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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

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Box Office

$87,400

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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

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- With new collectors
coming into the market - The Price of Everything

- With new collectors coming into the market

[David Bowie's "Fashion"] - The Price of Everything

[David Bowie's "Fashion"]

- ♪ I don't know its name ♪ - The Price of Everything

- ♪ I don't know its name ♪

But it would basically
overshadow almost all other - The Price of Everything

But it would basically overshadow almost all other

- ♪ Fashion!
Turn to the left ♪ - The Price of Everything

- ♪ Fashion! Turn to the left ♪

And so there's a temptation
for the artists - The Price of Everything

And so there's a temptation for the artists

- My brain feels tapped out
since my last show. - The Price of Everything

- My brain feels tapped out since my last show.

Um, but I don't want to
just make an exact replica, - The Price of Everything

Um, but I don't want to just make an exact replica,

So I tried to
change the colors, - The Price of Everything

So I tried to change the colors,

Um, so, in a good year,
I make 12 works. - The Price of Everything

Um, so, in a good year, I make 12 works.

Um, in a year like this
where I just had a baby, - The Price of Everything

Um, in a year like this where I just had a baby,

If I'm thinking of wanting
these works to be seen, - The Price of Everything

If I'm thinking of wanting these works to be seen,

But if I speed up
the production of the work, - The Price of Everything

But if I speed up the production of the work,

[Little Walter's
"You Better Watch Yourself"] - The Price of Everything

[Little Walter's "You Better Watch Yourself"]

He's always sort of there - The Price of Everything

He's always sort of there

- There are people out there
who say, you know, - The Price of Everything

- There are people out there who say, you know,

"Oh, man, you know,
you're doing too much." - The Price of Everything

"Oh, man, you know, you're doing too much."

Or Picasso had done 500 less,
or... - The Price of Everything

Or Picasso had done 500 less, or...

It's just about making sure
that you never sort of - The Price of Everything

It's just about making sure that you never sort of

- ♪ 'Cause I've got
my eyes on you ♪ - The Price of Everything

- ♪ 'Cause I've got my eyes on you ♪

By having parameters,
my life is a lot easier. - The Price of Everything

By having parameters, my life is a lot easier.

- Well, 200 works,
40 artists. - The Price of Everything

- Well, 200 works, 40 artists.

- No--well, yes,
it's sort of arbitrary, - The Price of Everything

- No--well, yes, it's sort of arbitrary,

My analysts can only follow
about 40 stocks." - The Price of Everything

My analysts can only follow about 40 stocks."

I needed these lemons,
I needed these birds, - The Price of Everything

I needed these lemons, I needed these birds,

And then the clown shoes,
I paid 270 for them. - The Price of Everything

And then the clown shoes, I paid 270 for them.

- Usually an official exchange,
and it's all done, - The Price of Everything

- Usually an official exchange, and it's all done,

- You know, some people think
that, uh, - The Price of Everything

- You know, some people think that, uh,

And as long as the laws
are there to do it, - The Price of Everything

And as long as the laws are there to do it,

[mouse clicking] - The Price of Everything

[mouse clicking]

Glenn Brown, Maurizio Cattelan,
Jeff Koons, Richard Prince. - The Price of Everything

Glenn Brown, Maurizio Cattelan, Jeff Koons, Richard Prince.

- Jeff Koons was
the Courbet Sleep. - The Price of Everything

- Jeff Koons was the Courbet Sleep.

- Oh, the "Gazing Ball"?
- Yeah, the "Gazing Ball." - The Price of Everything

- Oh, the "Gazing Ball"? - Yeah, the "Gazing ...

[quirky orchestral music] - The Price of Everything

[quirky orchestral music]

Then there's, like, this
interface where - The Price of Everything

Then there's, like, this interface where

You kind of enter
into the painting, - The Price of Everything

You kind of enter into the painting,

You go into this type
of connectivity of the past. - The Price of Everything

You go into this type of connectivity of the past.

It's telling you everything
it can about where you are - The Price of Everything

It's telling you everything it can about where you are

And it comes back to how you
interact - The Price of Everything

And it comes back to how you interact

And the notion to have a ball
in the backyard that you can - The Price of Everything

And the notion to have a ball in the backyard that you can

You can look at it,
but gazing is somehow - The Price of Everything

You can look at it, but gazing is somehow

I can look at something
that's totally contemporary - The Price of Everything

I can look at something that's totally contemporary

I have a Courbet.
[soft chuckle] - The Price of Everything

I have a Courbet. [soft chuckle]

You know, a knockoff doesn't
get you a lot of credit - The Price of Everything

You know, a knockoff doesn't get you a lot of credit

But put a gazing ball on it,
and presto. - The Price of Everything

But put a gazing ball on it, and presto.

