and they've tried to make it much like that,

[opera music] - The Price of Everything

You want the thing
to work with the rugs, - The Price of Everything

You want the thing to work with the rugs,

There is the, uh, collector - The Price of Everything

There is the, uh, collector

- Which are you?
- [laughs] - The Price of Everything

- Which are you? - [laughs]

- Okay, well,
back in the '70s, - The Price of Everything

- Okay, well, back in the '70s,

I got it at 600,000, - The Price of Everything

I got it at 600,000,

And everybody wanted to know
who that schmuck was - The Price of Everything

And everybody wanted to know who that schmuck was

And it put me on the map.
[soft laugh] - The Price of Everything

And it put me on the map. [soft laugh]

But what has changed
is that the art market - The Price of Everything

But what has changed is that the art market

[laughs] - The Price of Everything

And bubbles make
beautiful things, - The Price of Everything

And bubbles make beautiful things,

Now you have quite a few
big fairs around the world. - The Price of Everything

Now you have quite a few big fairs around the world.

- And African art
is going to go up and up, - The Price of Everything

- And African art is going to go up and up,

He's one of the hottest things
in the art market - The Price of Everything

He's one of the hottest things in the art market

- Francesca DiMattio.
And only you get to touch. - The Price of Everything

- Francesca DiMattio. And only you get to touch.

- [whistling] - The Price of Everything

In my part of the jungle,
I'm mostly meeting people - The Price of Everything

In my part of the jungle, I'm mostly meeting people

Up in the higher reaches
of the treetops - The Price of Everything

Up in the higher reaches of the treetops

[cell phone chiming] - The Price of Everything

[cell phone chiming]

[dramatic music] - The Price of Everything

[dramatic music]

Did you land that deal?
- Yeah, Steven and Ann Ames. - The Price of Everything

Did you land that deal? - Yeah, Steven and Ann Ames.

We don't get things
of this caliber very often, - The Price of Everything

We don't get things of this caliber very often,

What's nice is everything
in this picture is actually - The Price of Everything

What's nice is everything in this picture is actually

- Does it make you anxious - The Price of Everything

- Does it make you anxious

- The chase and the deal,
probably. - The Price of Everything

- The chase and the deal, probably.

He's a super disciple
of Picasso, - The Price of Everything

He's a super disciple of Picasso,

And the idea is you always
wanna comparative-image it - The Price of Everything

And the idea is you always wanna comparative-image it

I don't wanna be--
it's sort of marketing, - The Price of Everything

I don't wanna be-- it's sort of marketing,

So getting
your comps right is-- - The Price of Everything

So getting your comps right is--

George is definitely an artist
who's a darling of the market. - The Price of Everything

George is definitely an artist who's a darling of the m...

[dramatic music] - The Price of Everything

[dramatic music]

I just, like, add color
very gradually. - The Price of Everything

I just, like, add color very gradually.

My favorite thing to do
is get to the edge. - The Price of Everything

My favorite thing to do is get to the edge.

- What was it that started you
in the very beginning - The Price of Everything

- What was it that started you in the very beginning

[laughs] - The Price of Everything

[laughs] - The Price of Everything

Oh, that's a no.
[laughs] - The Price of Everything

Oh, that's a no. [laughs]

And I'm not sure 100%
what it is, you know. - The Price of Everything

And I'm not sure 100% what it is, you know.

- Yeah, but this
is actually a person - The Price of Everything

- Yeah, but this is actually a person

People come real close
to buying them, - The Price of Everything

People come real close to buying them,

And my gallery would like it - The Price of Everything

And my gallery would like it

- [laughs]
It's too dangerous, - The Price of Everything

- [laughs] It's too dangerous,

And if we allow the marketplace
to determine what is good, - The Price of Everything

And if we allow the marketplace to determine what is good,

[ripping] - The Price of Everything

Artists have to make
an enemy of envy. - The Price of Everything

Artists have to make an enemy of envy.

They must do this
or it will eat them alive. - The Price of Everything

They must do this or it will eat them alive.

[soft orchestral music] - The Price of Everything

[soft orchestral music]

- When we saw this,
I mean, - The Price of Everything

- When we saw this, I mean,

And, of course, they were
gone immediately. - The Price of Everything

And, of course, they were gone immediately.

But, um, Stef always had
his eye on it, - The Price of Everything

But, um, Stef always had his eye on it,

- And it was a time
that was--the market - The Price of Everything

- And it was a time that was--the market

You're crazy paying
that much for it." - The Price of Everything

You're crazy paying that much for it."

So we snapped at it.
[laughs] - The Price of Everything

So we snapped at it. [laughs]

And the other thing,
the direction of the skull - The Price of Everything

And the other thing, the direction of the skull

That is the important part of-- - The Price of Everything

That is the important part of--

- To the--to your eye.
- To the feinschmeckers. - The Price of Everything

- To the--to your eye. - To the feinschmeckers.

[laughs] - The Price of Everything

[Bach's "Sinfonia"
from "BVW 42" playing] - The Price of Everything

[Bach's "Sinfonia" from "BVW 42" pl...

[chuckles] - The Price of Everything

I'm just working on this
basically the whole thing - The Price of Everything

I'm just working on this basically the whole thing

And now we're painting this.
[chuckles] - The Price of Everything

And now we're painting this. [chuckles]

Get close to a Rembrandt, - The Price of Everything

Get close to a Rembrandt,

- So when I say to people, - The Price of Everything

- So when I say to people,

- Some people say-- - The Price of Everything

- Some people say--

They thought--
a lot of people have thought - The Price of Everything

They thought-- a lot of people have thought

My only defense
against fate is color. - The Price of Everything

My only defense against fate is color.

[lively classical music] - The Price of Everything

[lively classical music]

- All of these images that
are in this room, you know, - The Price of Everything

- All of these images that are in this room, you know,

Having the correct
color there, - The Price of Everything

Having the correct color there,

- So it doesn't matter that
you don't physically - The Price of Everything

- So it doesn't matter that you don't physically

- Well, uh, I am, in a way,
physically doing it, - The Price of Everything

- Well, uh, I am, in a way, physically doing it,

But it's like articulating
your fingers and, you know, - The Price of Everything

But it's like articulating your fingers and, you know,

So at the end of the day,
that mark is as if - The Price of Everything

So at the end of the day, that mark is as if

Now, if I would do this,
the only thing - The Price of Everything

Now, if I would do this, the only thing

When you have
the painting you're selling - The Price of Everything

When you have the painting you're selling

Comp can't overwhelm the image. - The Price of Everything

Comp can't overwhelm the image.

- Like, pricele--"priceless," - The Price of Everything

- Like, pricele--"priceless,"

It's like a--that's like,
"Do you believe in the future?" - The Price of Everything

It's like a--that's like, "Do you believe in ...

No, done, we're done.
Let's just go. We're not-- - The Price of Everything

No, done, we're done. Let's just go. We're no...

[soft dramatic music] - The Price of Everything

[soft dramatic music]

[indistinct auctioneering] - The Price of Everything

[indistinct auctioneering]

And almost all our markets
and all our businesses - The Price of Everything

And almost all our markets and all our businesses

The Price of Everything poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and times.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Nathaniel Kahn

Writer: N/A

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 76/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: $87,400

Released: 19 Oct 2018

Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations

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