- I don't like this man's
relentless and honest - The Price of Everything

- I don't like this man's relentless and honest

Someone said to me once,
you know, - The Price of Everything

Someone said to me once, you know,

This is an aged artist
who's showing us his flesh - The Price of Everything

This is an aged artist who's showing us his flesh

It makes you think about
life in the raw, you know? - The Price of Everything

It makes you think about life in the raw, you know?

And I think that paintings,
when they're at their greatest, - The Price of Everything

And I think that paintings, when they're at their great...

Can you imagine what it would
be like to have this - The Price of Everything

Can you imagine what it would be like to have this

It would just be a--such an
overpowering, sacred presence. - The Price of Everything

It would just be a--such an overpowering, sacred presence.

[somber piano music] - The Price of Everything

[somber piano music]

I don't even,
um, try to contemplate - The Price of Everything

I don't even, um, try to contemplate

[dramatic orchestral music] - The Price of Everything

[dramatic orchestral music]

We were playing around
with the idea of, like, - The Price of Everything

We were playing around with the idea of, like,

It could be sort of something
va-va-voom, sexy. - The Price of Everything

It could be sort of something va-va-voom, sexy.

Richter's just got it.
We could just-- - The Price of Everything

Richter's just got it. We could just--

There's two
in this collection of, - The Price of Everything

There's two in this collection of,

Because this one is, like,
exuberant and alive and sexy - The Price of Everything

Because this one is, like, exuberant and alive and sexy

And then the other one
in this grouping, - The Price of Everything

And then the other one in this grouping,

- I mean, this picture is,
like, so moody - The Price of Everything

- I mean, this picture is, like, so moody

- Like, it is such
an interior mental-- - The Price of Everything

- Like, it is such an interior mental--

So then that reminds me
of Rothko because Rothko has - The Price of Everything

So then that reminds me of Rothko because Rothko has

Um, yeah, I mean, this-- - The Price of Everything

Um, yeah, I mean, this--

- I mean, very few of us
live with such majesty. - The Price of Everything

- I mean, very few of us live with such majesty.

Gerhard Richter is probably - The Price of Everything

Gerhard Richter is probably

I mean, these are very--
these are very, very important - The Price of Everything

I mean, these are very-- these are very, very important

This is the detail of
this Richter called "Ziege," - The Price of Everything

This is the detail of this Richter called "Ziege,"

That's the detail
of that painting, - The Price of Everything

That's the detail of that painting,

A very important defining event
in the birth of - The Price of Everything

A very important defining event in the birth of

Robert Scull, who was - The Price of Everything

Robert Scull, who was

- Record numbers of
art dealers, collectors, - The Price of Everything

- Record numbers of art dealers, collectors,

- Robert Scull
was the personage, - The Price of Everything

- Robert Scull was the personage,

He was a guy that--
he was a bargain hunter, - The Price of Everything

He was a guy that-- he was a bargain hunter,

- He was a rainmaker in
the art world, in that sense, - The Price of Everything

- He was a rainmaker in the art world, in that sense,

I mean, we're lemmings.
[laughs] - The Price of Everything

I mean, we're lemmings. [laughs]

And--which is okay
if you follow the right leader. - The Price of Everything

And--which is okay if you follow the right leader.

[laughs] - The Price of Everything

You know, "Those two people, - The Price of Everything

You know, "Those two people,

Ownership is involvement - The Price of Everything

Ownership is involvement

And with art,
it's probably the most, uh, - The Price of Everything

And with art, it's probably the most, uh,

Of course, owning a nice share
of IBM is an involvement too. - The Price of Everything

Of course, owning a nice share of IBM is an involvement too.

[indistinct chatter] - The Price of Everything

[indistinct chatter]

In fact,
I've only been to one, - The Price of Everything

In fact, I've only been to one,

I mean, it was, uh--
the idea that - The Price of Everything

I mean, it was, uh-- the idea that

I mean, this auction
had very high prices - The Price of Everything

I mean, this auction had very high prices

Uh, and he, uh--
he was really incensed, - The Price of Everything

Uh, and he, uh-- he was really incensed,

It was totally p--
totally, totally, - The Price of Everything

It was totally p-- totally, totally,

Suddenly there was
the realization - The Price of Everything

Suddenly there was the realization

The Price of Everything poster

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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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